This was the life.
Although I dislike the fact that my exp bar seemed to not like the notion of going up faster, I have found the perfect method for grinding. I would rush out with Cursed Enhancement, aggro a fuckton of enemies. Climb the roof of a particularly tall house and rain down hell.
This method gave me a lot of juicy juicy exp and loot, plus I just had to chug the occasional mana potion and I would be fine.
Speaking of, mana, health, and stamina potions were rather common drops from the occasional chest scattered around. All except a few were rated minor which while effective wasnt a game-changer, but it healed a decent portion of my health at this point in time which was nice.
And, contrary to how it is named, the mana potions works for recovering my Cursed Energy reserves as well. And I have no idea why, maybe they came from the same source? But what use was it to question this game logic? I will only bother spending neurons on it if I am bored and have the time to.
For all I cared, the stamina potion could recover my health and I couldn't care less at this moment. Though I didn't remember any potions in DxD so maybe I could make a bank using alchemy and selling Hp pots.
...And get assassinated by the Phenex family.
*Sigh* the woes of being a genius.
This was the kind of monologue that went through my head as I spent hours throwing down cursed flames. Hell, the skill level was well over 30 at this point.
As I was raining down hell upon these heathen zombies I decided to sift through my loot for the 2 skill books I had gotten since I ended up here.
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[You have learned the skill: Life Drain]
Cost: 50CE/s
Through contact, you can drain a target's health and add it to your own at a rate of 10HP per second.
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[You have acquired the skill: Poison Resistance]
Increases your resistance to all poisons by 1%
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While they seemed like not very good skills, that was only because of their low levels. Some skills start off well and then have a lackluster power curve. And other start badly but have a ridiculous power curve.
Take poison resistance for example. 1% poison resistance is shit. But if I leveled it up to 100 somehow...
Immunity to all poisons.
I know for a fact that there are some broken poisons in DxD. For example, if I had a dragon attribute some poisons could put me to bed even if I were lv 500 or 1000.
So I started taking poison in the smallest doses. The bloaters can drop minor poison vials so I took a drop or two of it. It tasted like liquid sewer and felt like magma but my poison resistance started rising immediately.
All the while I was dropping some supa hot fire at the zombies below. The feeling of euphoria from grinding like the old times was like no other.
I wish I had my phone with me to pass time though.
But after a while of chucking down fiery ordinance, I realized that the mobs had stopped coming and that I had defeated the boss, somehow.
It was probably a boss without any reach that got dragged by the commotion and got burnt to a crisp without being able to retaliate. And I didn't feel like confirming by going through 100 kill logs so I just walked through the portal after grabbing the loot.
[F5 Boss Floor]
It seemed like this place was the end of the dungeon. Which was good since I have been here for over several hours and I was about to get exhausted sooner than later.
The floor itself was unusual though. I was in front of a giant warehouse. I couldn't wander far off so that must be the boss arena. The game was being unusually generous and giving me plenty of time to rethink and run away.
Regardless, I wouldn't get anywhere besides back to the starting point if I start running away from the finish line. Psyching myself up I pushed open the doors of the warehouse and entered.
' Fuck. '
In the middle of the giant warehouse was a giant floating limbless torso with multiple exposed organs hanging out of its "body" including a brain in place of its head stuck to its neck. With a large disfigured humanoid face on the right side of its torso. It used its elongated exposed organs to hold itself up like stilts.
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[ Zombie Devil - LV 25 (Boss) ]
A devil born from and embodying humanity's fear of zombies. It is capable of creating and maintaining a near-endless supply of undead. While the main body may not be as strong as its level suggests, its strength lies in the power of its horde.
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Yeah, the horde is the right word considering the over at least a hundred zombies crowding the warehouse. Even better, the doors closed behind me. But even still, this was almost tailor-made for me as Undead are almost always weak to fire. And fire is one of my only spells.
In fact, that very same spell had leveled up considerably due to how much I have used it here.
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[Cursed Flames Lv. 32/100]
Cost: 320CE
Shoot a ball of cursed flame from your palm. Deals (Int x 1.6) damage. Has a 30% chance to inflict cursed flames. Affected by gravity, will bounce twice before dissipating.
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Activating my Cursed Energy Enhancement I started running around, avoiding zombies in the crowded warehouse and aggroing crowds as I ran around like a headless chicken. Of course, I wasnt running around aimlessly, I was trying to get them in an as big of a group as I could. Thankfully, the big guy in the middle wasnt getting involved for now.
Once the horde was dense enough to my liking I climbed up one of the steel beams before dispelling my aura and chugging a minor mana potion. With my mana topped off I raised my hand and cast {Cursed Flames}.
*BOOOOM!!!*
Within a second a giant ball of cursed flame, the size of a beachball got launched from my hands and landed in the middle of the horde, and exploded like a grenade, sending limbs flying everywhere and inflicting cursed flames on most of the undead as they burnt to death.
Not letting up I released another fireball before chugging another potion and shooting another.
And another.
And another.
I love cheesing games what can I say? You must take every advantage you can get. Take a mile for every inch.
Just as I prepared another ball of cursed flame the Zombie Devil moved and lashed out with one of his entrail tentacles. Jumping over the slow tentacle I dispelled the spell and activated Cursed Energy Enhancement as my body almost moved with ingrained instinct.
As soon as I was grounded I shook off the shock from the fall as another organ whip struck out toward me, I brought out Tozama and as soon as the whip reached me I cut it in half. The Zombie Devil screamed in pain and froze up and I used the opening to spring toward the main body.
It barely had a horde left and whip-like attack users are usually weaker at close range. Sidestepping I avoided another vertical whip slam. Ducking I dodged a burnt-up corpse that the devil had picked up and launched at me. Tensing up my legs I shot forward and reached the devil as it tried using its entrails to spear me.
Pushing the aura enhancement to the limits I burned through my reserves and in an impressive display of skill managed to dodge parry and cut every hit before jumping up and stabbing my knife into the devil's eyes.
*ARRRRRGH!!!*
Even more tendrils rose up to grab me but I didn't relent and tore down the knife and put a giant gash on the devil's face. Just before they reached me I pushed off with all my might as I held out my arm.
'Cursed Flames!'
Using all of my remainder cursed energy I overloaded the ball of flame as it impacted the devils gaping eysocket and blew it from inside out. Recoiling from the impact I unceremoniously fell to the ground as I was overwhelmed by notifications.
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
[Level up!]
[Congratculations! You have reached level 20 of Sorcerer! Awakening {Innate Cursed Technique} ]
Seeing those words on screen my eyes nearly bugged out of my eyes. Innate Cursed Technique was important to a sorcerer, to say the least. This thing would probably be the backbone of my entire class. If it sucked then my sorcerer career probably sucked too.
Sending a small prayer to Lord Helix and Lord RNGesus I opened my eyes to see what I rolled.
[ You have awakened {Create Undead} ]
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[ {Create Undead} Lv. 1/100 ]
Cost: 100CE
Use a corpse to create an undead servant. The type of undead you can raise depends on multiple factors such as the race, level, and condition of the corpse. The amount of undead that can be maintained at once is equal to your Int/5.
Undead Available: [Zombie], [Skeleton], [Skeleton Dog], [Zombie Dog]
Current undead limit: 15
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[ More dungeons unlocked ]
[ Binding Vow's unlocked ]
[ You have reached 50 Wisdom! You have acquired the Perk: Cursed Well ]
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[ Cursed Well ]
+20% Cursed Energy recovery speed
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That's... a lot. First of all, create undead. I can live with that. It's no {Limitless} but I think it fits well with me, I can also see the irony of getting create undead in a zombie dungeon after defeating the zombie devil.
Yes... In fact, Create Undead is really good. Procuring corpses will be annoying but manageable if I can get myself a sweet sweet undead army. It must be the dream of every man at least once of leading an undying army of your fallen foes.
Necromancer is high risk high reward.
And I am not afraid of gambling.
...I am afraid of passing out in the dungeon though so... [ID Escape].
My body vanished and my bloodied self landed on my couch, staining it with blood. But I couldn't care less with how exhausted I was and the exhausted status effect couldn't be got rid of without a good rest. But first, I had some gatcha to roll. I had 4 entire tokens on me. And since my luck was good for once I started rolling in hopes of that pattern continuing.
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Currently, I was walking to school in the morning. After having slept for barely over an hour I was pretty damn irritated. My frequent eye aches did not help with that.
Due to having been born with what I assume is light hypersensitivity, I have to wear sunglasses like a fucking chump.
I was currently wearing a fully buttoned-up Kuoh Academy uniform without the stupid ass tie. As I was walking I passed by several female students and...
Holy hell, those skirts barely cover anything. All it needs is a slight breeze to show your underwear to the whole wide world.
I approve.
The only things I disapprove of are the overly complicated school outfits. Why does the girl's uniform have a fucking cape?
Anyways to mostly cover up my incredibly unusual eyes and sunglasses I went full hentai protagonist style and made my hair cover most of my upper face. It was mostly messy as I couldn't be bothered to comb it.
I was barely able to be bothered to come to school. Honestly, I would skip it if it didn't put attention on me. All I wanted was to be left alone for now and build up my army and strength.
I had already gone through high school once and I wasn't looking forward to going through it again. At least now I had superhuman intelligence backing me up so it won't be as horrible.
But as I arrived at the school gates I saw her .
It felt quite weird to see someone you thought was just an anime character alive, living, and breathing.
'Sona Sitri' and the girl next to her whose name I don't remember. Hopefully, they dont notice anything off about me. After all, they shouldn't, I am barely leaking barely if any cursed energy from me. Curious I decided to use observe on them.
[ Sona Sitri - LV87 ]
Title: Heiress of the Sitri Family
Race: Pure-Blood Devil
Tier: High
HP: 5,500
MP: 20,600
Vit: 110
End: 48
Str: 54
Agi: 63
Int: 369
Wis: 412
Cha: 210
Lck: 120
Opinion of you: Intrigued.
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Ex
Fuckin
Cuse
Me?
How the fuck are those stats?
What the fuck did she get them?
Who does the devil race even do?
[Race: Pure-Blood Devil]
Beings that originated from the Underworld created by the Original Lucifer using the body of his wife Lilith. They are far more powerful and magically attuned than humans. Capable of flight and all speak but vulnerable to holy and light as well as places and items of worship.
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Stat Modifiers:
1 Vitality = 50HP
1 Wisdom = 50MP
Str: 1.5x
Agi: 1.5x
End: 1.5x
Cha: 2x
Luc: 1x
Racial bonuses:
+[Perk: Language]
+[Perk: Night Vision]
+[Skill: Flight]
+[Demonic Power]
+[Light Vulnerability]
+[Holy Vulnerability]
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I want a refund.
This so fucking unfair. Just how hard are humans shafted? I took a whole ass heavenly restriction and even I don't have anything close to that MP multiplier.
Not only is her stats higher than mine but they are just straight up BETTER than mine.
I really need to cover that gap.
I arrived in front of the gate, hoping that nothing stands out about me other than my paper-white hair and sunglasses and my exceptional height.
Just as I was thinking that Sona and her... Queen? I think approached me.
"Gojo Akira-kun right? I am Souna Shitori, the student council president here at Kuoh Academy. I am here to show you around the school as well as to handle some paperwork."
She was honestly the most beautiful girl I had ever seen in my life with her rather slender physique and enchanting amethyst eyes. Regardless I didn't let appearances distract me as I answered.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Shitori-san."
[+5 Affection with Sona Sitri (First Impression)]
[+5 Affection with Tsubaki Shinra (First Impression)]
What.
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<>-<>-<>-<>Tutorial: Romance<>-<>-<>-<>
Everything in the world is about sex. Except for sex, sex is about power.
By interacting with people and factions you
can get affection and reputation from them. And by forming bonds with them you will get rewards at 50 and 100 affection/reputation.
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Damn, and I was planning on just avoiding the main cast like the plague but this changes things.
I'm hindsight I probably should've expected this. That in a world like DxD that becoming the harem king would actually be a genuine method to power.
And I like power. And I like women.
Whelp, I guess I'll aim to become the "Harem King" then. Fuckin hell.
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[New Quest: Path to Harem King pt.1]
Emboldened by the flames of lust you have decided to embark upon the path of Harem King.
You have a long way ahead of you.
Condition: Get 5 women to over 50 affection.
Reward: 20 Charisma, Perk: Harem Lord.
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Hahaha , just what has my life turned into? As I was browsing through the notifications I was also "attentively" listening to Sona and Tsubaki leading me around the school. Thanks to my increased intelligence I could do both.
"By the way, Gojo-kun, why are wearing sunglasses to School?" Sona asked suddenly in an inquisitive tone. Though I could also pick up hints of ice and warning to it. Likely disliking the fact that I am blatantly disregarding the dress code.
"I have photophobia, my eyes are incredibly sensitive to light and without my sunglasses, I get frequent eye aches and migraines. If you would like I can remove it but I would prefer not to." Of course, I prepared for this question. Only I didn't know if I was lying or not.
"O-oh, I see, in that case, it is fine for you to keep wearing them." Hearing my words she seemed slightly embarrassed while her queen slightly snickered behind her before being shut up by an icy glare.
As we were walking through the school I had discovered another use for my sunglasses, I could stare all I wanted without being discovered which was very nice when you are walking behind 2 very attractive devils.
Speaking of, how the hell can I see so well with sunglasses? Even with sunglasses and hair covering my face, the world looks completely normal. Pretty freaky. After a while, Souna showed me the whole school most of the school before dropping me off at my classroom.
After that, the teacher pulled me up to the front of the classroom to introduce myself. Thankfully I think I know the generic introduction you make to a Japanese classroom.
"Hello everyone, my name is Gojo Akira. It is nice to meet you all."
[+20 Affection from Aika Kiryu ( For having a big cucumber ) ]
You know? I am not even going to question the how. I could already assume who she was from the girl creepily giggling to herself with a blush, she was quite cute I guess. I also heard the reta- 'Pervert Trio' moaning and complaining to themselves about me not being a cute girl. I am fairly certain that just by being in their presence that my intelligence is getting a debuff.
Ignoring them I plopped down on my seat and realized after 10 minutes of the teacher explaining the subject that this was unbelievably below me. Thanks to my superhuman intelligence all of this was baby play even excluding the fact that I had already gone through high school.
So I decided to take a nap. Occasionally I was woken up by the disgruntled teacher asking me a question but I would easily answer. But I failed to notice the gaze of one handsome blond devil staring at me from behind.
After classes passed and it was lunch I decided to head down to the cafeteria. But as I was walking down the halls I caught sight of a white-haired loli with amber eyes staring at me from a distant corner of the corridor before sniffing the air and hurriedly turning and running away, for some reason followed by a bunch of people who I assume are fangirls.
[-10 Affection from Koneko Toujou (Bad smell) ]
Whuh? I just took a bath though...
'Touki is similar to cursed energy'
Fuck, she can sense my cursed energy to an extent. Godammit, so much for "staying low". Damm, this must be a fucking record with how fast my cover has been seemingly blown. But, having one of the main heroines at negative affection could be pretty bad for me. So I pulled out my hidden card.
Quite literally.
[Silver card of Hearts: Use to boost someone's affection by +10. Can only be used once per person.]
These bad boys dropped from random chests in the dungeon. I only had one silver and 2 bronz ones.
Tapping on the card I used it on Koneko, getting her back to 0. I dont know how that will change her thought process but I dont care too much as long as it doesn't hurt me. After I used the card on Koneko I resumed my walk to where I remember the cafeteria being.
But as I was passing through I saw scarlet in the corner of my vision. Turning my head to look at exactly what I saw in the corner of my vision I was met with the girl herself mysteriously looking at me from one of the windows in the school. And our eyes locked as she brushed a strand of her ruby-red hair out of her face before smiling at me.
I immediately turned away and pretended to not see anything. Speeding up my pace I arrived at the cafeteria quickly while internally panicking all the way through.
[+5 Affection from Rias Gremory (First impression) ]
Why thank you.
Wait no, can I just last a single moment without attracting the attention of at least 5 supernatural beings per second, please? I was going to reveal myself eventually but not THIS fast.
Sigh. I will just enjoy my meal and worry about them later.
...
After a long day, I was finally allowed to go back home. Although I appreciated the normalcy of the school environment I really did not enjoy the teachers repeatedly trying to catch me slipping like they were trying to prove something.
I of course managed to answer all of their questions thanks to my intelligence. Not many people approached me after class due to me not really giving off a friendly vibe I guess.
Except for that glasses girl. She was weirdly insistent on talking to me. I humored her because I honestly had nothing to do.
Surprisingly, she was quite good company. So I decided to mark her as my first test. She was good-looking, rather humorous, and fun to be around so I have decided to pursue her as my first "love interest" I guess.
Just by interacting with her and cracking the occasional joke, I was able to get her to 30 affection. Which the system marked as Small Crush.
Maybe I will ask her to a date tomorrow. See how this dating system ticks. She seems to be on easy mode considering how much of a pervert she is.
And because of this heavenly restriction penalty, I may as well be a pervert too. Through with more restraint. I really needed to get laid soon or this libido will drive me insane.
As I was contemplating I felt something bump into me before crashing down. Managing to take out an entire 5HP. As I turned around to see who bumped into me my eyes widened.
"Sorry for bumping into you man!" Said the shorter brown-haired boy with the back of his hair tied in a small ponytail that had average looks.
Issei Hyoudou.
The protagonist.
Authors note: Your comments and interactions helps motivate me so please write what you thought about the chapter in the comments. I am open to suggestions to help improve my fics.
Also, if anyone has interesting ideas for the random gatcha I will be glad to include those ideas if I like them. You can also recommend characters for the occasional companion card mc may pull from the gatcha.
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❗You can read up to 10 chapters ahead on this fic and the other ones I write on my p*treon at:
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