Arc Of Embodiment (Hiatus) - Chapter 70

The visit to the Xenos went well except for the fact that Ais tried to attack Gros. Other than that, everyone had a great time. Gros was even interacting with Nora and the others, which he found unsettling as he was getting along with Nora’s antics.

On the other hand, Ais was being avoided by the Xenos, which is justifiable as she tried to kill an unarmed Xenos without provocation. She wasn’t far from everyone, and she was observing their interaction with the Xenos from a corner.

Ais belief that all monsters needed to be exterminated was waning. Every second she watches the group interact with the Xenos, she realises that they are very similar to Humans. She was starting to get confused, and she didn’t know what to believe. For a long time, she wanted nothing more than to kill every monster.

Jaune saw that Ais was starting to change. Her emotion is being displayed more than it was in the show, she was beginning to understand her feelings, but it was a slow process. He knew that expressing one’s emotion is essential, as bottling it up would cause complications in the future.

While Ais was watching everyone, she felt a shiver in her spine. Up in the air, a giant red thing flew by. It wasn’t only Ais that felt a shiver. Ruby, Wiess, Blake, Yang, Nora, Pyrrha, Ren, Penny, Neo, Glynda, Coco, Fox, Velvet, Yatsu and Rossweisse all felt the immense power coming from the red thing in the sky, and with a closer look, they realised it was a dragon, a giant red dragon. On the other hand, Bell wasn’t strong enough to even feel the immense power of Ddraig.

Unlike the rest of the group, Rossweisse knew who it was that flew by. It was Ddraig, the Red Dragon Emperor, one of the Heavenly Dragons. She only had two questions. ‘What the hell was it doing in the Gate of Babylon?!’ and ‘Wasn’t it killed by the God of Bible a long time ago with the help of the four Satans?!’. Although Ddraig had a different form, she was able to identify the pressure she felt as it was very dominating.

While Rossweisse was asking herself questions, Ais was about to blackout due to her trauma of the One-Eyed Black Dragon. She was strong but feeling the immense power coming from Ddraig was another thing altogether. Her body shut down from fear. Luckily, Jaune was able to catch her before she fell to the ground.

“What the hell was that?! Was that a Dragon?!” Nora shouted.

“Yeah. That’s my familiar, Ddraig, The Red Dragon Emperor, one of the Heavenly Dragon from Koneko and Rossweisse’s world,” Jaune said.

“You were able to make one of the most powerful dragons into a familiar, the very same dragon that caused the God of Bible and the Four Satans a hard time, that Dragon?!” Rossweisse.

“Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! What do you mean by that?” Ruby asked.

“Ddraig is one of the Two Heavenly Dragons and the arch-rival of Albion, the White Dragon Emperor. He is feared among the Angels, Fallen Angels, Devils and the various other factions in the world for his destructive powers, which are said to be able to kill both Gods and Satans,” Rossweisse said. She then explained the history of Ddraig within the DxD world.

“Are you serious?! Their power is that insane! To the point that only a few can match. And you’re telling me, this Red Dragon was able to best all of them?!” Yang shouted.

“Pretty much. The more shocking thing is the fact that Jaune said that he has Ddraig as a familiar. The only way that’s possible is to either defeat him or gain enough respect from the Dragon to the point that he willingly accepts a familiar contract,” Rossweisse said. They all then look at Jaune, who was able to reply but was interrupted by Ddraig.

“Ha-ha-ha! That Valkyrie is half correct. I wouldn’t accept anyone to become my contractor, not even if they gain my respect,” Ddraig said.

“Then why did Jaune say you were his familiar?” Ruby asked.

“As I said, the Valkyrie was half correct. Jaune was able to beat me in a fight. He was able to take me down. Our battle lasted for a few days, but in the end, Jaune was able to best me,” Ddraig said.

After hearing what Ddraig said, everyone looked at Jaune with their mouths wide open. They acknowledge that Jaune was strong. There was no doubt about that, but to defeat a Dragon that fought a literal God was another level of strength. The only one that didn’t look at Jaune with shock was Koneko, as she knew from Rias that Jaune was an insane individual.

“Wait a minute! I remember you telling me that you had something in store for us in the future! I remember you telling me that you didn’t want me and Glynda going with you in Mt Glenn in Remnant Prime since you were going to surprise us with training in the future, don’t tell me you were planning to have us fight Ddraig,” Ruby said. Jaune clap as she figured it out.

“Bravo! That’s one hell of a deduction, Ruby. Especially since there were bȧrėly any clues,” Jaune said.

“So, you were planning to have us fight Ddraig!” Ruby shouted.

“That’s right, but that’s in the far future as you have yet come close to even contending against Koneko, let alone Ddraig,” Jaune said.

Koneko was strong, but she was a physical fighter. The magic she knows is but a few. Hence, she doesn’t have the same firepower as most Super Devil since she lacks long-range abilities.

Jaune had to cut their visit short as he needed to bring Ais to her bed. She needed to rest, physically and mentally.

While she was resting, Jaune decided to forge her a new weapon as he did destroy her 99,000,000 valis sword and the fact that he went a bit too far. Jaune wanted to scare her with the presence of Ddraig due to her actions from earlier by making him come over, but he didn’t think that her reaction would be that bad. As an apology for breaking her weapon and traumatising her further, Jaune planned to forge her an experimental sword using Adamantium and Uru alloy, plus some magic formula embedded in it.

As for Bell, Jaune was also planning to make a knife for him. Since he could withstand the month of training, it was only fair since he did it for everyone else. He planned to make the Hestia knife, but rather than using Mithril; he planned to use a Vibranium and Uru alloy. It’s going to be fun!

Jaune headed to his forge to get started. He started the furnace, which was not a typical furnace, as it contains the power of a neutron star. Jaune melted the Adamantium and Uru, and this wasn’t an easy task as Adamantium was not a very malleable metal. Still, with enough patience, he was able to make an alloy out of the two metals.

Kling! Bang! Kling! Bang! Those are the noises that one could hear in the forge as Jaune shapes the metal to his dėsɨrėd design using Mjolnir. The result was a silver needle-like sword. Its handle was whitish silver, with a blue gem on it. But Jaune wasn’t finished yet. He activated his Arc of Embodiment and embedded a magic formula into the Tang of the sword. He embedded five magic formulas originating from Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic. Three Wind and Two Lightning.

(Sword Tempest)

Unfortunately, Jaune was exhausted in creating Tempest as he didn’t use Arc of Embodiment. Hence, he went to head to bed and decided to make Bell’s Hestia Knife another day, plus he couldn’t make it anyway, as he needed Hestia’s blood to create it.

One thing Jaune didn’t know was how insane the weapon he created was. Danmachi has Magic swords, and they aren’t that good as they eventually break, except if it was forged using Crozzo Blood, specifically Welf’s Crozzo Blood.

In the series, Crozzo magic weapons are said to be able to ‘dry up oceans’, but there isn’t even an adventurer that strong, meaning it was just an exaggeration.. Tempest, the sword Jaune made, was capable of some crazy things.