Dxd: Master Of Shadows - Volume 1 Chapter 2 2 Rewrite Maximus
God gestured me to come close, so I stood up from my chair and walked towards his location, my body was of me just after the war so I kind of walked while limping but all the effort was worth it.
“So? How’s the world? It’s one of the world where I tend to stay and be active the most”
As he said those words, he looked towards his right arm and sighed, he gave me a sad and wry smile before continuing.
“This world has the complete same set of mythologies as your world but they are real. They are all alive and all are powerful, despite my status as the strongest one, we still have certain competition, right now the war between 3 related factions has just ended but the cause of it was was my arm in sealing ‘that’ thing. To help the people and humans of the world, I created the sacred gears system and the holy swords that serve to be weapons of those who can wield it.”
My mouth wanted to say something but I kept it in, I wanted to ask who dared to injure my true friend but I knew that whatever it was, I wouldn’t be a match. Plus the thing wasn’t killed, just shows its power.
“Oh, don’t have that face. I’m, keep this a secret but, I’m branded as dead already.”
My eyes narrowed, he was claimed to be dead? If that’s the case then what was keeping the wor-
“Michael, my archangel Michael took my place, and is in charge of everything. Although it saddens me, with my arm gone I could only be half of my strength. So, since I’m going to die and be weak anyway, I’m giving you my left arm.”
“Huh?”
“I’m giving it you as a sacred gear! The one and only ‘Left Arm of God’! You see, despite me giving the 2 archangels the moniker of right and left hand, my hands do actually have a power of their own. My right arm was light and it helped in sealing that ‘thing’ because of it’s pure light powers, what’s left is…heh. Anyways, if my right was light the left would be darkness, and you my friend, will get it!”
I stopped, processing the info that he gave me and remembering it, he told me that I was getting his left arm as a sacred gear but how exactly would it work? Do I become the god of shadows? Do I crea-
“Oh! Don’t worry about that, you won’t even remember anything when you reincarnate, you’ll have to go with life, as much as I want to unless you wished for that then you’d revive with refreshed memories, even if you did wish for it then I’d limit it because that’s the rule…the rule I made.”
“Wish?”
His previously big smile, became even bigger as he patted me in the back and pointed his arms toward the black expanse in front of us.
“The dreams of all the different youth I have reincarnated, a wish, some system, some harem, some stupid things like knowledge of all the anime and stuff they remember, I don’t really know what they want those wishes for aside from being selfish but they, and even you, would have a right for a wish.”
My mind was currently in turmoil, if I get a wish about anything else then my life would be easier, but…was it worth it? I looked towards my friend and he was still smiling, it seems like he wanted me to give a wish but, what?
“Come on! I’ll give you a hint, don’t wish for anything too big just enough that you’ll enjoy your, special and entertaining life.”
“Then, I wish for my past knowledge to be still mine and to be recognized as your best friend!”
He had at first a shocked but then it slowly shifted into a smile, until he was already laughing. He grabbed his stomach and loudly shouted ‘what the heck’ ‘is this guy serious’ repeatedly. When he finished he stood up and acted like nothing happened while coughing.
“So you want a divinity is that it? Also about the memories, I’ll give them to you but not all, I can’t do that according to my rules, so pick a specific category of memories you want, also what’s your last wish?”
I was about to tell it to him, but he again interrupted me, I didn’t dislike his interruptions simply because they were more useful than annoying, he’s a God so he’s bound to know more right?
“On second thought, I’ll give you memories on knowledge you’ll get them around age of 5 or 6, the smarts type of memories. I’ll give you the divinity of rank EX because your my best friend and lastly, I’ll allow you to pick 3 skills, skills from th—is list, they’ll all become EX rank as well!”
A blue window appeared in front of me, it contained many words and their meaning along with some letters on it’s side, they ranged from different letters to letters EX. I scrolled them for a bit and looked at God.
“Why? Is this fair?”
“Fair? C’mon, people just don’t know how to wish, if they asked me for 10 different skills then I’d give them that, but for some reason they just tell me a single skill and be giddy with it, I don’t want you like that, oh! That only has the skills you’ll find useful and not some useless stuff you won’t need, I only allow you 3 because they’re all top tier skills and because I want you to have a fun, good and bad, life. That’s my last gift to you…before, I go and be alone again.”
I took note of the sadness in his voice and nodded, I promise I’ll meet you by my own abilities if I ever happen to, give me back my memories when I do so.
“Heh, sure. If you can~”
I took my time and read all the skills from top to bottom, they were vast and some were just completely disgusting in terms of being human, huh, did he say I was human? Probably, I mean sacred gears are for humans right?
“I choose…these, ‘A knight does not die with empty hands’, ‘Battle Continuation’ and ‘Instinct’.”
He stared at me, and smiled, this smile was full of love, longing, loneliness. He looked far into the black expanse he knows as home and inhaled, he kept that air for a minute before releasing it, after that he touched my chest and materialized a blade.
“I already memorized the smell of this place with your scent, so now. It’s time to go, Alexander Love! Left Hand of Darkness, I command thee to submit and form itself unto a weapon, reside on the soul of this man and grant him the ability that you have also given me. I hereby name you as the strongest sacred gear ‘God’s Left Arm of Black Authority’
I felt everything shift as God sliced off his remaining arm with psychic powers and it had no blood, it only floated before shifting forms, it turned into a long a shadow like scarf that entered inside me, glowing an eerie black light before disappearing, God also disappeared and from that I could also feel myself disappear into particles of light before all else darkened.
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*DxD world, 1100 Before Canon (BC)*
“Nyx! O-Our baby! He looks just like me! YES! I GET TO NAME HIM!”
A man with spiky fiery orange hair that left only a part of his bangs to cover his entire left eye, stood beside a girl, the girl had black hair and pointy ears but what might attract the police to them was the fact that she had the face of a cute child, this attracted more problems for her husband than what he can remember.
These two were known in their era as ‘Thunder’ Lake, and the Goddess of the night Nyx. One was a demigod hero famous for his undying loyalty to the angels faction despite being of British descent and a Greek Goddess who sneakily went to elope with him, at least she likes to think so but her brother Erebus was well aware and approved of Lake anyways, in hope of a great offspring.
Now, that actually did happen and in Lake’s head was the panties of Nyx, in his hands was their baby and in his shoulders were the head of a dragon that he happened to find on the way back home.
“Name my child? You lack grace in such things! I will name him!”
Nyx pouted at her husband and reprimanded her despite the pain of giving birth, she was very childish in doing so but Lake could only concede.
“But the name Lakent Nyxia Georgia Napoleon Thunder Quick Ultimatum Chronos was cool”
Lake frowned and sighed in disappointment, the world was cruel that not even he could name his child cool names.
“What sort of foolish monster would give their son the name of mixed words?! I say to name him Victor Malum Noctis!”
Nyx looked at the child in his husband’s arms and smiled, despite the child like face she bears, the motherly smile she had just gained was enough to charm Lake all over again and shout in passion.
“AH! Victor! Malum Noctis Lionheart! I love both of you so much, I could kill a million fallens right now!”
His shout earned the entrance of several other men, they were all suited in armor that could only be described as ‘tacky’, they had black armors with golden lines on it, while their helmets were orange, orange as the hair of their Lord.
“Lord! We congratulate the birth of your son! Would you like this news to be heard by the entire country? Or should we try and invade Camelot to celebrate the birth of a new demigod?!”
Lake, turned around him the moment the ‘tacky’ men arrived and contemplated on what they suggested, the air around him became stale as his focus gained another level when thinking about a how this day can become the day Lionheart invades Camelot and succeeds. Suddenly, orange sparks started appearing around him as he had the glorious idea of actually doing it, but before he could do so a shadow grabbed him from behind and made him sit or rather kneel in place.
“You. Are. Not. Doing. That.”
Nyx gave Lake a death stare, the strength she was using to crush Lake was visibly god-like but Lake was obviously not a normal human, he wouldn’t bed Nyx if he was. Around Lake appeared several sparks and he brute forced his way out of the shadow’s grips.
“Okay, okay! It was just a joke! I’m planning to raise him like a normal child!”
“What?! Raise him like a royalty that he is! How could you do that to your first son?!”
Lake stared at Nyx, or glared. His eyes contained sadness and Nyx immediately retracted her statement, she was well aware of how bad the past of Lake was but her mouth was rather foul and she could not control herself from indirectly reminding Lake.
“I’m sorry, it just-”
“It’s fine, I know you didn’t mean it but still, he will grow up to be a warrior, not a caged kitten. No one is born strong and despite being a demigod, that’s only physical strength. In front of true might, both in will and and strength. His strength could only serve to show him his weakness.”
Unknown to them, that the baby in his hand was a special case, a case so special that his presence in the coming future would shake the 3 factions to their boots.
