"Just one Quick Adventure"

“Kiwi-chan~ you did something very bad.” I transformed into Magia Baiser on instinct, the injured girl’s face paled and she looked confused and started at me all the while. I gently lifted her face with a hand and locked eyes with her.

I’d considered punishing her but it would seem that Veil already did that for me . . . honestly that wouldn’t stop me but I don’t want to hurt her when she’s already barely standing from her injuries. She blushed as I stared deep in her eyes much to my confusion.

“I-I’m sorry Utena-chan! I just wanted to apologize to you . . .” That makes me raise an eyebrow in confusion.

“I wanted to defeat Veil and bring him to you as an apology for my previous actions!” She starts hugging me and rubbing against me only confusing me further. “Utena-chan let’s be Best Friends Forever!” 

Huh? Didn’t she want to blow me up? I stopped my transformation now realizing that I wasn’t going to need to get into a fight,but that didn’t mean I wasn’t mad!

“Kiwi-chan. You shouldn’t have gone around blowing everything up! You ended up causing me some problems . . .” She pales a little bit and frowns.

“I’m sorry Utena-chan!” She tackles me to the bed in a hug as she starts to leak blood onto my sheets! I just washed these too! Nonetheless vibrantly blush at her actions.

“K-kiwi-chan . . . get off of me!” She doesn’t respond. I take another look at her and realize that she's now unconscious. I let out a sigh, Veil is way too strong for Kiwi-chan then. I look up at Venalita-san who’s signature calm smile rests upon his face.

“I needed a secure location for her to stay while she heals. This is currently one of the few places I have strong wards on. Also you’re here to protect your friend.” Friend? I look down at Kiwi-chan and blush, she’s really cute . . . and while having Aki is enough I’m not opposed to making more friends. Those three girls at school have been quite nice to me lately as well . . .

Also Kiwi is a magical girl! A-and magical girls aren’t cheating . . . I just wish I could text Aki right now! Kiwi-chan is going to need a stern talking to about interfering with my evil plans once she’s done resting!

I wonder where Aki is anyways, he’s probably off on another one of those adventures of his.

I just hope he doesn’t trip again!

“Utena-chan. Once Kiwi-chan finishes healing up I’ll introduce the two of you to a new member.” My eyes widen as I look at Venalita-san. 

“Another one already?” It nods at my words.

“I’d offered for her to join a few months ago after scouting her, but she’d temporarily refused my offer until about five minutes ago. It’s why I couldn’t get Kiwi-chan to a safe place as fast as I would have liked too.” I give the creature a small nod, they must have been in the middle of a meeting when Kiwi-chan started blowing things up.

A new ally could be very useful though. If I want to push Tres Magia to their very limit and heavily enjoy the process then I’ll need to defeat Veil! Once that guy is out of the way maybe I can have Aki dress up and join me . . . but it’s currently way too dangerous for him, maybe once I’m super powerful I can convince him to join me as a villain!

A warm shiver rushes through my body at the thought. I need to get stronger. For the sake of improving the strength of the magical girls, for the sake of fighting against whatever the Black Sea is, and of course for me and my Aki!

M-maybe if the Black Sea shows up we can team up with the magical girls too! 

A part of me can’t help but feel conflicted at the sudden thought. I want to fight alongside Tres Magia, but I also really want to do BDSM things with Tres Magia! 

W-well at least Aki likes bad girls. A small smile worms onto my face. If Aki didn’t like bad girls like me I wouldn’t know what I’d do. Maybe I’d try to change myself, but he’d see through me in an instant.

Small tears of happiness fall from my face as I heavily pant while looking down at Kiwi-chans sleeping form.

I’m just so happy that I’m his perfect woman!

Akihiko Inoue POV

I’d started making my way home before stopping right outside of a large church that I’d never been to before. A yellow portal was sitting in front of it and I was very tempted to go inside. The question was would I fight demons or angels? I hadn’t actually suffered any damage in my fight against Leoparde and my internal Ki had already regenerated to full.

I bounced the thought around in my head for a moment before coming to a conclusion.

I’ll at least look at the details before I head home, as a member of the darkness eventually I have to fight evil angels. I am the gentle darkness, they are the burning light. I’d have school tomorrow so I was wanting to do a dungeon today or spend time with Utena-chan anyways. Approaching the portal a menu popped up much to my internal joy. 

[Faith Formed of Fool’s Gold]

Angels are mighty beings that believe in absolute control. They wander to different dimensions and slowly spread their corrupting light into the minds of ‘Prophets’ in exchange for great power. They are not inherently evil, just extremely controlling. However freedom is the right of sentient beings, and the faction of Pyrite's Angels is not one that seeks to bring goodness to those they corrupt. Do not allow the Angels of Pyrite to take over the once peaceful World of Apalla.

[Stage One]

[Prophets]

My eyes narrow at the screen before I press the button. I knew angels were evil! The church has to be secretly evil. It’s just one of those laws of the world. I step through the yellow portal and set my Faceless Mask upon my face. 

[Clear Prophets 0/20]

[Clear Pyrite Paladin 0/2]

[Clear Lesser Angel of Pyrite 0/1]

[Secret: ???]

[Secret: ???]

I’d found myself suddenly in a bustling city much to my surprise. I didn’t know there could be other people in these dungeons? Weird. I removed my mask and used Stealth to blend into the crowd shopping with a currency I had none of. The little pieces of currency were small obsidian coins with the face of someone I didn’t recognize on them.

I was getting distracted. I needed to analyze my mission and complete it. First of all while Prophets seemed to be the main enemy for me to face off against, the number was low. Paladin’s existence, and the thought of an Angel running around was quite scary.

“Make way for the Venerable Paladin Marcellous Verteeso!” I blinked my eyes and the road rapidly cleared. Cheers of celebration rang out towards whatever was moving down the street. A large figure moved down the street with controlled steps. Their figure is imposing with golden armor and a massive battle axe over their shoulder. A group of ten people in white robes with gold accents followed closely behind with their heads bowed.

I reactivated Stealth and slinked away while still keeping an eye on what was unfolding in front of me. This seemed to be one of the Paladins I needed to kill. I’d feel a bit bad about it, but this world was in danger and I had to do bad things to help save it.

My eyes narrowed at the thought. Am I actually a dark and edgy guy trying to save the world from the forces of light? H-have I become so chunni that it's turned real!? 

I let out a small chuckle, what's next the ‘Black Sea’ is going to show up?

Well I don’t see a time limit so I guess I should handle this like an assassin. Why put myself at unnecessary risk? I trailed the group for a while with Stealth eventually they led me to a large church building and considered my options. 

They might have an array like the Faceless Heir did. So it’s probably best if I kill them before they enter. Though honestly I’m very concerned about the ‘Angel’ that’s apparently hanging around somewhere. If I can find the Angel I should try to take them out first.

I’d rather not fight an Angel that knows I’m coming for it. I’m a rogue after all . . Sneak Attacks are sort of our thing. Though perhaps I could bait it out of the church if it’s even in there. I think going into that church is just a bad idea overall.

I activate my Demon Eye as the Paladin prepares to step through the large opening of the wooden double doors. The mask on my face fails to hide the trail of red light following my eye as I Dash. I’ll go for the neck, an instant decapitation.

I feel Stealth drains a lot of energy from me, but it’s enough for me to land a clean strike. I manifest the Blade of Red Moon and cleave the Paladins head off in a single strike. Stealth breaks when my attack collides, the brutal force causing wind to break and a horrid snapping sound to echo out. The head is sent flying into the air as I turn to the ‘Prophets’. The chunni within takes hold and I farm as much aura as possible before I have to leave.

“Did you truly believe I’d allow you to conquer this world? This world . . . is not yours to conquer.” Suddenly the prophets go limp and one of them rises into the air, eyes glowing with golden light.

“I did not know the Red Moon set its gaze upon this world, but do not think I will back down so easily Corpse God.” I blink at that. Whoever this is thinks I’m a part of the Red Moon?

“I’ve given you the chance to run, but it seems you have chosen death instead.” I throw an arrow through the floating prophets head and it falls to the ground. Another prophet speaks instead.

“I’ve invested too much in this world to be driven off by a single soldier no matter how much they bear your blessing. It’s a shame we couldn’t cooperate.” Wait, they think I’m being controlled or possessed by the Red Moon don’t they? Who even are they?

[Warning: Conditions have changed. Portal Rank has been upgraded to Orange. Difficulty Increased. Requirements Increased. Reward Increased.]

Uh oh.

Suddenly the light disappears from their eyes and the prophets hold up their hands firing blasts of light towards me. I Dodge out of the way but I suddenly have a very different concern. Bursting from the church roof is a- that is not the type of angel I was expecting.

A golden creature bursts from the ceiling of the church and lets out a howl that causes countless golden crystals to appear in the air and sky.

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Suddenly I’m wracked with immense pain but I stave it off with Self Mastery. Lasers start firing towards me and I can’t even attempt to enter Stealth from the onslaught. So this is an angel then. I feel my eye start rapidly consuming mana and it starts to burn. I’ve never been in the presence of this much mana before! 

It’s exhilarating! Hah, I think this amount of mana is messing with my head! I light mana tries to enter my brain and control me but my eye is converting it into whatever is currently empowering me. It would seem my Demon Eye devours this hostile mana and refuses to let it control me.

“This is all you can present to me Pyrite! HA! How Pathetic for an Angel of your Rank!” I start dodging rapidly from both the incoming blasts from the sky as well as the prophets on the ground. Despite my words this is really bad. Blood starts leaking from my eyes and ears as I Dash away from the explosions. I’m forced to shut off my eye before I die of my brain bleeding.

I take a look at my status to address the damage as I start running through the street while citizens flee.

[Status]

Name: Akihiko Inoue

Class: Rogue 4

STR: 19

DEX: 20 

CON: 10 (-6)

INT: 18

WIS: 12 

CHR: 14

Skills: 1 Point

• Stealth II 

• Sneak Attack II

• Dodge II

• Dash III

Perks:

• Self Mastery

• Bloodshot Lunar Eye (Howling)

Equipment:

• Quiver of Red Moon

• Blade of Red Moon

• Faceless Mask

• Spirit Array: Faceless Wanderer’s Paths

• Faceless Legionare’s Curved Sword

Claims:

Red Moon Army 2/5

+ Damage against Humans

+ Strength of Rage Effects

Damn it! I clutch the right side of my face as I suddenly see blasts of dark energy starting to fire at the angel and the crystals floating in the sky. My head turns on a swivel towards a mountain of a man in a black cloak and heavy boots. The man doesn’t seem to notice as a hammer descends towards his head and I make a rash decision.

While I don’t know if he’s friendly or not I have to take a risk here and help him.

I activate my eye and my brain lights on fire, a nail practically digging into that side of my face as I move. I can’t activate Stealth in my current state but I manage to strike the arm holding the hammer with my cleaver. The blade collides with armor but the metal bends from the overwhelming force and the Paladins arm slams backwards into its chest. It bends from the force but it doesn’t snap much to my anger.

I turn off my eye and let out a heavy breath. If I didn’t have Self Mastery I’d have passed out from the pain by now. 

“You saved my life.” The large figure speaks to me, three voices speaking at once much to my confusion. He (They?) raise a hand and black lighting barrels into the Paladin sending them crashing through a building.

“We don't have much time. We have to kill that Angel before it ruins this world alongside its cruel master.” They let out a light laugh.

“Never thought I’d work alongside a follower of the Red Moon.” I lightly roll a my shoulder as a large multi layered black shield protects us from the incoming beam of light.

“I do not serve the Corpse God. We fought and I won but I am currently heavily weakened.” The figure freezes before turning to me. Their face peering down at me has three faces stitched together with thin black strings.

“Perhaps . . . perhaps there is hope for us after all.” I really hope so.

[Secret Objective Completed. Ally yourself with the Warlock of Three Faces.]

I take a look at my objectives for a moment and my jaw twitches.

[Clear Pyrite Paladin 2/2. Secondary Objective Completed.]

That’s new and that’s bad, not being able to escape without clearing the Primary Objective is extremely dangerous. Looking up to the angel flying in the sky it looks like we’ve got a divine being to kill. The problem is that I can’t use my eye without breaking my brain apart in my current state. I’m nearly out of Ki, nowhere near enough to make the platforms I’ll need to dash up there.

Then an idea begins to form as I look to the Warlock next to me.

“Stop destroying the crystals.” They turn to me like I have brain damage which probably isn’t wrong. “I need to jump on them to get up there and kill that Angel of Pyrite.” Their eight fingered hands twitch slightly as they give a response.

“Presumably you have the power to kill such a thing then?” I gave them a glance with no response for a moment before I decided to just say something to fill the silence.

“My darkness consumes everything, even Angels shall fall to my Abyss.” The figure nods with a faint reverence as they seem to realize a hidden truth.

“I did not realize I was in the presence of the Black Veil.” What? There’s no way that's a coincidence. Game can you please explain yourself? 

No response. As expected.

Staring up at the Angel raining hell- or I guess heaven on the shield, its layers crack one by one.

“I can’t hold this for much longer, and my mana has nearly run dry. I’ll leave the rest to you Venerable Black Veil.” I’m tempted to continue to ask this guy for answers but it looks like we don’t have time for that.

I’ll think about this once I’m not dead. Suddenly the figures faces twists in regret.

“Apologies Black Veil, the Court and its Lady send their regards. But this is all I am capable of.” Black mana pours into my veins from the figure as the shield falls apart. It doesn’t heal me, and it doesn’t allow me to use my eye without hurting myself but it feels as though it's a Mana Boost running through me.

I Dash and Dodge and I ascend through the crystals. As though I was walking a stairway to Heaven. A beam of light rips through my shoulder and I continue to Dash from crystal to crystal. Each one exploding after a brief delay of my jumps off of them. Blasts came from beneath me as well as more crystals appeared and exploded.

Then my leg slipped as an explosion slammed into my side. 

As I fell from the sky I noticed the corpse of the three faced figure. The town bombarded with light had completely ripped it apart and countless fried bodies lay in the street. My broken form continued to spiral down towards the ground as another beam of light slammed into my thigh.

I was out of my league. I couldn’t defeat this Angel.

The world seemed to stand still as my thoughts raced and my eyes narrowed. Since when was I such a defeatist? I wasn’t a defeatist, I was a chunni! 

“I am the Veil of Darkness that protects countless worlds from the unclean burning light and all consuming black waters.” If I was going to die anyways I might as well go all out! I activated my eye again and a smile bloomed upon my face. Pain? What’s pain but another trial for this Crimson Abyss to overcome?

Hysterical laughter left my mouth as I pulled the Spirit Array I’d gotten from the Faceless Heir and unfurled it. The paper burned underneath the light but it was enough.

Removed - [Spirit Array: Faceless Wanderer’s Paths]

“Can’t you see it Pyrite? Even granting this Angel your direct blessing isn’t enough to stop me.” I gave a smirk. “Everything has been within my grasp from the start!” 

The angel shook as a horrid maw broke open from its face and it spoke in that same voice as earlier. Looks like my theory was right, Pyrite is still here.

“How did you- IMPOSSIBLE!” The black lines of mana still lingered in the air from the Warlock’s previous assault. That was the mana I'd need to use. However where would the array use its anchors to form? That was easy! The crystals of light scattered around the sky were perfect!

The Spirit Array took hold and I felt the entire world open up to me in an instant. For but a brief moment I had gained the ability to travel through the darkness as though I was always one with it. The crystals turned black as I came to a realization!

I was always one with the darkness anyways!

I took a step and suddenly I was next to the Angel. Blood leaking down from my face as I stared past it and at the faintly glowing figure of Pyrite that seemed to manifest.

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“You fucking bastard! You dare manipulate me to one of your schemes!? I won’t forget this slight Black Veil! I will have my-”  Her words were cut off as I suddenly brought down the two blades in my inventory in an X pattern through the angel. Trails of darkness followed the slicing attacks. HA! To think Pyrite would be so shocked by the sudden revelation that Surprise Attack would activate!

As I kill the angel the mana supply to my array cuts off and I find myself once again falling from the sky after a brief moment of suspension. 

[Clear Lesser Angel of Pyrite 1/1. Primary Objective succeeded, you may now exit at your leisure.]

Right before my head hits the ground I exit. Wide eyed I stare at the front of the church, my demon eye burning red with power as my body seizes up. I just need to get home so I can rest. I just need to make it there. 

I can already feel my body falling apart, turning off my eye at this point would just knock me out here. No, I need to get home before anything. I don’t Dash. I don't have the capacity for that right now. 

I power walk home and shakily open the back door to the house. My heart is slamming in my chest, blood is pumping in my ears. I’m bleeding a lot and I’ve never been in this much pain in my entire life even with Self Mastery aiding me. My entire nervous system is on fire and I feel like I’m about to die.

Before I enter I take off all of my clothes and toss them in the trash. Spraying myself with the hose and washing away all the blood. I look towards the open door and I feel so . . . so faint.

I toss a towel over my crotch and sit against one of the planter boxes. I’ll sleep here tonight.

[You have rested for 8 hours. You have Healed.]

[You have rested for 8 hours. You have Healed.]

[You have rested for 8 hours. You have Healed.]

[You have rested for 8 hours. You have Healed.]

I woke up in my bed. I wasn’t fully refreshed but a bowl of soup was next to me and I was starving. I dug into it like a wild animal. The meal was delicious and fresh. Mom’s cooking no doubt.

However what caught my eyes was a note was written next to it causing me to freeze.

“It hurts. It hurts so much every time I see you come home wounded. It hurts more that I don’t understand you. You heal in ways that don’t make sense, your right eye glows red, and you always speak of things on such a wide scale.

You bear a responsibility I know I can never fully comprehend. But Please.

Please let me be there for you."

• M

Tears leaked from my eyes. I shakely stared at the piece of paper and didn’t know what to think. Mom was scared. She only ever left notes like this under one condition. If she left a note you were allowed to ignore it unless it specified otherwise. It gave you the option to shelve the topic until later or not speak about it at all if you weren’t comfortable.

She was giving me the choice to avoid this conversation with her . . . I couldn’t do that anymore. She deserved to know. About the Dungeons and about Veil. Everything that put her son at risk.

“M-mom are you home?” I heard the sudden movement of a person as my mother burst into the room and gave me a hug.

“Akihiko you’re alright.” The words were a whisper in my ear as she clutched me. I nearly died and it scared me.

While she hugged me my thoughts raced back to that encounter in the Dungeon. I was called the Black Veil. The angel seemed to recognize my title as well. It could all just be a coincidence . . . I don’t have enough information to form a theory yet. I’ll keep an eye out in the future.

“Mom.” She slightly nodded as she held me, tears leaked from her eyes onto my face. 

“I am Veil.” She let out a small breath of air and smiled at my comment.

“I know. I’m just so happy you told me yourself.” We are the same in that regard. I guess I learned it from her. But seriously she knew!? I wonder when she figured it out? Well I guess it doesn’t matter now.

“I’m probably going to keep getting hurt, Mom. I’ve been getting in a lot more intense fights lately. If I don’t get stronger something bad might happen.” If the beings in the Dungeon are aware of ‘Veil’ that does NOT bode well. Are the Dungeons somehow connected to this world? Can they actually invade this world? Will I have to fight the literal Red Moon!?

Wait, does that mean all of my chunni bullshit has been real? I blush at the thought as my mind returns back to my fight with Pyrite. I said so much embarrassing stuff when my eye was active . . . but at the same time it felt like my true self. I really am a chunni at the end of the day.

“Just promise me you’ll make it home somehow.” I looked her straight in the eyes. My expression was serious and there was no room for chunni.

“I promise.” She pulled back with a little laugh and exhausted eyes as she looked at my form with pure motherly love.

“Get some rest, I already called you out of school today.” I leaned back in the bed and the words left my mouth involuntarily. She also set a letter she was holding on the side table. I’ll take a loot at that later.

“I love you Mom.”

“I love you Son.”

With that she left the room and I think it was time I assessed the damage.

[Status]

Name: Akihiko Inoue

Class: Rogue 4 -> 8

STR: 19

DEX: 20 

CON: 15 (-1)

INT: 18

WIS: 12 

CHR: 14

Skills: 1 Point

• Stealth II 

• Sneak Attack II

• Dodge II

• Dash III

Perks:

• Self Mastery

• Bloodshot Lunar Eye (Howling)

Equipment:

• Quiver of Red Moon

• Blade of Red Moon

• Faceless Mask

• Faceless Legionare’s Curved Sword

Claims:

Red Moon Army 2/5

+ Damage against Humans

+ Strength of Rage Effects

[Clear Prophets 20/20. Gain Skill Point. Gain Associated Equipment.]

[Clear Pyrite Paladin 2/2. Gain Skill Point. Gain Associated Equipment. Gain Compatible Skill. ]

[Clear Lesser Angel of Pyrite 1/1. Gain Two Skill Points. Gain Associated Equipment.]

[Additional Objective: Clear Scion of Pyrite 1/1. Gain Four Skill Points. Gain Associated Equipment. ]

[Secret Objective Completed. Ally yourself to the Warlock of Three Faces. Gain Skill Point]

[Performance Reward: B

• Combat Performance C+

• Primary Objectives Completed A+

• Secret Objectives Completed C+

• First Clear Reward 

• Difficulty Score Reward

[Gain three skill points.]

[Assign Skill Points = 12]

[Choose Taunt or Flow]

[Choose equipment. Texts of Lady Pyrite, or Robe of Fool’s Gold. Choose equipment. Fool’s Gold armor, Axe of Pyrite, Hammer of Pyrite.]

[Choose equipment. Lesser Halo of Pyrite, or Texts of the Lightborn.]

[Choose equipment. Scion’s Halo of Pyrite, Sacred Texts of the Lightborn, or Golden Nail of the 33 Piercings]

Looking at everything I’d gained, my eyes narrow slightly. Presumably level is based off of my non-secret objectives completed then. That’s good to know. Also I get to pick a skill but only one? Weird.

Most of this equipment is useless to me . . . can I just refuse to take it?

[Refusing to take certain equipment grants Skill Points.] 

Well that’s pretty important to know! Scrap the first two sections, let's see how many skill points I get.

[Gain five skill points] 

I softly nod my head at that before turning to the actual boss loot I’d gotten and am probably not supposed to have at my current strength level. We’ve got an angel's halo, a bible, and a nail. I’m half tempted to scrap this as well but the nail sounds like a weapon so I guess I’ll take that?

[Golden Nail of the 33 Piercings]

One of the thirty three nails used to impale the Lady of Gold to the Seal of Fools. It warped her from benevolent, to insane after being trapped there for thousands of years. When she finally broke free she tore the nails from her flesh and cast them away hoping to never see the cruel reminder of what she once was again.

This nail is a powerful anti-holy weapon, and for each Nail stabbed into a target their anti-holy effect is increased dramatically.

The nail appeared in my hand and it was about as long as my arm. The thing was clearly meant for a giant but the lore text couldn’t help but make me from. Fool’s Gold huh? Apparently she was good but got turned evil . . . damn it I hope the universe isn’t just one giant nightmare and I’m just only seeing the bad stuff.

The nail was light in my grasp as I waved it around. Its color of black was accompanied by faint golden veins running through it. That’s a pretty edgy weapon so I’m actually pretty satisfied with this. I sort of thought it would be actual nail size for some reason . . .

Also the skills Taunt or Flow? I don’t know what flow means but a small part of me wants to take it. Taunting is useful but flow could be far more than that.

I take it and I don’t immediately realize the change, I give a small shrug and feel like I’ll figure it out later. I even channeled some Ki into it and nothing happened which was odd.

Well then. It’s time to assign skill points!

[Status]

Name: Akihiko Inoue

Class: Rogue 8

STR: 19

DEX: 20 

CON: 15 (-1)

INT: 18

WIS: 12 

CHR: 14

Skills: 17

• Stealth II 0/2

• Sneak Attack II 0/2

• Dodge II 0/2

• Dash III 0/4

• Flow I 0/1

Perks:

• Self Mastery

• Bloodshot Lunar Eye (Howling)

Equipment:

• Quiver of Red Moon

• Blade of Red Moon

• Faceless Mask

• Faceless Legionare’s Curved Sword

• Golden Nail of the 33 Piercings

Claims:

Red Moon Army 2/5

+ Damage against Humans

+ Strength of Rage Effects

If I want to upgrade everything to level three it will cost me nine points. I do it in a heartbeat. I feel all my skills improve dramatically and a smile dawns upon my face as I realize what Flow does. Flow is a passive skill that enhances how my other skills work together! Dodging and Dashing at the same time while intermingling Stealth and my Lunar Eye all at once!

It’s like a spider web that has formed from individual threads . . . and it's beautiful. Though it also seems to take me to a more instinctual state of mind . . . fuck I’m going to be even more chunni aren’t I?

I shake my head to clear the thoughts away. I have eight points left which means I can upgrade one skill to level four. I ponder it for a moment before my mind flashes back to the array I’d used to teleport around.

I want to be able to do that again! I upgrade Dash and my eyes widen. This is a borderline flight ability. I can create massive impacts that send me flying by bursting the shadowy energy of Dash before moving and it can rocket me super far and at extreme speeds.

I take a look at my new status with a smile. The chunni thoughts spiraling out of control as my gaze grew brighter. 

[Status]

Name: Akihiko Inoue

Class: Rogue 8

STR: 19

DEX: 20 

CON: 15 

INT: 18

WIS: 12 

CHR: 14

Skills: 

• Stealth III

• Sneak Attack III

• Dodge III

• Dash IV

• Flow III

Perks:

• Self Mastery

• Bloodshot Lunar Eye (Howling)

Equipment:

• Quiver of Red Moon

• Blade of Red Moon

• Faceless Mask

• Faceless Legionare’s Curved Sword

• Golden Nail of the 33 Piercings

Claims:

Red Moon Army 2/5

+ Damage against Humans

+ Strength of Rage Effects

The Veil between worlds has returned, and now Earth is under his protection! Angels cower! The Red Moon trembles! The Faceless hide! None dare oppose my newfound power!

Shit wasn’t I supposed to be protecting the city!?

My eyes drifted over to the letter with the words ‘AKI’S EYES ONLY’ and I cracked it open to reveal what was inside. Within was a get well soon card from my loving girlfriend . . . accompanied by a picture of Magia Baiser spanking Leoparde’s red butt with her Lash. A radiant smile on her face as she held up her phone camera in the air at the perfect angle to capture the scene.

Beneath it was a caption written in marker.

‘Hope we can enjoy the real thing together once you feel better, I love you Aki!’

I let out a soft sigh full of warmth. 

She really was the best.

AN: For anyone wondering he got down to 2 points of CON and his INT and WIS drained to about 8 and 9 respectively. Such a brush with death however has granted massive benefits. I wasn’t planning for an Archangel to show up but sometimes things just sort of happen. 

My muse is full of Madness.

In other news Aki becomes even more chunni and recent revelations both scare and excite him a bit. We also get a wholesome moment with Mom! Utena also wants to send more porn to Aki but can’t because he doesn’t have a phone! 

Feel free to leave any comments or questions below! I’d love to hear em’

Thanks for reading and I’ll see you next time!