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Darkness. That's what the afterlife looks like, and I should know as I got here after dying. How did I die, you may ask? I tripped. I tripped down the stairs, landed on my dog, and then, while trying to get up, got my hand stuck in a mousetrap. This then caused me to backpedal and, while moving, go over the banister. Yeah, yeah, laugh it up, but it could have been worse.

Anyway, going back on topic, I've been floating in the afterlife for a good 20 minutes at this rate, and it's so. Damn. BORING. Like, seriously, can't a guy have ANYTHING to do when he dies? I'd seriously take watching Disney movies at this rate, and that's saying something considering I hate most Disney content.

As I was contemplating this fresh hell, a voice rang out in the dark void. "Hey kid, watcha doing floating around in this space?" I startled, and saw a seemingly normal man just standing there. Well, I say normal, but that means nothing when you see someone made of entire galaxies phase into existence in front of your face. There wasn't anything that foretold his arrival either; one moment there was just an empty void, and then he was there. The only thing "Normal" about him was that he had stark white hair and looked like he had raided an emo teen's closet. His outfit then changed to a suit and tie, a dress, an oversized sweatshirt, a space suit, everything under the sun, before landing back on the stereotypical Emo teen outfit.

I vaguely wondered how I was supposed to treat this entity, but then decided "fuck it" I was dead, what was the worse that could happen, and besides, I never was the nicest. "Oh, nothing much, I just died." He raised a cosmic eyebrow "Buddy, this isn't where you go when you die. This is the Dimensional Gap, NOTHING LIVES HERE. Well, except for two entities, but they aren't important right now." I look at him and gesture to the void, "Well, where are souls supposed to go, huh? Cause I die, then wake up here, and now you're telling me I'm NOT supposed to be in an endless void?" He looks taken aback at this point "Oh FUCK no man, hell, you aren't even supposed to be in this goddamn universe. You know Percy Jackson, right?" Now it's my turn to look incredulously at him. "Of course I know Percy Jackson! Who doesn't?" "Well, I got good and bad news for you then, buddy, Rick got it right. All the "Old Gods?" they exist. And you end up in the underworld that you perceive." I cut him off here, slowly realizing what this Entity is trying to tell me: "Are you saying, I could have gotten sent to Valhalla, the Greek or Egyptian Underworld, and yet, I end up HERE!?!" "Yup." "HOW THE FUCK DOES THAT EVEN HAPPEN?" "Your soul got lost in transit." I deadpan at him, "What?" He looks almost sheepish and rubs the back of his head, "Yeah, technically speaking, you got overlooked during the process, and got packaged in with souls from the other universe. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED THOUGH!" He looks downright alarmed at this point, like an overworked employee working in customer service. "I swear to all the infinite incarnations of God in the multiverses, this is like a 1 in ♾️ chance of happening." I facepalm, although it does nothing except make my already starting Migraine even worse.

"Oh great. My luck strikes again." He looks at me skeptically, eyes narrowed in an almost accusatory tone, "What do you mean by that?" I look back up at him. "My luck is simultaneously REALLY GOOD and REALLY BAD. Like, if I enter a lottery, and it's a one in 70 billion chance I win, but winning sends you to a personal hell, I'd win. If I had a 99.9 percent chance to get a badass looking weapon in a game, I'd get a legendary that's like 1%, but it's the ugliest shit in the world, or a joke weapon that can't even damage a slime! And-" I start laughing hysterically here "It's The Same... WITH ALL THE OTHER GODDAMN HERO SUMMONING GAMES! LIKE RAID-FUCKING-SHADOW LEGENDS!" He(?) Interjects here "Hey, no badmouthing raid, they sponsor us." I look at him for a moment, disbelief clear on my face, but he met my gaze head on. "Oh my god. You aren't joking." "Nope." "Just my fucking luck. Can I get back to my rant now?" "If you can get back in the headspace, sure." Realizing he has a point, I just sigh and slump down. "Well the point is, my luck sucks, so I should have figured something like this would happen. Who even are you anyway?"

He looks happy now, like I had just fulfilled his purpose for being there. "AND THERE IT IS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION! Anyway, to answer said question, I'll introduce myself." He switches to a suit and tie, and hands me a blank card "Hi, my name's Zed, but you can call me Z. I'm part of an interdimensional organization, one that goes around and fixes anomalies like yourself. However, I just had a BRILLIANT idea." He spins around and goes back to his normal outfit. "Since you claim that your luck is so shit, I have decided, (with permission from the higher ups) that I'm gonna let you live in this universe. It's a work of fiction from your world, one that you should be relatively familiar with, but there is a catch. Just having you live in this world would be boring, so I'm gonna give you something that could get you an edge in this world. A GATCHA SYSTEM!" He looks so proud at this announcement that I almost regret what I do next. I look at him, then his smile, then his face, and proceed to kick him in the Balls as hard as I can. He doubles over in pain, going to his knees, looking at me with a betrayed expression that doesn't last long as I then elbow him in the nose and punch him. Repeatedly. It was satisfying.

After the merciless onslaught, I help him up, a sheepish grin on my face. "Hehe, sorry about that. I just had a LOT of pent-up anger and that just kinda made me snap." I was lying obviously, I hated Gatcha with a passion and this fuck wanted me to rely on my shit luck to survive in an ALTERNATE DIMENTION that could be anywhere from 40k to Hello Kitty. I was pretty sure that I wasn't in some AU where Hello Kitty was a demon in disguise and sacrificed people, but hey, you never know. He looked at me with betrayal in his eyes, before straightening up. "Well. I WAS gonna give you something as an apology, but now I don't want to." He was pouting. The interdimensional asshole was pouting and looking at me with an expectant look. I sigh and decide that my pride was a small sacrifice for something that could help me survive. "Alright, I'm sorry for the ball kick, that was uncalled for and just cruel of me." He brightened up and looked like a hyperactive puppy, which did make me feel slightly bad for the ball shot.

"Apology accepted! Now, I'm gonna get you out of the worst part of the Dimensional Gap that you somehow ended up in, and then I'll answer some more questions, as well as give you that present I mentioned." He snapped his fingers and we were transported into a kaleidoscope of colors, that damn near overwhelmed my senses before I adjusted. Zed looked around and snapped his fingers again, this time erecting a see-through barrier. Ah, there we go! Isn't this so much better than that black void you were drifting in? Oh, and don't worry, I erected a barrier so that Red can't find us." His words struck me for a moment before realization came and hit me like that truck that never came. "AM I IN DXD?!?!" It lined up with what little I knew and what he told me, that two beings were living here, that I should be relatively familiar with said work of fiction, and how I needed an edge. "Yup! a world full of gods, dragons, devils, angels, yokai vampires and everything in between!" I stare at him for a while before sighing, which I'm starting to realize I do a lot. "Well, it could always have been worse." "Correct! And both as an apology and something to give you an edge, check that card I gave you before."

I glance down at the card that has now turned into an orange ticket with [Legendary] printed on its surface. "I got you a legendary ticket, Go ahead and give it a roll!" I did as he said, and moments later, something popped up in front of my eyes.

[Gatcha system initiated...]

[Loading Success!]

[Rolling Legendary Random Ticket...]

[Rolling Successful!]

230.Demon God  8.1 

-Divine Trait-

You are the reincarnation of a Demon God, All Darkness and unholy abilities and magic are increased by a tier if they fall below mythical level and cost less energy to use, all demonic and infernal beings recognize you as an absolute authority if they are weaker than you and even ones stronger than you recognize you for what you are. Your basic physical stats are massively increased, and in addition, you can convert your energy directly into a darkness attribute like a mana burst.

My eyes widen and nearly drop out of my head. A DIVINE trait! And one that will make this world a CAKE WALK! My luck isn't that good. There is no FUCKING WAY. Zed looks over to see what has me so shocked, and his eyes actually DO fall out of his head. He backs away, shaking his head, muttering under his breath. Unfortunately for him, I had just gotten a buff to physical stats and that included hearing for some fucking reason. ' No, no, no, no, no, no, no, this isn't possible. How can you get a goddamn DIVINE TRAIT from a LEGENDARY ROLL. He must have lied, right? He was blessed by a luck god, or he IS a luck god, right? RIGHT?!?!?' The poor guy was having a small breakdown a good 50 feet away from me, which was fortunately away from my new hearing range, as it looked like he was on a call with his bosses.

Two minutes later, he returned with a new look in his eye "Ok, so. Turns out, Loki decided to play a bit of a trick and swapped about... 5 Legendary tickets with Divine ones. Don't ask how, cause I don't fucking know. BUT, unfortunately for you, what's done is done, so you get to keep this." At his words, I backed away a bit, not liking how he was looking at me. "Wh-What do you mean 'unfortunately?' Isn't it a good thing?" He smiled a wide, sharklike grin, joy clear on his face. "NOPE. Because now, I get revenge on a little guy who decided to kick me in the balls, under the excuse of making it more... fair for the rest of the world." Now I really was sorry I kicked this guy in the balls, because I had forgotten at the time, he was a MULTIDIMENSIONAL BEING, who was in charge of my life.

"I don't suppose we can let bygones be bygones?"

"Nope."

"What's gonna happen?"

"Easy, you no longer get 3 free Bronze Tickets, 2 silver, or one gold per day, You need to do "quests" to get tickets that level with the severity of the quest, and your 3 gold tickets you get before we drop you in get downgraded to 2 bronze and 1 silver. Ṡ̸̡O̸͍̍ ̸̧̯̃Ĝ̸̛̼͖Ȩ̴͓̓̅T̵̮̽͜ ̴̤̜̆R̷͍̈́Ơ̶̟̲͘L̶̗͗L̶̛̮̀Ì̸͙̙̇N̶̬͎͆͊G̷̖̎͝"

[Rolling Bronze Random Ticket...]

[Rolling Successful!]

640. Slipper 1.7 (0.83%)

-Common Ability-

Your skin is really slippery like it's made of ice covered in oil, anyone trying to grab your body will be really annoyed.

[Rolling Bronze Random Ticket...]

[Rolling Successful!]

158. Levitation Necklace 2.4 (0.62%)

-Uncommon Item-

A Necklace that, when worn, allows the user to slowly fly at 10km/h. (6/mph)

[Rolling Silver Random Ticket...]

[Rolling Successful!]

66. Snow Tiger 1.6 (1.46%)

-Common Familiar-

A Ferocious snow tiger companion, as a familiar, they are a snow tiger who has excellent genetics and near-human intellect, and as rare snow tigers, they are considerably larger than normal lions and can be ridden. By default, they are female.

With a wave of Zed's hand, I rocketed backwards, his mocking smile wide on his face as he shouted forward

"Oh, and watch out, I heard Fallen Angels are ESPECIALY hostile to devils! HAHAHAHAHA"

Fucking asshole.

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~~~~Issei Hyoudou~~~~

Issei didn't expect his life to go downhill so fast within two days. He had done his usual pervy routine at school, spying on the girls changing and then getting his ass beaten because of it but his life seemed to be coming around for the better. He had scored a hot date with a girl named Yuma, and it seemed like he was about to start his dream of becoming the harem king.

But like everything else, it was too good to be true. The date had ended in the park, where "Yuma" had asked him one thing, and Issei was only too happy to comply. Sadly what she wanted was for Issei to die and she succeeded by stabbing him through with a light spear, and leaving him to die miserably.

Issei had woken up the next day, and assuming it was all a nightmare, he went to school. Throughout the day, he was plagued with uncomfortable visions of Yuma leaving him to die in a pool of his blood, but whenever he asked people about her, they looked at him like he was crazy. He had noticed that he was extra tired, and that he was extra energetic at night.

Thinking that it was, in fact, all in his head he quickly grew depressed, something his friends had noticed and tried to cheer him up by inviting him to watch some "Finer" entertainment or as Matsuda called it, "The best Boobs that money could buy." Unfortunately, his heart just wasn't in it, and he chose to walk back home alone before anything could make his day worse.

He was reflecting on these poor decisions as he was once again being stabbed through the gut with a light spear, but only this time, it wasn't a drop-dead gorgeous woman that stabbed him, but a guy. As he was yet again starting to pass out from the blood loss, one of the great school beauties, Rias Gremory showed up out of nowhere and proceeded to kick the ass of the guy who stabbed him, but just before Issei headed into unconsciousness, he saw a portal open, and heard a male voice shout out, "FUCK YOU ZED!" before someone landed on his face. And it wasn't a hot girl either.

~~~?????? ??????~~~~

Rubbing my back, I look back up at the sky where the portal Zed chucked me into was closing, his smug grin still twinkling bright in my eyes. Now, I won't say that I didn't deserve to get Shafted for what I did to him. Hell, I'm lucky he didn't take the rest of my rolls, but goddamn it I-  My train of thought was cut off by a burst of pain going through my skull. ' Ah, what in the hell happened? All I had done was curse, but last I checked, that was allowed in the world of DxD. hell, they cursed several times in the series, but there was nothing that caused headaches, right? Well, aside from saying god and quoting holy texts, but-'  Yet again I was struck by a headache, and that's when it fully sank in. I was a Demonic. God. In DxD. I was OBVIOUSLY going to become a devil, with all that entails.

Let's see, off the top of my head, the benefits include a peerage-which is hit or miss at this point, wings, the ability to know all speech, increased physical abilities, being STUPIDLY hot, Clan traits that are special to the elite clan houses, and... Devil Magic. Now, you can be all, "Oh, I have a clan trait so I'm better than you, etc., etc." but Devil Magic is where it's REALLY at. As far as I know, it's only limited by two things. Magic power, and imagination, one of which I know for a fact I have in spades.

Pulling myself to my feet, I took in my surroundings. It was a nice Japanese street, like one of the ones that are seemingly copy-pasted from every Anime that takes place in the "real world." Lets see, you have the houses, the fence, a dying Issei, a fallen that was getting his ass beaten not 5 seconds ago, a shocked looking Rias- Oh shit. I do a double take at the unconscious man underneath me, and yup, it's Issei alright, but doesn't he die and get saved in a park? I do a triple(?) take, seeing the beaten up form of Donaseek who I recognize by that shitty ass trench coat he wears, and a certain red haired devil, who is looking at me like she's just.. seen... god (ow).... fuck.

Taking advantage of the momentary pause in the fighting, I reexamine the current situation as it would look to Rias or a different outsider. You are beating up a strange fallen angel on your turf, who decided to attack your new peerage member, who may be your only hope of getting out of a marriage contract. Then, a portal opens up and dumps a strange devil onto said peerage member, and that devil is leaking out exponential amounts of demonic power, and is, in fact, a god that you have never seen before. Now, I would react with fear and possible hostility in this situation, but considering she was raised around devil royalty and knows how to properly treat stronger beings that have high political standing, she would look at it with a more reasonable mind and try to be calm, and political.

"Who are you, and what are you doing in my territory?!" Or she could react like the hormonal teenager she is and also act hostile. ' Well Zed, the hell am I supposed to do here? I don't WANT to fight her, even if she is comparably weak at the moment, and I don't think Donaseek is gonna stick around long either.'  Then, as if he was listening (which he probably was), I got two notifications pop up, right in the middle of my face.

*Ding*

Make Rias realize that you are the boss now, and this is YOUR territory

1: Force her to recognize your status, and have her willingly bend the knee to you

2: Have her "explain" what has changed since you were sealed/banished/killed long, long ago

3: Optional: Have Rias willingly, and without using her marriage against her, suck you off right there and then

*Ding*

Rid your town of Fallen Angels

1: Capture, Kill, or enslave Raynare, Millit, Kalwarner, and Donaseek

2: Optional: Force Donaseek to call the rest of the fallen angels

3: Optional: Capture or enslave all the fallen except for Donaseek, and give a good reason for why you only killed him.

'What. THE FUCK. HEY! ZED, SYSTEM, WHATEVER ASSHOLE IS GIVING ME THESE QUESTS, WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT? Is there no peaceful option? How about just having this be all one big misunderstanding? Why are all my fucking options to be the Villain here?' Suddenly, new text springs onscreen, just below the objective list. Buddy, Pal, listen, I KNOW YOU, remember? I am one of the CARETAKERS OF THE MULTIVERSE. Do you not think that I don't know how your mind works? You LOVE to be the villain, to be that one all powerful asshole, who deserves to win. Hell, the only thing stopping you in your past life was that you were unable to. He has a point. Every game I played, every time I had a choice, I would 100%, without fail, pick the one that got me power. The one that would get me cruel and twisted abilities, the one that would let me kill and hurt as many people as possible.

What really hurt was the fact that yes, this WAS my plan from the beginning. I would show up, make Rias recognize me, then go from there, just doing whatever I wanted, maybe even taking over a small corner of Japan. Was it even my choice anymore? Did I even want to be the bad guy? Or was it just my mind, trying to convince itself that this was the only way for me to be happy?

Ha. Haha. HAHAHA. HAHAHAHHAHA! YEAH FUCKING RIGHT! I. AM. EVIL. I am a bad. fucking. person. I have no issues lying, cheating, stealing, whatever it took for me to get what benefited ME. Oh sure, I would play nice. I wouldn't be overly cruel or let people know what's inside me. But please, all I wished was to be powerful enough to even have this option to begin with. So that I wouldn't have to hide. There's that sociopath I know and hate! Glad you're back, but listen, I did you a small favor by pausing time temporarily while you were having these revelations, but it's about to unpause, and your gonna have to take action here. Oh, I'm ready, but I do have one last question, if you don't mind? I thought I told you to cut the nice shit, but alright, shoot. What's the reward for these quests?

He paused for a moment before letting out another laugh. Hehe, I knew you were gonna ask that at some point, but here, I'll throw you a bone. I'll show the rewards for all quests from here on out, but if you amuse me in some way, shape or form while doing these quests, even if you fail all the objectives miserably, I'll give you some REAL NICE stuff and I do mean the good shit. I'm talking [Platinum] or higher, but I will give you a word of warning about your task. it's hard to impress me. Anyway, here you go.

*Ding* Quest rewards added to description

Make Rias realize that you are the boss now, and this is YOUR territory

1: Force her to recognize your status, and have her willingly bend the knee to you ----> Gold Trait Ticket

2: Have her "explain" what has changed since you were sealed/banished/killed long, long ago ----> Bronze Random Ticket

3: Optional: Have Rias willingly, and without using her marriage against her, suck you off right there and then ----> Gold Random Ticket

*Ding* Quest rewards added to description

1: Capture, Kill, or enslave Raynare, Millit, Kalwarner, and Donaseek ----> Gold Ability Ticket

2: Optional: Force Donaseek to call the rest of the fallen angels ----> Silver Skill Ticket

3: Optional: Capture or enslave all the fallen except for Donaseek, and give a good reason for why you only killed him. ----> Varied Rewards: Bronze-Silver-or-Gold Item Depending on how it's accomplished.

I take a look at the rewards and whistle in appreciation. Most of these quests were tough but fair, and the rewards reflected that. Aside from a few outliers, they were all doable and gave good rewards, but I could understand the reasoning behind those. Well, there was;One objective I wasn't sold on. ' Hey Zed, last question (for now) I swear, what's with getting Rias to suck me off? Like, 1: it would be hard enough if we weren't both in public and IN FRONT OF A FALLEN. But 2: Mr. "Siscon Satan" Sirzechs would FUCKING KILL ME.'  Like, that was just unreasonable! Granted, it was an optional quest, but that wasn't worth a goddamn gold ticket. Hmm, yeah, good point.

3: Optional: Have Rias willingly, and without using her marriage against her, suck you off right there and then ----> Gold Dimond  Random Ticket

Better? "Fuck no man, first off, I don't even know the tiers here, and besides, it aint worth burning those bridges anytime soon. I'll just take the fucking loss and decide to miss a random chance at something. You, sir are slightly stupid, but fine, you have automatically failed at doing the optional objective and will not receive a reward even if you do now go through with it. Enjoy your choice. Oh, and I'll explain more about this system when you get out of the tutorial, but for now, time is gonna go back to normal. Before I could get a word in edgewise, the text vanished and time unfroze.

Donaseek was still on the ground, petrified, just staring at my form despite Rias being perfectly fine with confronting me. It occurred to me that he had probably never felt such raw power before, despite being around powerful people, while Rias practically lived around devils flaunting their power like toddlers bragging about a new toy they just got. Standing tall and clearing my throat, I answered in a surprisingly deep rumble that was infused with what little power I could control.

"Is this how your race treats its lord? Or are you just an impotent outlier who doesn't know the meaning of RESPECT." On the word respect, I once again managed to flair my power enough to make Rias wince, and to flatten Donaseek against the pavement. I stepped forward once more and unleashed my wings, letting my full demonic appearance show. "Look upon me, little devil, can you recognize who I am? Can you not see past my mortal form?" At my words, Rias's eyes widened and she started to shake. "You speak as though I should not only recognize you, but that you hold some form of position of respect. However. You are no devil I have ever seen, and I doubt that one of the other pantheons would dare to intrude on my domain. Thus, you must be some stray with delusions of grandeur." Distraction energy ran up and down her arms, beginning to pool in her hands. "As the heir of house Gremory, I will put an end to you."

Donaseek, hearing her words, turned pale and lunged forward, stopping at my feet where he bowed so low his head nearly broke the street we were on. "Please, my lord! She doesn't know what she's talking about. She's a sheltered princess who doesn't know a thing about the real world! Spare me from your wrath, and teach her the error of her ways." Stepping over his still bowing form, I stop in front of Rias, rage burning in my eyes. "A stray?" My voice was deceptively calm, merely giving a hint to my rage. "It seems I must educate you on who I am. I am your lord. I am your master. I am the one who currently holds your life in my hands. I Am Not To Be Mocked, By A THIRD RATE DEVIL, WITH DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR. Grabbing her by the neck, I slam her into the ground, using my magic, which came as easily as breathing, to hold her neck down in a way that could easily snap it if she struggled too much.

"But I am a merciful lord, if you can recognize my power for what it is, and who I am, I will let you get up and forgive your earlier transgressions. Rias looked up at me with a mix of fear and defiance, clearly not trusting herself to speak without angering me even more. "If the crow's behavior hasn't clued you in yet, ask yourself. Why would I call myself your lord? Why would I choose to ask you, and spare your life, and not just kill you for insulting me? A lesser being with a lesser temper would most definitely have erased you by now, so why haven't I?" Hanging my head, as if in shame, I crouch down and take her chin in my hands, forcing her to meet my gaze. "Look inside yourself, little devil, and think of me. Think of how you feel whenever you see my visage. You know who, or rather, What I am, so say it."

Her eyes, now trembling, were darting around, trying not to look directly at me, before she looked down and whispered something. "What was that?" Letting go of her face and stepping back, she raised her head and met me face on. "You're a god." Her voice, while still fearful, now had a hardened tone, as if she had resigned herself to her fate, but was still fighting to make a final showing of defiance. "Good. I am Diabolos Inferna. The Demon God, and I have been born anew." I was so fucking embarrassed that I made my name "Devil Fire" and that it sounded like an edgy DnD character, but it fit the situation and I figure that if you get strong enough, nobody can laugh at your name choice. At my words, Donaseek raised his head, and looked at me with new fear, as while he had figured out I was a new god, he didn't realize I was an infernal being, and that Rias was one of my people. Seeing his face, I let out a chuckle and offered him a bit of reassurance. "Peace fallen, I hold no ill will towards you now, but I would appreciate it if you called the rest of your friends." Strangely enough, this didn't seem to reassure him much, but he activated a small magic circle that I assumed was a call for backup.

Turning back to Rias, I released her from my magic's hold, which I only now realized had come naturally to me, and reeled in my demonic power, as well as put away my wings. At least, that's what it seemed like to them, but in reality, I just toggled off the [Demon God] trait, and that was that. I still had the demonic strength and constitution, but the well of power I had was no longer being broadcast across the entire town. Rias got to her feet and brushed herself off before looking at me with a strange sense of respect that wasn't there before. Deciding that there was no point in waiting, I decided to get the second objective out of the way now.

"Gremory." She startled and turned to me, "Yes, my lord?" She had an up word inflection at the end, and it was clear she wasn't comfortable addressing someone else with a high amount of respect that no doubt any other god would require. "Simply call me Diabolos. Anything else is just inconvenient and pointless." She visibly relaxed at that. "However, I wish to know what the current state of the underworld that the devil race occupies is. I know better than anyone how much time will impact the state of a race." She seemed to brighten up a bit before launching into an explanation about the different factions, the current political landscape, and the crafting of Evil Pieces. While she was in the middle of explaining what a peerage was, I saw a flash of white from the forest near us, and heard a crack, before catching an agitated cat girl in my palms.

"Hello little Nekoshou, what are you doing so far from home?" I had to force myself to keep up the calm, indifferent, powerful facade up, as when I caught her, I managed to land my hands both in her hair and right next to her ears. When I addressed her as her true race, she was so shocked she then let them show, and I was conveniently placed so that my hand brushed against them. When that happened, I only had one thought in my mind, OH MY GOD SHE IS SO FLUFFY. (Wait, is that racist?) And before anyone judges me, I can very well be an evil bad guy while also loving cute things.

I always did like Koneko the most, and not just because she's a cat girl who likes naps, sun, and food, although those were major factors. The fact of the matter is, Koneko is so FUCKING ADORABLE. Now, you see a strange devil who has released his power across the town, and it happens to be where your king is. The devil in question is also very intimidating and has your queen looking nervous, and a fallen angel at his feet. You're probably going to think the worst, right? Plus, I had already done the entire intimidating presence thing with both Rias and Donaseek, so I couldn't just do a 180 and pet Koneko like I REALLY, REALLY, want to, as that would just cause so many complications and ruin the entire act I have going on right now. 

*Ding*

Wait, what the hell?

IT'S SO FLUFFY I WANT TO DIE

1: Pet Koneko ----> 1/5 Gold Ability Ticket Piece 

2: Stroke Koneko's ears ----> 2/5 Gold Ability Ticket Piece

3: Stroke Koneko's tail ----> 3/5 Gold Ability Ticket Piece

4: Get Koneko to fall asleep in your lap ----> 4/5 Gold Ability Ticket Piece

5: Get Koneko comfortable enough to actively seek you out as a napping spot ---->5/5 Gold Ability Ticket Piece

*Ding*

Twins make everything better

1: Do everything for [IT'S SO FLUFFY I WANT TO DIE] to her sister ----> Gold Skill Ticket

2: Optional: Do this without letting either of them know you know it's her sister ----> Silver Familiar Ticket

3: Optional: When it is revealed, help them to reconcile ----> New quest: Family Bonding, Gold Trait Ticket

Wow. Just wow. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about either the quests or the rewards, but do you just make quests based on my thoughts? ....no. Liar. Returning my attention to the cat girl trapped in my grasp, I go to release her, but before I can, a lightning bolt plunges into my arm. I'm filled with a paralyzing pain running through my arm, and drop Koneko roughly on the ground before hearing wingbeats overhead. I look up and see Kiba carrying Akeno, who had fired the bolt before dropping down into the tree tops. Kiba then divebombs at me, creating a sword in his hand that's crackling in holy power.

Stepping back, I dodge Kiba's slice where Koneko was lying in wait. She attempted to grapple me down so Kiba could behead me or something equally ridiculous, but thanks to [Slipper] I managed to get out of her grasp, and deliver a swift kick to her side. Despite being a rook, she went flying to the forest where she would undoubtedly be helped by Akeno. Kiba hadn't wasted much time, and had attempted to slice me across the back or skewer me, but either way it didn't matter as I leaned to the side and grasped his arm. With a swift motion, I broke it and delivered a swift punch to his face.

Rias and Donaseek hadn't been still either, or rather, Donaseek wasn't and had instead moved to throwing light spears to intercept the constant barrage of spells Akeno was throwing out. Fortunately, it seemed her only goal was to protect Rias, or she would have torn him apart slowly and painfully. He wasn't doing much, and was mostly deflecting what projectiles he could, and either destroying or dodging the ones he couldn't. Rias on the other hand, was standing shocked at this turn of events, but me breaking Kiba's arm seemed to snap her out of it, and she instead got between me and the rest of her peerage.

"ENOUGH!" She was standing with her back to me, making it clear to them that she was supposedly 'Protecting me' and not the other way around. Kiba walked forward, sword held in his offhand and ready to attack if he thought it was necessary. "Rias, we came as soon as we could. are you alright? What was that massive burst of demonic power?" Akeno moved to his side as well. "Yeah, and what the hell is a FALLEN doing here?" At the word fallen, she turned to Donaseek in clear disgust and summoned a lightning spear. "Do you want me to get rid of him?" Before the situation could get any worse, Rias put a foot infused with POD (Power Of Destruction) down.

The resulting crater caused everyone to stop and stare, where I decided to make my move. Coming up behind Rias, I lay my hand down on her shoulder, which resulted in a flinch and a renewed sense of hostility towards me from her peerage. Leaning down to whisper in her ear, I wrap my other hand around her neck, as a clear warning that if they try anything, I would break her neck before they could reach me. 

"Rias... Rias Gremory. What a pretty name for a little devil such as yourself. But why don't you tell them what I REALLY am before I take offence." She turned to me, showing true fear in her eyes as my words sank in. "That's right. You're gonna bow, of your own free will, and get them to do the same. Have them show me the respect I deserve, and I won't punish them any more than I have. And yes, I could do much, much worse, the best part of devil magic is that I can get very, creative." Releasing her from my grasp, I step back, and motion Donaseek to come to my side. He hurries over and kneels once more, much to the shock of Akeno, Kiba, and Koneko, who then all turn to Rias, as if looking for an example of what to do next or an explanation of his unusual behavior.

They were shocked when, instead of Rias explaining, attacking, or even running away, she turned on her heel, before taking a knee at my feet. Turning her head to glare at the rest of them, and motioning for them to copy her, which Kiba and Akeno did, albeit hesitantly. Koneko, on the other hand was still attempting to pull herself up, using a broken tree as support. I made my way over and picked her up, shocking her enough that she went limp in my arms. I set her down by Rias, then took my place back by Donaseek.

"This is Diablos Inferna, the God of Devils, and our lord. He has recently been born, and thus is a new figure that will no doubt shake the political and mythological world as we know it. This goes for us all, and if it wasn't for his MERCY. She said the word as if it were poison "You would be dead, and I would be down a peerage. You are fortunate that he was in a good mood and that I have chosen to pay my proper respects."

While they all had taken a knee, their suspicion was obvious. Who would believe that a random guy would be a demon god? And I couldn't have that, or else they might go tell her brother she was mind controlled, which would just cause him to hunt me down and kill me. I may have been strong by their standards, and they were strong in their own right, but I was still no match for the Satan.

Deciding that I would deal with the consequences later, I toggled the [Demon God] trait back on, and the force of my authority washed over them. Kiba quickly knelt in a dogeza, while Akeno froze and bowed her head low. Koneko, on the other hand, had a rather violent reaction. She audibly whimpered and trembled, backing away as much as her broken form could. It occurred to me that she would have this type of reaction considering what her sister did.

Who wouldn't be shit scared at the thought of someone with this much demonic power, when you were the sister to a criminal who murdered her king, and had probably been hunted by devils with this amount or more. Plus, I don't know how exactly the effect works but I would assume it's like being told repetedly "He is above you, He is a god, He can destroy you, Obey him" Which is trauma in and of itself.

Seeing that they understood this was not a mistake, or a false claim, I was about to toggle it off once again when I heard the sound of feathery wingbeats.