Class 1A were invited back to school for an optional training session for the upcoming sports festival. Everyone attended.

  Izuku stood at the front of the class nervously, Key in hand.

  Aizawa was the one doing the talking.

  "You will be doing special training, individually or together, depending on how you have been assessed. Midoriya, using an aspect of his quirk, will open a gate similar to the one at the USJ. You will go through and be able to fight enemies as strong as you are, to fully understand your own abilities. Any questions?"

  Most of the class put their hands up.

  "No, Midoriya was not the one to open the gate at the USJ."

  Most hands were lowered.

  "Mina."

  "Is it safe?"

  "Yes, Midoriya will help you should things get out of hand. Kaminari."

  "What will we be fighting?"

  "Monsters. Feel free to go all out on them, as they intend to kill humanity. Iida."

  "Will we be supervised??"

  "By Midoriya, yes. He's been doing this since he was 10. Half the teachers working together took down a B rank gate with ease, and no injuries. You will not be doing a gate that high."

  Iida nodded, sitting back down.

  "Midoriya. You're in charge now."

  Izuku grinned.

  "Alright. Let's go to a SS- area to show you what that's like!"

  Izuku opened the portal, stepping through.

  When the other students hesitantly followed, Izuku was clad in his Monarch armour, his troops slaughtering the dragons that approached him.

  "These guys are some of the strongest enemies I've ever faced!" He informed them.

  *Shadow Monarch Armour has Leveled up!*

  Izuku returned 100 of his infantry to his shadow, motioning for everyone to return to the classroom. Once everyone left he turned to the piles of dragon corpses.

  "Arise."

  Izuku grinned as his new dragon army battled the living dragons behind him.

  Izuku entered the classroom and closed the portal.

  "Hagakure, Koda. You will be practicing against Bush Ents. They can't really hurt you, but their weakness is a knot of magical energy on their back. You'll need to be stealthy to reach it, or use the animals."

  The invisible girl seemed to nod, and Izuku sent 5 soldiers into her shadow.

  The animal loving boy nodded, recieving 5 shadows too.

  "They will defend you if something happens. Be careful!"

  The two stepped through the portal.

  "Mineta, Aoyama. You guys will be fighting Minor Rock Talus'. They're slow, but are hard to stop or destroy. Do your best!"

  Izuku did this for every student, sending them either solo or in groups to their different zones.

  "Bakugo. I'm sending you to hell to fight your own kind."

  Izuku gave him five shadows and punted him through the portal.

  "Do you want to come fight some dragons with me Mr Aizawa?" Izuku asked, re opening the SS- class portal.

  "You go on, I doubt I'll be any good against dragons. All the fire makes it hard to stay hidden too."

  Izuku nodded, leaping into the portal, amazed at the sight.

  "Igris.. well done!" He congratulated.

  Igris was kneeled before him, as were the rest of the shadow knights, wizards, demons and dragons.

  The battlefield was littered with dragons, but all the stronger ones had been collected up and piled beside the Gate.

  "Thank you my King. It was an honour to be trusted with such a task."

  *You have Levelled up! ×20*

  The dragon boss lay on its side on the other side of the Gate.

  "Arise."

  Izuku looked to Igris for a report.

  "You now command 348 dragon shadows, as well as the dragon king. The items recovered from all the bodies are on my person. They will transfer to you once I enter your shadow once more my Liege." Igris informed.

  Izuku smiled.

  "Excellent work Igris. You may all return now."

  The shadows all returned to Izuku, apart from the 100 protecting the other students.

  *Items received!*

  *Dragon scales × 1,303*

  *King's scales × 100*

  *Dragon teeth × 1,286*

  *King's teeth × 50*

  *Dragonflames*

  *Unsullied flame × 5*

  *Holy flame × 1*

  *Shadow of the King*

  *Recipie: Shadow Monarch's Armour upgrade!*

  *Recipie: draconic scale mail*

  *Shadow Monarch's Armour II*

  *Requirements identical to initial crafting*

  *Items required: Shadow Monarch's Armour*

  *Dragon Scales*

  *Dragon Teeth*

  *Flames*

  *Shadow of the King*

  *Upgrade?*

  "Upgrade."

  *Alert: King scales can be used*

  *Alert: King's teeth can be used*

  *Alert: Holy flame can be used*

  *Use alongside normal upgrade items?*

  "Yes."

  Izuku's armour removed itself from his body.

  *Further enhancements will be made!*

  *Shadow Monarch's Armour III acquired!*

  *Shadow Monarch's Armour III*

  *+1000 to all stats*

    *Set bonus: all job specific skills improved significantly.*

  *Set bonus: both the shadows and the monarch grow stronger with far more ease.*

  *Set bonus: all shadows and monarch grow significantly stronger at night, and even within shadows during daytime.*

  *Set bonus: impervious to all mental or status attacks.*

  *Set bonus: impervious to fire. All fire is swallowed by your shadow, it's smoke drastically improving your darkness.*

  *Set bonus: skill: Appearance Befitting The Monarch. Manifest the armour with a single thought. Stats improve when armour is visible, past the +1000 base mark.*

  *Shadow Monarch's gauntlets III*

  *+800 strength*

  *Set bonus: Dominator's touch greatly improved.*

  *Set bonus: Impervious to any blade.*

  *Alert: all job specific skills already at maximum level. Compensating.*

  *Job specific skills greatly improved.*

  *Mana use halved.*

  *Number of shadows saved doubled.*

  *Success of extracting shadows doubled.*

  *Extracted shadows evolve a rank automatically.*

  *Domain of the Monarch diameter increased to a mile.*

  *Shadow strength doubled within Domain of the Monarch.*

  *Shadow Exchange cool down 10 minutes.*

  Izuku stared in awe.

  "Igris.. thank you for collecting the materials. It looks like I've got armour way above my level now!"

  *It was my pleasure, Lord.*

  Izuku donned the armour, immediately feeling far more powerful.

  "This essentially doubles my stats... And the amount of spikes has increased. Now I look even more like a villain!!"

  Izuku laughed, stepping back through the portal.