How To Survive In The World DxD With Fragment Memories - Chapter 114

“Hohoho, so I have come to visit,” Odin spoke happily while sitting in the VIP lounge of the Hyoudou Residence, today Masaru was accompanying him together with Rossweisse. Azazel shortly arrived when they came, “Here is your tea and coffee.” Rias served tea for Odin and Rossweisse while Masaru got coffee, “How are the injuries?” Azazel asked while looking at Masaru no longer having bandages on, “It’s all healed up, sorry for shocking you all” Azazel shook his head, “You were up against a mid-class god, your lucky to survive” Rias and her peerage was shocked as they heard Masaru got injured which was quite a shocking news but to hear the level of opponent he faced they were even more shocked.

“Sensei, what level is Mid Class God?” Azazel smiled at Issei while explaining the basic understanding of powers to him, meanwhile, Odin was staring at RIas’s brėȧsts “You don’t have to worry about me. But, it seriously is huge” He was frank to the point Rias blushed a bit, Rossweisse blushed as well feeling ashamed “Lord Odin, you can’t look at them with such a perverted gaze! She is the sister of the Maou Lucifer!” Odin looked at Rossweisse with a blank face while shaking his head feeling quite disappointed, “You’re really no fun, anyway the Valkyrie over here is…” Rossweisse corrected her clothes a bit before standing up respectfully “My name is Rossweisse. I will be under your care during our stay in Japan. Nice to meet you all”

“And she has no boyfriend” Hearing this Rossweisse broke down arguing with Odin while crying, seeing this pitiful sight everyone felt pity for the Valkyrie, Masaru however, continued to drink his coffee with glee. “Why are you not reacting to this?” Issei thought of asking Masaru who was not reacting one bit to Rossweisse’s overdramatic act, “Well you see, she is a Valkyrie and all of them is like her. Although, I have to say her case is a bit special” Hearing Masaru’s comment Rossweisse stomped towards him looking at him with a stern expression “What you mean by the special case?”

“No idea, but, perhaps you should have a date with this boy here. He will surely teach you about relationships and boyfriends” Masaru pointed at Azazel who almost spurted out his drink, “Boy? One day you call me geezer and now boy…Hai, anyway. During the time when Geezer will be staying in Japan, it’s decided that we will be your guard. Barakiel is a backup support member from the fallen-angels side while Masaru will be the backup support member chosen by Serafall. I also have been busy lately, so I only have limited times I can stay here. During then, Barakiel would be looking after all of you in my place” Azazel looked towards Masaru, “You will probably be following the geezer right?”

“Yeah, that is my job after all” Masaru nodded, the news of Loki coming to Japan was not announced yet so Rias and her peerage did not know of this. “Thanks, I owe you one” Azazel spoke with a wry smile before turning to talk with Odin about the plans they made for him to meet up with the Japanese Gods for trading deals since Masaru did not have to remain here, he chose to head back home early today as he had to test his sword he did not use in the rating game before. When Masaru came home, he saw the girls were out today so it was only him and his mother Diana. “Welcome back, did Odin meet with Azazel?” Masaru nodded, he went upstairs to collect a book from his room before coming downstairs.

He took his seat next to his mother before opening the novel, “Your not mad at the plans me and the girls made?” Masaru chuckled, “No, I am grateful that mom and the girls think about me. I love you all dearly so there is no way I can get angry about this” Diana giggled and the two of them did not talk much further other than spending time silently together as mother and son, it was time like this Masaru could relax a bit before he went downstairs to start his training with gravity once again. Ever since his transformation into a Devil Dragon, Masaru felt his body became stronger after he recovered from his injuries.

His skin appears to look a bit brighter than before as if he shed off his skin for a new layer, Masaru was reminded of how dragon scale tends to become stronger each time it’s scale sheds after it was broken. Masaru could feel his aura and mana capacity has increased after his battle, [It appears you finally realized it huh? After getting severly injured your body did indeed transform, however, you will have a tough time unlocking the Sacred Gear’s next level] “Next Level? You eam Break down the beast or something like Juggernaut drive?” [Correct, however, your sacred gear is a different boy. It achieved Balance Breaker by making use of Me and Avalon meaning you can’t use the conventional way other sacred gear holders do, instead, you should try to mutate the essence of your current Balance Breaker to create a new form]

Masaru took a seat on the ground while Drago continued, [Think about it, Byakko is a white tiger that is known for being the guardian of the west —-] Hearing Drago review the history of the white tiger emperor, Masaru came to understand a bit of what Drago was trying to explain. However, to create a new road would mean he will have to discard the current essence, meaning behind the name of the White Tiger Emperor. ‘I will think about this again at a later time, I have an idea but I feel like I missing something’ Masaru thought before standing up again to restart his training while maintaining his balance breaker state, he was trying to see if staying in his balance breaker state he could find what he was searching for.

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A few days later, on a certain night after several days have passed since Odin’s arrival. Masaru was sitting next to Barakiel who was controlling the eight-legged warhorses Sleipnirs, “How is Akeno?” Barakiel asked Masaru, “She is doing quite well, she started to take interest in researching sacred gears ever since I told her about mine” Barakiel nodded with a faint smile, although he did not approve Masaru in public but inside he already considered Masaru to be his son-in-law just from witnessing how much Masaru cares for Akeno, so he accepted silently.

“I see, Shuri has been smiling quite brightly the past few days so I was wondering what might have happened” Hearing this Masaru silently swallowed his saliva not daring to say it could be linked with his past few days of eating his girls ever since that party if this old man were to hear his lovely girl was no longer a vɨrġɨn but a girl that enjoys nightly S&M with Masaru he would probably go mad so Masaru kept silent for the sake of this old man’s heart. Suddenly a shadow appeared in front of the carriage prompting Barakiel to abruptly stop, Masaru gaze locked with the familiar figure.

“So we finally meet again, you traitor” Loki spoke with a furious tone as he did not expect to meet the one who betrayed him back then at Norway so openly, he would never forget this face even if he wanted to. “Yo little prankster, it’s been a while” Loki only snorted when Azazel came out of the Carriage Loki introduced himself as an Evil God from the Northern Europe, “If it isn’t Lord Loki. To meet you in a place like this. Do you have some business with us? On this wagon is the chief-God of Northern Europe Lord Odin. Your action is something done while knowing that, no?” He spoke as if he had no idea of Loki’s plans.

“Nothing much. Our chief-God left our organization to get in touch with other factions, and that is very painful to endure” Loki spoke brazenly, even Masaru could not help but praise this fool for displaying such a sight, does he think he is invincible or something? “You’re quite brazen to utter those words Loki” Odin spoke with a calm voice but from the tone, Masaru could sense this old man was getting furious, “Fuhahahaha, it has been a while, Father! Normally I wouldn’t want to meet you but to thin you would mingle with these low beings such as devils and fallen-angels, I would not have come here if you did not get in the way from preventing Ragnarok from happening”

Azazel looked at Loki with a stern gaze, “I will ask you one thing! Are your actions connected with the Khaos Brigade? Wait, if I remember, you weren’t an Evil God who would answer honestly” He sighed like he was lamenting from making a newbie mistake, Loki’s eye twitched at Azazel’s taunt before he denied the fact he was connected with Khaos Brigade but merely using them instead. “But you have connections with the Chinese Gods” Masaru spoke while looking at Loki with a bored gaze, “Well no point in hiding something so obvious, yes I do since they too would like a day like Ragnarok occurring”

“To think there is still such hard-headed people and that’s the current situation we are facing. There are fools like this one who comes out like this.” Odin spoke with a disinterested voice, Rossweisse too complained at Loki but Loki simply snorted at her while having the look of disdain. “Father, are you still planning to keep up with this?” Odin nodded with a smile, “Yes, talking with Azazel and Sirzech is million times better than with people like you. Even the boy over there is quite interesting to talk with” Odin pointed at Masaru, when Loki looked at Masaru his anger flared up again but Masaru already summoned out his sacred gear.

[White Tiger Emperor! Balance Breaker!]

Seeing the change of attire, Loki was surprised to see that Masaru managed to achieve Balance Breaker with this sacred gear which no other could have, he naturally knew of this since he had contact with the Chinese Gods. Attached to Masaru’s back was the large Holy Demonic broad sword, “Now then, let’s skip the formalities and talks… Call out your puppies Loki” Masaru spoke with a bored cold tone, unlike the feeling he got from the Azure Dragon, he did not feel that much oppression from Loki, could it be Loki’s power was still sealed somehow?

Loki’s killing intent leaked out causing Rias and her peerage to shiver since it was their first time confronting a God, However, Masaru and the others were still normal while looking at Loki. Suddenly a massive wave of holy aura flew towards Loki passed Masaru, when he turned to look he saw the familiar blue-haired knight called Xenovia who struck first with Durandal. When the dust around Loki settled they all saw that he was unharmed, Masaru smirked “I suggest you leave Loki to me instead” Loki laughed hysterically “Then allow me to summon someone who can keep them company” Suddenly a massive magic circle appeared next to Loki from which a massive ash-grey wolf came out from, “Come out my son”

But Loki did not have time to continue the chat when Masaru suddenly appeared in front of him lashing out a punch, Loki dodged the strike just bȧrėly but his body shivered as he felt that Masaru was stepping into the boundaries of Godhood. “You—” Loki looked at Masaru with shock, anger and a trace of fear. It has been not long ago he met Masaru and he was already this powerful. The two of them continued their close combat, Masaru was quite impressed at how skilful Loki was but his magic was even more skilled, several Norse magic circles appeared behind Loki before it unleashed several elemental spells towards Masaru but it was suċkėd into black holes and redirected back at Loki “You bastard!”

Loki cursed while deploying barrier magic if it was not for the seals on his body he could have handled Masaru easily. “Hey, is it me or is Masaru getting abnormally strong these days” Issei spoke while he caught a glimpse of Masaru trading blows with Loki causing aftershocks from each of their attacks that were blocked by the opponent. “Issei focus on the wolf! It’s Fenrir, that fang and claws are strong enough to kill Gods!” Kiba warned as the Gremory Peerage was having a tough time dealing with a wolf that was fast but its claw and fangs were even more dangerous. Azazel was supporting Masaru by unleashing magic attacks at Loki who block it with a wave of his hand, Barakiel was currently sticking close to Odin as he would only hinder the current battles.

“To think there would be a boy who could stand toe to toe with him” Odin spoke absentmindedly while he watch Masaru unleashing several magical spells at Loki who responded with spells of his own, “Not to mention he is using Loki to train, heh” Odin smirked before he turned his gaze towards Rossweisse who was supporting the Gremory team the moment the two sons of Fenrir came out to play as well, normally Loki would only be summoned these two children out in an emergency but he was too occupied dealing with Masaru that he had no other choice.

Feeling he has achieved enough Masaru decided to become a bit serious as he drew the broadsword from his back, he could feel the coldness of the blade from the hilt he held. He began to pour in his dragon aura into the blade causing it to lightly hum as the blade flash for an instant, the blade to look sharper than it was a moment ago. “What you have difficulties dealing with me now?” Loki gloated as he misunderstood Masaru however when he saw Masaru flickered towards him with radical flight movements he bȧrėly reacted causing Masaru only to lightly nick his cheek, a drop of blood was still attached to the sharp point of the blade while Masaru was looking at Loki who retreated backwards.

“You—” Masaru smirked, ‘God Slaying attribute’ was a thought that flashed in Loki’s mind, just this alone Loki knew he was up against someone who can kill him, he glared at Odin Fiercely “I will come back on the night you sign your little treaty, if I see you here I will be sure to bring all of my allies to kill you for betraying Asgard!” Loki spoke swiftly before teleporting himself along with Fenrir and his two sons away. Masaru knew he could not kill Loki as this will cause several implications especially now that they had a treaty with Norse, Odin appeared next to Masaru “You really are something” Masaru chuckled as he undoes his balance breaker appearing in his casual attire, white shirt, blue jeans with black sneakers.

“Thanks for the compliment, although Loki has gotten away, we at least know that he came as an individual so dealing with him will be smoother” Odin nodded, “We will handle it from here on out, I suggest you carry on with your plans to investigate the Chinese Gods” Masaru nodded before looking at a direction where Vali along with his team appeared, however, Kuroka was already leaping into the arms of Masaru. “Ma-kun!” Kuroka hugged Masaru tightly but the smell of maturity caused her to look at him with surprise, “You—” Masaru nodded before whispering “Would you like to become a part of my peerage now? Since I will be going to china I will need a teammate” Kuroka was shocked but soon nodded, “Vali, I will be taking her” Hearing what Masaru said Vali only nodded since it was Kuroka’s choice where she wants to be, they are only friends after all.

Once the situation was stable and no signs of Loki reappearing, Masaru left together with Kuroka while leaving behind Vali together with Azazel and the rest. Masaru took Kuroka with him to Ajuka where they did a switch operation to remove the two normal bishops from her body before allowing Masaru to insert his mutated pawn into her body thus making her the last pawn of Masaru’s peerage.

“Your quite lucky” Ajuka spoke while reading the report he gained from the operation, it appears that it would not be a surprise if she needed two pawn pieces but for some reason, only one piece was still fine, “I will continue researching the evil pieces, even now there are new discoveries” Ajuka spoke happily leaving Masaru with Kuroka who left together. It was on this night Kuroka fully reunited with her sister while she too bloomed and became Masaru’s, official woman.