Kapitel 10: Assassin Revealed
The Seraphic System
Chapter: 10
Notice: I am changing gamers' mind a bit due to the fact it simply hinders Kai's emotional progress and btw for everyone saying he's stupid he is meant to be that way. It won't hinder his emotions now :)
Also, I've seen some of you dislike me making Tiamat a yandere, there is actually an explanation for it and she won't always be this way.
To sum it up she's been holding back against her draconian instincts for quite a while and it's made her much more susceptible to Kai's allure. That's all I'm saying, their relationship will get better.
Announcement: I know many of you won't care which is fair lol but I recently got quite a bit of money stolen so I'm starting up a pa/ t reon with two chapters in advance, details at the bottom of the chapter if you're interested I'll keep posting regardless :) hope you enjoy the chapter!
(Assassin Revealed)
{Name: Nikhil Solanki}
{Title: Blessed by ? }
{Race: Enhanced Human}
{Power level: 1215}
"Huh?"
I glanced down in confusion at the slightly chubby brown-haired kid wearing a pair of large glasses, who was currently sprawled out across the pavement.
He must have been in a rush, that looked painful.
"Uh yo," I said somewhat awkwardly.
He groaned a bit before stiffening as I heard a distant shout. I watched him start to scramble to get up in a tiny bit of amusement before I knelt down and grabbed the bag he had dropped in the impact to my chest.
The distant shouts got closer as he progressively grew more panicked and scrambled away. Completely forgetting about his bag.
"You forgot your bag," I half-heartedly called out.
He either didn't hear me or didn't care since he kept running and made a dash through an alley between two buildings a second later three kids about his age sped past me.
I sighed in annoyance. I could just continue and throw his bag into some bush but now he had me curious. His status suggested he was more than normal and honestly I could tell where this was all going.
One kid being chased by three slightly older-looking kids? Yea. If nothing else I'm sure I could convince him to help show me around this confusing ass city.
With that in mind, I slung the bag over my shoulder lazily and began making my way in the direction they had been running through. Hopefully, they didn't run too far.
After walking for a few minutes through the alley, sure enough, I came across the scene of the kid getting his ass beaten by the other three boys. They took turns while they insulted him.
Approaching closer to the scene, the insults flung by other kids became audible, each word accompanied by relentless punches. The chubby kid, doing his best to defend himself, struggled to block the merciless beating they gave him.
I simply watched for a few seconds as the kid went through the harsh beating. I half expected him to fight back and do something interesting, maybe suddenly explode with the power like some anime protagonist but he simply kept blocking.
I had checked the other kids with appraisal and they all seemed normal. Their power levels were normal human level. After watching a bit I decided to take pity on the poor dude.
Walking behind them I slung the bag using a bit of my real strength and sent it right into the stomach of one of three kids.
The kid stumbled backwards and toppled over, while his two other friends blinked in confusion before redirecting their attention toward me.
They momentarily fell into a daze before shifting into intense glares as they took in my presence.
"Who are you?" The kid on the left asked.
I didn't bother answering since I really didn't care for the cliche hero dialogue, I was simply here because I was curious about the kid and his race as an enhanced human. Also, his title said he was blessed but so far he seemed normal.
Approaching the confused kid, I delivered a gentle slap across the face, causing him to stagger before collapsing onto the ground, unresponsive. He was now unconscious.
The other kid, who had just risen to his feet once more, charged towards me with a snarl, only to be met with another gentle slap that instantly rendered him unconscious as well.
The last kid out of the little group of friends tried to run away only for my hand to latch around his hand faster than he could respond and simply backhanded him too.
I smirked a bit before freezing, oh shit I had forgotten I wasn't supposed to cause problems in Shanu's city. Oh dear. Haah oh well the kids were being dicks and I simply offered a helping hand.
Yeah, let's go with that. I noticed that the chubby kid was now gawking at me.
"Hey, just came to say you left your bag back there," I said as he snapped out of his gawking visage.
"Oh u-uh thanks I mean for the help and bringing my bag" he said with a nervous stutter.
Scrambling up he picked up his bag and turned to face me cautiously, I simply raised an eyebrow of amusement at his nervous behaviour. I decided to break the ice instead of continuing this awkward interaction.
"Hey so, I'm new around here. Mind helping me out a bit? I need to go shopping but I'm kinda lost." I suggested.
His eyes lit up and he nodded.
"Ok"
With that, he began showing me around all the shops I needed to go to. I could buy things from the system with credits but they were much more expensive than just getting them myself.
-Scene Break-
Chuckling as the kid 'Nikhil' ranted about how much the new iPhone costs as we left the phone shop. He had just shown me the best phone shop in the neighbourhood according to him.
We had spent the past few hours getting things that I needed at different shops. Nikhil had been rather awkward at first but had soon relaxed after a while of talking.
I could tell he didn't speak to people much since he would randomly say some out-of-pocket shit but he was actually pretty funny. He was also extremely nerdy as I had come to learn.
Currently, we were walking back to my hotel. He was showing me the way back to my hotel since I had forgotten the way I had been taken by the stone constructs.
I parted ways with Nikhil with the promise that he would take me on a tour of the entirety of Shimla tomorrow. He had seemed all too happy to make a new friend and I was mostly interested due to his race as an enhanced human.
Galadriel been nestled close to me, completely concealed the entire time. I had nearly forgotten about her due to the fact she had been completely still the entire time until, upon entering my hotel room, she leapt off me and onto the bed.
I gave her a quick stroke under the chin as she hissed adorably. Now onto another problem. My training had hit a hard wall since it had gotten too hard just using natural resources.
Over time it took longer and longer until it would take days of constant lifting and doing my exercise just to see any result. It was clear I needed an upgrade.
With that in mind, I opened the system shop and began searching for some magical training equipment.
[Gravity bands]
[Enchanted armbands with customizable gravity weight for improved physical training come in a set with ankle bands. The strength of the weight is adjusted with more mana]
[10% bonus to all physical exercise results]
[Cost: 60000 Credits]
I winced at the steep price of the gravity bands, it was a large amount of credits. I felt conflicted and this caused an internal conflict within me.
The greedy part of me, which was an amusing thought since I was an angel, was telling me not to, while the pragmatic side acknowledged the need to invest in strength.
I sighed in frustration, even though I was reluctant to spend so many credits. Despite my hesitation, I knew I had no other option. I had tried looking for other cheaper options but they were either too expensive or not good enough for what I needed.
With that thought in mind, I purchased the gravity bands watching with a frown as my credit count dipped massively. I took out the two armbands and inspected them with interest.
They appeared to be pitch black with the gleam of metal yet they also felt elastic, blue glowing runic words spiralled around the entirety of the two bands giving them a unique look.
Naturally, the first thing I did was use my most used skill appraisal to get a more detailed description.
[Gravity bands]
Gravity bands are a unique item made out of Aetherium Alloy which is a highly stable and conductive material, derived from rare elements and advanced synthesis processes.
Its unique properties enable efficient manipulation of Higgs bosons for precise control over gravitational effects.
The gravity bands are furthermore adorned with runic symbols designed to interact with the Higgs Field, enabling the manipulation of gravity in a localised space on the user.
Powered by the user's mana, these bands tap into the Higgs field, responsible for particle mass. The precise runic language allows for precise manipulation of gravitons, altering the individual's interaction with gravitational forces.
Furthermore, the ancient runic language enhances the durability of the gravity bands by passively storing residue mana from the surrounding area.
That was interesting, perhaps I should look into learning runes at some point. I could think of a few useful ways to utilise them off the top of my head.
Assuming they worked in the same way as code did, I would be able to create a multitude of different effects on items that could prove useful in a battle.
I curiously stretched the Gravity bands. They felt metallic yet it was also able to stretch with ease. I slid both of them on either arm and experimentally began to channel a bit of mana into them.
The runes on the Gravity bands began to noticeably glow a bit brighter. Instantly I felt my body grow heavier as it got harder to stand. I decided to channel more mana after a second since I could still handle the new weight with ease.
The gravity around me once again got higher this time by several fold as I channelled a substantial amount of mana into the Gravity bands. My legs creaked and the floor started to crack.
Ah, I probably should have expected that. I was starting to feel some strain now. I didn't know how much gravity had gone up specifically but I was guessing I was at probably about nine times the normal gravity.
Meh, I'll deal with the damage later for now I finally had some training to do. I had turned into somewhat of a training freak since the system showed me my improvements, it made it easier to give me motivation.
I started stretching my arms and legs.
"Right time to get started," I said enthusiastically.
-Scene break-
I let out a sigh of contentment as I lay on the floor, sweat drenching me as I felt my muscles burn with overuse. I hadn't been able to train for a while and I had forgotten how good the afterburn felt.
All the stress I had felt melted away at the moment as I took in breaths of air. I'm going to need a bath I thought with a groan as I propped myself up. I get up to go run the bath before I have an epiphany.
Why the fuck am I bothering you, I had a goblin maid who I may have forgotten about. I mean I had other things on my mind like a certain crazy dragon who for some reason wanted to lock me up in her cave.
I summoned the prone form of Grizella from my inventory and poked her green cheek to wake her up.
"Hey."
I poked her again.
"Oi"
And again.
"…"
I lightly slapped her face only to frown as there was no reaction.
Wasn't she technically a demonic creature? I wasn't too sure since this was the Dxd variant of goblins, regardless I channelled a small amount of holy power on the tip of my index finger.
With a smirk, as I noticed her body twitch in discomfort, I slowly lowered my index finger right on her breast. There was a brief pause as her red eyes snapped open in surprise before she leapt up like a cat.
"KYAAA" She screamed.
Huh, so I guess I was right. The Dxd version of goblins was demonic in nature. How interesting.
"M-master?" She asked, looking around in confusion.
"Yo." I waved.
"W-what, where?!" Grizella babbled. She seemed to be quite disorientated as she looked around in bewilderment.
"Grizella calm yourself, woman," I ordered as she was frantically looking around. To my surprise, she instantly obeyed and calmed down as she stood still with her attention fixed on me.
Huh, I didn't expect that to actually work.
"Firstly I'm sure you have questions but as you can see I'm pretty tired and find myself wanting a bath," I said and she nodded.
After a few seconds of staring at each other, I sighed in annoyance.
"That's your cue to go run me a bath," I said with exasperation evident in my tone.
To her credit, she blushed in embarrassment before nodding.
"O-ok" she scurried off.
"No Grizella, that's the wardrobe, the bathroom is behind that door." I pointed to a door.
She nodded as she began scurrying over with a blush so red I was briefly worried she would pass out.
While running towards the bathroom she inadvertently ignored the small coffee table, resulting in her tripping over and face-planting into the carpet. She stayed down for a few seconds and I could almost feel her embarrassment.
Until she rose on shaky hands and walked at a more sedate pace into the bathroom. Her head lowered in silent shame.
I held a small laugh of genuine amusement at her clumsiness. I had quickly found out after taking her as a maid that while she was a decent warrior she was extremely clumsy.
Just as I got up Grizella came back with her head lowered in shame and embarrassment.
"Master." She mumbled.
"Yes?" I questioned.
"I don't know how to operate the bath." She said in a defeated tone.
I couldn't help it. I let out a laugh as she almost pouted at my reaction.
After some instructions, she was able to work out how to use the bath. I dipped a finger and channelled some holy light to heat the bath to higher temperatures.
Being a somewhat powerful angel apparently made me quite resistant to normal heat. I made sure not to overdo it. Less I end up making it too hot and the water evaporates.
I let myself fall into the water with a satisfied sigh, uncaring as the water splashed out of the large bath and nearly soaked poor Grizella standing dutifully beside the bath.
I took a moment to relax and opened one of my eyes.
"I'm assuming you have questions?" I rhetorically asked.
She nodded and I gestured for her to continue.
"What happened?" she asked the obvious question.
"I… don't really know. I guess Tiamat happened?" I half questioned.
I was still kind of confused about the whole situation.
She tilted her head before her crimson eyes widened in fear and shock.
"y-YOU MEAN THE DRAGON KING?! TIAMAT THE GUARDIAN OF THE FAMILIAR FOREST?! THE CHAOS BRINGER?!" She yelled with a bit of a hysterical tone.
"Uhhh I guess?" I said.
Grizella looked appalled at me as if I had just admitted to beheading her puppy.
"What did she want? Better yet how are you even alive?"
"Ah yeah, she wanted to lock me up in her cave or something. I didn't really listen since I was more worried about escaping. I said no and uh attacked her-"
"Y-you ATTACKED THE CHAOS KARMA DRAGON KING." She roared.
"Okay firstly calm down, yes and I understand now it was stupid but I was trying to buy time and escape. Which did in fairness work." I said a bit smugly at the end.
"On that note, since we are in the human world, unfortunately, your green skin will draw quite a bit of attention. I got something to help with that." I mentioned, revealing the ring I bought just a few days ago.
[Phantom Shifter Ring] [Uncommon]
[The Phantom Shifter Ring is an uncommon accessory that lets the wearer create a basic illusion to change their appearance. When activated, it projects a realistic but basic illusion that covers their body. Note can only be used to change the look of your body.]
[Abilities: Self-Shift] [Passive: None]
[Warning: Illusion only works on creatures without mana]
She looked confused as I handed her the rather simple-looking ring. I watched as she hesitantly slipped on her middle finger. After staring she looked back up at me with a puzzled expression.
Oh right, I didn't exactly know how to use it. Well, I can't be that hard right?
"Ok, now just imagine your skin turning into the same colour as mine," I instructed.
Grizella nodded hesitantly and closed her eyes to focus. I watched idly as I just kept messing around with this light ball in my hand, even though those gravity bands were sapping quite a bit of juice to stay active.
My mana reserves had grown exponentially when I hit ultimate class. Though it was easy to overlook high class especially since I had shot through the high class ranks quite easily.
They were not to be underestimated in their own right. A single high-class being would be able to create a lot of damage if unchecked.
The effects of each stat point for higher as the number rose so I had to wonder what kind of stats gods had. I was snapped back from my thoughts as I watched a shimmer go over Gizella's Body.
Her skin turned from the light green goblin skin into a normal human skin colour. I inspected her with interest, she now looked like a normal human girl. I channelled a bit of mana towards my eyes and I instantly saw through the illusion.
So that's what it means by the illusion only works on non-magical creatures. Grizella was still in awe as he looked at her arms in fascination.
Funnily enough, she seemed to have forgotten her previous outburst about me admittedly making the stupid decision of trying to fight a dragon king.
"Alright I think I've been in here long enough, Grizella get me that towel," I ordered as I stood up, uncaring of my nude form.
Grizella seemed startled by my abrupt order and quickly got up to get me a towel, only to end up falling face-first into the marble floor in her rush.
I sighed in exasperation. How did this goblin even become a warrior?
-Scene break-
As Nikhil next to me babbled on about the history of the Himachal Pradesh High Court, my gaze shifted upward to its large structure. I wasn't much of a history person myself but surprisingly it turns out Nikhil was pretty knowledgeable.
Even though it was mildly interesting, when I had initially made my request for a tour this wasn't exactly what I had in mind. Rather, I wanted to be able to better navigate my way around the big-ass capital city of Shimla.
"Oh yeah, Himachal Pradesh was formed by integrating twenty-six provinces and four Punjab hill states into a Centrally Administered Area on April 15, 1948." Nikhil continued to babble on about the history of this place as I half listened.
It was an impressive structure I had to admit. It was fucking tall if nothing else. Standing at ten or so storeys tall. I frowned as I looked around, there were very few people strolling around.
Me and Nikhil had met up a few hours ago after my morning training session. I had his number saved on my phone. He seemed ecstatic when I contacted him for the tour of Shimla and was more than happy to take me around.
He didn't have school today so I didn't have to wait that long. I had decided to leave Grizella at the hotel since I didn't want her to really walk around in the powder keg that was on the Indian lands.
I didn't need her pissing off some Indian god who could shit me out of existence. Now onto the reason I was frowning. There were a lot more people when we arrived just a bit ago.
Nikhil didn't seem to notice yet but I was growing a bit suspicious. Did Shanu want to speak to me again? Maybe I'm overthinking it but I'm pretty sure this was meant to be a famous place in Shimla.
I felt a tingle in the back of my head as I instinctively jerked away from my previous spot. I hadn't done that consciously.
My answer had been quickly received when a sharp pain suddenly lanced up my entire arm and shoulder. I felt confused as I looked at Nikhil who had stopped speaking and stared at me in horror.
A resounding crack of a gunshot could be heard a second later from far away in the distance. I inspected my arm as my eyes widened, I had been shot through my shoulder.
How? I was meant to be resistant to all physical damage which included kinetic energy. A normal bullet shouldn't be able to even hurt me without the physical resistance from my light embodiment.
I got my answer as the telltale Ping of a system notification echoed in my head, I looked up and saw my poison resistance skill levelling up at a rapid pace as the skin around the bullet wound began to turn black.
Scowling I idly grabbed Nikhil with my other arm and quickly dove behind cover. I had been poisoned. Throwing Nikhil down and ignoring his shouts of panic I dug my finger into my shoulder.
Gritting my teeth in pain, I pulled out the bullet that had pierced through my shoulder. The bullet was made of a black metal I couldn't identify. I wasted no time and used appraisal on it.
[CelestialBane Bullet]
A bullet known mainly by the nickname Angel Killer these bullets are crafted from mana steel using flames of the underworld and infused with the blood of a demon during forging, this bullet holds a corruptive essence, particularly potent against angels. In addition, it is also enchanting with a magical piercing effect.
This bullet is known to be extremely expensive and difficult to create.
[Additional Damage is added against creatures of holy origin.]
"…"
The fuck is this bullshit?!
-{Familiar forest Pov}-
The familiar forest was currently experiencing a bit of a problem. Normally the aforementioned forest was deathly quiet to the point it made the atmosphere feel eerie and made you feel self-conscious of being too loud.
Usually loud sounds had the effect of drawing predators of all kinds for an easy meal, so the inhabitants of the forest normally stalked around in the quiet looking for prey.
This was what was considered normal for the familiar forest and yet today there was a change in the environment. Mainly the huge fuck off dragon rampaging and lashing out at anything surrounding her.
The whole familiar forest and the lands surrounding it shook as enraged deafening roars of vicious rage rang throughout the familiar forest and its surrounding lands through the underworld.
Normally such loud sounds would be a beacon for predators to go hunt an easy unsuspecting meal.
Instead, the predators were running away in terror from the scene as fast as they possibly could. They whimpered in fear at the titanic influxes of powers raging outwards from the scene.
The cause of this was an angry blue western dragon letting out devastating attacks on everything around her. Blue fire could be seen spread out for miles as it desperately ate anything it could.
Large craters were littered about as she let out huge attacks of fire bathing the forest in a sea of flames.
Tiamat was pissed off. She was livid. More angry than she had ever thought possible and the aura that was spreading throughout the entire underworld could feel it
Her newly acquired most valued treasure was gone.
Never had she felt so angry to the point she raged around destroying everything. Part of it was desperation to cover up the hole that had formed in her draconic heart.
The wide-encompassing hole that grew wider as she couldn't watch the presence of her mate anymore. It had only been a day. Not even a full day. Yet she felt the large feeling of worry and longing threatening to swallow her.
She let out a swipe of her claws that obliterated a mountain. The razor-sharp claws were comparable to legendary artefacts on their own. Her beautiful crystal eyes were lightly glistened with tears as she tried to desperately distract herself.
Naturally, this had not gone unnoticed. A raging dragon king with such a catastrophic amount of power? Of course, it wasn't going to go unnoticed.
This was the scene that greeted Ajuka Beelzebub who had just arrived via teleportation circle. Of course, he had gotten notice as soon as the rampage had started but had smartly decided to give her time to calm down.
Ajuka Beelzebub looked to be an extremely handsome young man in his twenties with slicked-back darkish green hair and piercing cold green eyes covered by a pair of glasses.
A small frown currently lay across his face as he witnessed the rampage.
He was of course one of the four new Satans and known as one of the two known super devils. The highly considered smartest devil in existence was currently trying to figure out what had caused this abrupt action from the normally calm dragon king.
Luckily all trips to the familiar forest had been shut down for a while due to the presence of an angel. An angel who had greatly injured children of the phoenix clan.
Of course, they had sent teams of devils out to apprehend the angel for questioning but they hadn't found anything as of yet. Leading to any visitation temporarily being shut down.
Ajuka honestly held no care about the two spoiled devil brats dying or not. He would much rather have spent the time it had been brought up in the meeting between his fellow Satans working on something productive.
Moving back to the main topic, after spending a few minutes observing Tiamat turn the forest into a wasteland. He politely cleared his throat knowing that the dragon king's enhanced hearing would pick it up.
He had so far been covering his magical aura and presence, meaning she hadn't picked up or noticed his arrival which was more probably due to her being busy destroying at the moment.
The fearsome giant blue western dragon abruptly halted and slowly turned towards Ajuka, Tiamat's glowing icy blue eyes looked especially fearsome. A loud inhuman feral growl was the only response, making him slightly surprised.
Ajuka and Tiamat had always held an amicable relationship as allies and in respect for each other's power. She was considered an honorary part of the devil faction due to her role in hosting the Rating Games.
To show outright hostility for the first time was rather surprising.
Steam billowed out of her mouth from the sheer heat of the flames she had released as sharp teeth capable of tearing through even gods glinted dangerously.
This paired with the apocalyptic atmosphere along with the sky covered in dark clouds painted an intimidating picture. Ajuka stood unfazed, his cold almost detached eyes observing the dragon king.
"Ajuka," She growled.
"Greetings Tiamat, it seems you're currently having some problems. Is there perhaps anything I could assi-" Ajuka went to say only to get cut off by the dragon king.
Tiamat's eyes widened as if having a massive revelation.
"This is your fault," Tiamat muttered. A slightly insane edge to her tone.
Ajuka's eyes narrowed.
"Excuse me?" He replied.
"If it wasn't for those two devil brats, my mate wouldn't have felt the need to run away. Yes yes, it all makes sense. He wasn't running away from me." She said in a low tone.
Her draconic head snapped up to glare at Ajuka once more.
"It was you."
Ajuka was confused as to who she was referring to before his mind began to race and he instantly figured something out.
'The only incident lately has been with an angel. She referred to two devil brats which are the two Phenex children.' He easily deduced.
'She mentioned a mate? Tiamat was widely known as a virgin who had never had a mate before, not for a lack of trying on the supernatural world's part. Many had tried only to end up burnt alive. Has she finally decided on a mate then?' He thought, slightly surprised by this new piece of information.
Before he could ponder any further on it he was snapped back to reality by the rising influx of power from Tiamat he could sense building up. Locking eyes with the Dragon king.
Ajuka watched as she opened her large maw and unleashed a truly devastating blast of greyish-blue flames. Instantly accompanied by a shockwave as the blast exploded towards Ajuka.
The large blast was enough to completely annihilate his surroundings. Ajuka raised an arm up and a devil circle appeared in his hand.
With a flick and the usage of his demonic energy the sea of flames approaching him paused. The flames stood still as if time had been paused and then quickly blasted backwards away from Ajuka.
The flames washed over Tiamat's scales doing absolutely no damage as the attack passed her and continued behind her.
"Tiamat, if you could explain the problem perhaps I could help resolve this matter?" Ajuka suggested.
Tiamat paused in consideration, briefly regaining some of her rationality.
"I need to find him, my mate." She whispers the last part.
With her rage subsiding the emptiness and despair came back in full.
"I'm assuming this is connected to the report of an angel being present in the familiar forest?" Ajuka questioned.
"This is your fault so help me find him again. He isn't safe alone, what if he's hurt? Waiting for me to come save him? He can only be safe with me!" Tiamat started to crazily mutter.
Ajuka raised an eyebrow at the Dragoness' behaviour, the normally calm and collected Tiamat who had killed hundreds of thousands without a care now acting like an extremely overprotective slightly unhinged wife.
It was certainly an unexpected change and a drastic one since he had last spoken to her a mere few months ago.
Of course he had a few ideas that popped up in his mind instantly. Dragons were known to have been attuned with their draconic instincts on a personal level, said draconic instincts normally push to produce offspring to spread their bloodline.
'Could it be that by suppressing her urges for so long it caused her emotions to go into overdrive?' He thought curiously.
"Very well, for now I request you to calm down. I'll have my best subordinates go find him" Ajuka said in what he hoped was a reassuring tone.
Tiamat nodded somberly and went back to being depressed.
"In fact, to speed up the process, would you mind giving me a description of your 'mate'" Ajuka requested.
"WHAT, why? What are you planning to do with him!?" Tiamat went back to being angry in a split second.
Ajuka sighed in annoyance, normally dealing with Tiamat was rather easy since she didn't play with the whole political bullshit the rest of his race seemingly adored.
'How troublesome.'
Perhaps it was that time of the month?
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