Third Person POV

Azazel, the Leader of the Fallen Angels was currently sitting on his couch, clicking through several channels as he let out a sigh of annoyance. He loves the human world, it was like the best idea he ever had to come and live there cause humans have so many interesting things....yet they don't seem to be able to make a good TV show or movie.

In fact, the only movie he has seen so far that comes close to being good is...Puss in Boots: The Last Wish cause the animation in that movie was top tier. Maybe better than any other movie that was made last year, there are some that even Azazel doesn't want to remember.

???: "You seem to be bored"

Azazel perks up as he turned his head toward the voice only to see a red portal in his living room, the leader of the Fallen Deadpanned as his old friend comes walking through the portal.

Azazel: "Still using red portals?"

The man crossed his arms as he raised an eyebrow.

???: "What's wrong with red? It's a wonderful color"

Azazel: "Nothing, but when the war starts you may want to change to a different color. We can't have our allies thinking you're one of the Monarchs"

The man sighed and shook his head.

Man: "I know, I know...."

Azazel: "So where were you? You left and haven't come back for a few hours?"

The man fell silent for a few seconds, not sure if he should tell his old friend where he was. But soon enough he let out a small sigh and leaned up against a wall, putting a bit too much pressure on it and causing the wall to crack.

Azazel: 'M-my wallpaper....'

Man: "I was....watching my son"

Azazel: "Issei?"

The man nodded his head.

Man: "Yeah, I followed him into the familiar forest and he got himself a pet now"

This gained Azazel's attention, he didn't think that it would be possible for a human to get a familiar. Normally, only devils could go there and get one and sometimes that was rare if they even managed to convince one to become their familiar.

Azazel: "Really now?"

The man nodded his head.

Man: "Yeah..."

Azazel: "What familiar did he get?"

Man: "I believe it's The Daughter of the King of the Beast"

Azazel: "......Yamato?!"

The man nodded his head.

Man: "Yeah, but I personally don't like it"

Azazel: "Let me guess why, is it because Kaido is one of the generals of...The Dragon monarch?"

Man: "That and I'm afraid that she might be used as a spy to get information on my son"

Azazel: "Well, it's not like your son is THAT powerful"

Hearing that, the man couldn't help but chuckle which got Azazel's attention.

Azazel: "What? What's so funny?"

Man: My son may not be powerful...YET, he will surpass us and that includes you"

Hearing this filled Azazel with excitement, the governor of the Fallen grew a savage grin as he crushed his remote and his eyes glowed, full of excitement and hunger for battle.

Azazel: "HAHAHA! YES! I can't wait for that to happen!"

Man: "-_- I swear, sometimes I feel like you're secretly a Monarch or something"

Azazel: "Oh come on. You know I haven't fought a strong challenge in a very long time"

Man: "I know, just don't go off being Kokabiel or something"

Azazel gritted his teeth when he heard that name, Kokabiel was the name of a fellow Fallen Angel and one that Azazel doesn't like because he is nothing but a complete psychopath who wants to destroy everything for a simple fight, the difference between him and Azazel is that Kokabiel actively tries to start things while Azazel lets the opponent challenge him instead.

Azazel: "Please don't compare me to that idiot..."

Man: "When was the last time you checked up on him?"

The leader of the Fallen Angels sighed.

Man: "Been a while, but from what I've been told...he's being up to something in secret"

Man: "And are you gonna do something about it?"

Azazel shook his head.

Azazel: "Nah, I'll let your son deal with him"

The man deadpanned.

Man: "You know, for someone who was given power by those who created your father. You're extremely lazy"

Azazel smirked.

Azazel: "That's me. All day, every day"

The man let out a small sigh of annoyance, which caused Azazel to chuckle as he patted his friend's back.

Azazel: "Don't worry, old friend. When the time comes, you know I'll be there to help in the upcoming war. Those Monarchs won't know what hit them!"

The man chuckled.

Man: "You're right and maybe after this war, I can be with my family without having to hide"

Azazel: "Yeah, that sounds nice"

Both the man and the leader of the Fallen Angels started to laugh like the good friends they were, despite sometimes getting on each other's nerves and whatnot...they were very close friends, the greatest of friends one would say. Azazel has always had his bros back and he knows that he would do the same thing for him, although they both still have their own secrets that they don't wanna tell each other.

That isn't so bad, everyone has their own secrets that they want to keep....well, secret. However, there are some secrets that need to be told or else they will end up hurting someone or themselves.

Man: 'You better take good care of my son, help him become powerful...Ashborn'

Meanwhile with Issei.

Kuoh Academy, it was an average day as students were just arriving to the school to start the day. Behind some nearby trees, Sun Wukong, Rias Gremory, and Issei Hyoudou appeared in a blink of an eye...only for the brown-haired boy to fall face first on the ground. Both the devil girl and the Monkey King blinked as they weren't sure if they should help their friend or just start bursting out laughing like idiots, then again...they probably don't wanna piss him off.

Issei: "Ow...."

Issei got up and rubbed his face.

Issei: "I'm gonna be feeling that for a while....."

Sun Wukong rubbed the back of his neck.

Sun Wukong: "Sorry bro, I guess my landing was off"

Issei simply waved it off, he didn't blame the Monkey King for that. In fact, if it was anyone's fault...it was his own because he should have been used to getting teleported by now, after all, he has gone through so many portals that are made from the System. Then again, those are PORTALS and not actual teleportation so maybe there is a difference between the two that Issei doesn't know about?

Rias: "Well.....That was something"

Issei: "Yeah, I guess it was"

Sun Wukong got a phone call and he paled because it was his wife Dan Ahan.

Sun Wukong: 'Oh, no...'

He then answered it and held it to his ear.

Sun Wukong: "H-Hello?"

Ahan: "WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU?!"

Both Issei and Rias perked up from the sudden shout as they looked at Sun Wukong, surprisingly...he looked as pale as ghost. Rias's jaw nearly dropped to the ground because it was Sun Wukong, the Monkey King and one of the most powerful beings in the entire universe. Issei was surprised, but he wasn't as shocked as Rias was because he had been told by Wukong that he had some wives, so the boy guessed that the person on the phone was one of his wives.

Sun Wukong: "H-honey, I told you. I'm with my friend, you know. I one I told you about last night"

Issei deadpanned.

Issei: "The one whose house you broke into"

Sun Wukong: "Hey! Your mom let me in!"

Issei sighed a shook his head.

Issei: 'Of course she did...'

Ahan: "You better get your ass here until tomorrow night or I will personally strap you on the bed and you won't leave it for months!"

Sun Wukong: "Dan! Not in front of my friends..."

???: "And not in front of Kenji!"

They heard another female voice and it was Sun Wukong's adoptive daughter, Taejinn Park who was the Daughter of the hated man, Mujin Park.

Sun wukong: "Oh, Hey Taejinn. How are you doing, my little princess?"

Issei: "You have a daughter?"

Sun Wukong rubbed the back of his head and chuckled, nodding his head.

Sun Wukong: "Yeah, i have one. But she isn't my biological daughter, she's actually adopted"

Rias: "You adopted a child?"

The Monkey King nodded his head, surprising the Hiress of the Gremory household beause she has heard the stories of the Monkey Demon, he who gained immortality through several means....yet, she has never heard that he has a family or children.

Rias: "Wow...just wow"

Sun Wukong: "Is it that much of a shocker?"

Issei: "-_- yes, cause it's you"

Sun Wukong: "What's that meant to mean?"

Issei facepalmed.

Issei: "Dumbass, your Sun Wukong. You've never been known to have family, other than some group of monkeys who took you as their king"

Sun Wukong: "Ohhhhhhh"

Issei sighed as he looked to his left and a screen appeared before him, showing the brown-haired boy his stats.

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Name: Issei Hyoudou

Job: Shadow Monarch

Title: Conqueror of Adversity (+1)

Level: 56

Health Points/ HP: [16895/16895]

Magic/MP: [1769/1769]

Fatigue: 0

Strength/Str: 82 (+20)

Virtality/Vit: 66

Agility/Agl: 66 (+20)

Intelligence/Int: 67 (+25)

Sense: 66 (+20)

Available Points: 0

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Physical Damage Reduction: 20% (+15)

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Issei: 'After so much, I still know that I'm very weak and powerless if any God or stronger Supernatural being comes after me'

Rias: "You okay, Issei?"

Issei: "Huh?"

Issei snapped out of his thoughts as he looked at Rias, he guessed he was too focused on his stats that he started to act strange around Wukong and Rias. He didn't want to worry them because they wouldn't understand his situation, actually...did Sun Wukong even know the power that Issei had? If he did then the Monkey Demon would have been staring at the System screen along with Issei, but if Issei recalls the small chat that he and Wukong had...he didn't see it.

A screen appeared then and Wukong didn't seem to react to it, so maybe even godly-level beings such as Wukong can't see the system?

How does that even make sense?

Issei: "What did you say, Rias?"

Rias: "I asked if you are okay?"

Issei: "Oh, yeah. I'm doing alright"

Taejinn: "Uh, mom? Kenji is gone"

Sun Wukong & Ahan: "WHAT?!"

Issei felt something tug his pants and he looked down to see a kid that looks exactly like Sun Wukong.

Issei blinked in surprise, how the hell did this kid just show up so fast?

Issei: "Um... I think I found him"

Sun Wukong looked and saw his son standing beside Issei's leg.

Sun Wukong: "Kenji!"

The Monkey King picked up the small boy and held him in his hands.

Sun Wukong: "Why are you out here? You're scaring your mother"

The boy just touched his father's nose in response making Sun Wukong deadpan.

Sun Wukong: '-_- You're so lucky that your cute, otherwise I would do something to do'

Rias: 'KWAII!!!!'

Issei sighed and facepalmed, why the hell was he doing here? He should really get to class, but he still has a few minutes before class actually starts plus there are still students and teachers showing up so he has time.... hopefully.

Issei: "Anyways, Wukong. Me and Rias have class in a few minutes"

Sun Wukong: "I understand"

Rias walked up to Kenji and started to tickle him under his chin.

Rias: "Aww, you're so cute!"

Kenji giggled in response as many of the girls gushed out how cute Kenji is and complimented that Sun Wukong was a great big brother.

Issei rolled his eyes playfully as he turned and started to walk off, he didn't mind the small child but he has more important things to do at the moment like get to class or else he was gonna be in huge trouble from not only his teacher but his mother as well.

Sun Wukong: "Later, Issei!"

Sun Wukong walked away with Kenji as Rias followed after Issei.

Rias: "That was such a cute child"

Issei nodded his head.

Issei: "yeah, it actually was a cute kid"

As both Issei and Rias made their way through the gate, all eyes were instantly on them and this resulted in some whispers among the students with some being good and some being bad.

Girl #1: "Is Rias-senpai with Hyoudou!?"

Girl #2: "Woah, they look good together"

Girl #3: "So awesome!"

Girl #4: 'I so wanna fuck Rias-senpai~'

Suddenly, Rias felt a shiver run down her spine which confused her. Why the hell would she feel something like that when she was at school? Sure the students were looking at her and Issei, but none of them ever have any negative emotions toward her...in fact, they basically treat her like she was a goddess which was ironic since he was actually a devil.

Rias: 'Why do I feel that Perv said they wanna fuck me?'

That was only the female side, the male side was much different.

Boy #1: "Damn it, Hyoudou got to her first!"

Boy #2: "Hyoudou, you bastard!"

Boy #3: "I'm gay!"

Both: "WE KNOW BOB AND WERE PROUD OF YOU!"

Boy #4: "Come on, Babe. We got class"

Bob: "Okay, San!"

Both: "That was so adorable!"

Issei sweatdropped from what he had just overheard, what the fuck? Like literally, what the fuck did he just hear right now? Kuoh was really a place full of weirdness, he swears that it may turn out to be Gravity Falls or something.

Rias: "Well, I better go to my class. See you later, Issei"

She kissed his cheek before walking away.

Issei watched as Rias walked away, the sudden kiss shocked everyone in the area because they weren't expecting something like that to happen.

???: "ISSEI!!"

Issei: "Huh?"

Issei turned his head to the familiar voices, only to be greeted by a drop kick from none other than Matsuda and Motohama. This sudden attack caught Issei off guard as he was sent back a few feet from it, causing the boy to groan.

Issei: "OW!!! What the?! Ow!"

Matsuda: "You traitor!"

Issei: "What?"

Motohama: "How did you do it!

Issei raised an eyebrow, what the hell were they talking about? How did he do what? More importantly, when the hell did the two idiots learn to dropkick someone like that?

Issei: "What the fuck are you two talking about?"

Matsuda: "You betrayed your comrades of the loser alliance!"

Issei was confused until he figured it out.

Issei: "-_- Was it about Rias kissing my cheek?"

Both: "YES! How did you do it!"

Issei sighed as he stood up and started to dust himself off.

Issei: "Don't ask me, I'm just as surprised as you two are"

Motohama: "Liar! Are you two dating?!"

Issei deadpanned as he gestured to himself and the direction Rias went, then back to himself.

Issei: "Do you REALLY think that me of all people, is capable of dating Rias Gremory?"

Matsuda: "Yes! Look at you! You're cool, handsome no homo, and look like a bad boy! Girls dig those types of men!"

Issei: "Then why don't I see the other girls in the school drooling over my looks, also you do realize that Kiba is still a thing right?"

Matsuda: "Yeah!"

Issei just shook his head as he turned and started to walk away from his two idiotic friends who started chasing after him, trying to get their comrade to spill the beans about his relationship with Rias Gremory. He liked the two boys (No homo), but they are very annoying at times to the point that Issei just wants to punch them in the face. However, he didn't have time for them...Issei had more important things to worry about such as trying to find a way to become even stronger than he currently was since he knew that he was gonna be facing more powerful things in the future.

Issei: 'I wonder how Yoruichi is doing?'

He figures that the woman should be alright like all she has to do is not transform in front of his mother and that's it. That shouldn't be too hard for Yoruichi to handle, then again if memory serves Issei correctly...he asked Rias to send Yamato to his bedroom as well since he didn't want the mythical creature to remain in the familiar forest, so Yoruichi is probably freaking out a little bit.

And he's imagining Yamato was chasing her while his mother wasn't home, hopefully not making a mess.

Issei sighed internally, if they make a mess then he was gonna have to clean it up.

Issei: 'I fucking hope that isn't the case...'

After a very long walk, both Issei and his two friends entered the classroom. When they entered, they were greeted by their teacher who was none other than the gorgeous, Miss Scathach.

Scathach: "Morning you three"

Issei: "Morning, teach"

Matsuda: "Morning, Sensei!"

Motohama: "Greetings, scathach Sensei"

Scathach: "Take your seats. Class is about to begin"

The trio nodded their heads and walked toward their seats, once they arrived at them they sat down at their tables. Issei didn't really care about his knowledge when it comes to things in the human world, mainly cause he is more focused on things that are happening in the Supernatural world.

On top of that list is the System, for obvious reasons.

But he feels like his teacher is hiding something but he doesn't know why.

Issei just felt a strange aura coming from her, which was weird because she doesn't appear to have any relations to the Supernatural world.

Issei: 'Hmm, Maybe it's nothing'

(Time Skip Brought to you by me doing mad research)

School was over, the sun was slowly setting over the horizon which changed the once bright blue sky to a deep orange color that made everything appear to be celebrating the season of Fall. Issei sighed as he was slowly making his way out of the school grounds, in his hand was a strange key that he obtained from his Daily Quest.

[Item: Dungeon Key]

Level of Difficulty: A

Type: Key

Sure, it looked like the regular Dungeon Keys that Issei had been getting...but for some reason, he was getting a dark feeling from the key and the brown-haired boy did not like it one bit. He wants to become stronger and while the key was only A-Rank, sometimes looks can be deceiving and when that happens...people usually die.

Issei hasn't died... well again anyways, sure he has come close to death numerous times, and each time he has come out on top because of luck and no skill. However, he was able to defeat Riser Phenex with his skill alone. But he has to remember that since he has been leveling up a lot, so he's probably stronger than a lot of Supernatural beings.

Although, he knows that there are still more powerful beings out there. He needs to become stronger, if he has to take a huge risk...then he guessed that is something he is willing to take. But he needs to make sure that he can't bring others into his problems, they won't understand anything that is happening.

Issei: 'This is something I need to do myself...I gotta Solo Leve-'

???: "Hey, Issei!"

Issei's eyes widen, those voices...Matsuda and Motohama.

Issei: "You two?"

Matsuda: "You think we were gonna forget about the fact you and Rias shared a Kiss!"

Issei deadpanned, was he really still going on about that? Like seriously? Why the fuck was he still going on about the fact that Rias kissed his cheek?

Issei: "Seriously, you're still complaining?"

Matsuda: "YES!"

Motohama adjusted his glasses as he noticed the key in Issei's hand, confused cause he had never seen Issei with a key before.

Motohama: "hey, what's that key?"

Issei: "Um...I, it's nothin-"

???: "Wow,  you three seem to be very good friends"

Hearing the new voice caused the trio to perk up as they turned their heads in that direction, both Motohama and Matsuda eyes widen as the owner of the voice was Scathach. The woman held her bag in her hand, seemingly ready to head home as well like the students as well.

Issei: 'You gotta be kidding me...'

Scathach raised an eyebrow.

Scathach: "So? What with all this yelling and complaining?"

Issei: "Um...."

Suddenly, a screen appeared before Issei's view and this one didn't have a good message for the boy. In fact, out of all the messages he has been given by the System...this one was easily the worst of them all.

[Warning: Error! Error! An Error has occurred!]

Issei was confused, what was happening to the system? It has never done this before the past. Sure it may have given him a quest out of nowhere like the time it told him to not go back to his perverted ways to become a devil, but this was the very first time that something like an error occurred. This didn't fill Issei with good emotions, if something was happening to the System then this had to be connected to the strange dream or vision he had this morning.

Issei: 'What the hell is happening...'

[Warning: Red Gate shall now appear! Repeat, Red Gate shall now appear!]

Issei: "Wait, wha-"

Just then, black and red electricity appeared from the key which caused Issei to drop the object and hold his hand in pain. This shocked Matsuda, Motohama, and Scathach as they saw that the Key had just done. Issei gritted his teeth in pain and annoyance, what the hell just happened? Why the fuck did the key just hurt him?

Was it because of the message?

What was a Red gate?

Motohama: "Issei! Are you okay?!"

[Warning: Red Gate appearing!]

Issei's eyes widen in shock and horror, the Red Gate was now appearing. This wasn't good since three people were looking at him.

Issei: "You three, get back! Now!"

However, before the three could respond to the brown-haired boy's words. The key that was on the ground sparked with the same electricity just like before, and from it came a blue portal that Issei was familiar with. But that all soon changed as a crimson-red color slowly started to take over the portal, slowly sucking the four like a vacuum.

Matsuda: "W-what's going on!?"

Motohama: "I don't know!"

Scathach's eyes widen as she tried to force herself from being sucked into the portal, she then looked over at Issei.

Scathach: "Mr. Hyoudou, what is going on!?"

Issei gritted his teeth as he stared at the portal before him, this wasn't anything like the ones he has experienced before. It was moving wildly, like the waves in a raging storm out in the ocean.

The pressure.

The feeling.

This shouldn't be happening, something is wrong. Either this was the work of the System trying to do something to the brown-haired boy, or the creator of the System is trying to test him once again.

Issei: "So this is...."

Issei: ".... A Red Gate!"

Scathach heard what he said and she was confused, what was happening? Why was there a portal before them and how did Issei have knowledge of this? The woman can't help but wonder if he is the reason for this happening.

Scathach: "A red wh-"

Before the woman could finish her sentence, she and her students were sucked into the portal due to its immense pull. Both Matsuda and Motohama screamed like girls as Issei gritted his teeth in anger, but they didn't have to wait long because the portal soon spat the four out somewhere else.

Somewhere...in the middle of a forest area that was covered in snow and in the middle of what could be described as the first stage of a blizzard.

Issei quickly got up and charged toward the Red Gate, but before he could reach it the portal suddenly closed on the brown-haired boy.

Issei: "No!"

Issei growled and stomped on the ground.

Issei: "DAMMIT!"

Matsuda: "W-what the hell! Where are we!?"

Motohama: "I wanna go home!"

Scathach remained silent as she looked at the enraged Issei who was gritting his teeth in anger, silently curing both the System and the creator for putting him and innocent people in this situation. He would have understood if it was only him, that was something the System liked to do to him.

But this....was something different.

Issei: "great, just fucking great..."

Suddenly, a screen appeared before the already pissed-off brown-haired boy.

[You have entered a "Red Gate", due to the conditions of the Red gate, you are not allowed to leave until the Boss is slain or The "Player" is eliminated]

Issei: 'Can't my luck get any worse?!'

[A day within the Red Gate is equivalent to 1 hour in the normal world]

Issei's eyes widen in shock, a day within the gate is only an hour in real life. Does this mean that if Issei doesn't kill the boss and he and the other three remain within the Red gate for like...24 hours, it would actually be 24 days within the Red Gate. The boy can't help but wonder if this is meant to be something like that Time Chamber from Dragon Ball, what was its name again? He knew it had the words "Time Chamber" within it.

Issei: 'So, depending on how long it takes to Kill the boss... There is a chance we are here for a single day or several months'

???: "Hyoudou"

He saw his teacher Scathach walking over.

Issei: "Yeah? What is it?"

Scathach: "......You are not any ordinary human are you?"

Hearing this caused both Matsuda and Motohama to look at their friend with expressions of shock and confusion.

Issei: "What makes you think that?"

Scathach: "Because I know when I see one and I should know because I am no ordinary human either"

This caught Issei's attention as he narrowed his eyes at the woman, both of them glowing with a menacing purple aura.

Issei: "What are you then...?"

Scathach: "Do you know someone else with my name?"

Issei: "Yeah, the legendary Scathach in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. She is a legendary Scottish warrior woman and martial arts teacher who trains the legendary Ulster hero Cú Chulainn in the arts of combat.....!!! Wait! You can't be!"

Scathach nodded her head as she glowed with a bright aura, causing the boys to cover their eyes for a moment before they uncovered them again and saw their teacher in a completely different outfit.

The two pervs had perverted grins at the sight but it turned to fear when Scathach glared at them and she turned to Issei who was stunned and speechless.

Scathach: "shocked?"

Issei nodded his head, he's not gonna lie this was a huge surprise to him. However, if he really thought about it deeply enough, he really shouldn't be shocked about this.

Issei: "A little, but not much... like I am friends with Sun Wukong"

Scathach: "........You met that Monkey?"

Issei crossed his arms.

Issei: "More as he challenged me to a Duel, my best guess...the buddha told him about me"

The brown-haired boy sighed and shook his head.

Issei: "First, Loki, then Hades, now the Buddha... Won't be long before Ra starts watching me"

Scathach: "I see....."

Just then, Matsuda walked over to the two with Motohama following.

Matsuda: Um, sorry to interrupt.... but what the fuck is happening!? Where the hell are we!?"

Issei sighed as he didn't want to drag his two friends into this.

However, he knew that he had no other choice since he had no idea who or what was the boss of this Dungeon. For all he knows, it could be a fucking ice dragon.

Issei: "I hope you two love long stories"

Matsuda: "How the hell is this gonna be a long sto-"

Issei cut his friend off by summoning his dagger and tossing it toward him, but it was never to harm him... in fact, the dagger was meant to protect Matsuda from an incoming ice arrow that nearly pierced the boy's body.

Matsuda: "What the!?"

Motohama: "Were under attack!?"

Scathach: "An ambush!"

Scathach summoned her weapon and got into a stance, searching around the area for any signs of their enemies. Issei held his hand out as his dagger, Knight Killer came back to his hand.

Issei: "You two! Go hide! While me and Scathach take care of them!"

Motohama: "Wait, in the trees!"

Motohma pointed toward some trees, both Issei and Scathach looked over and saw two figures standing on some branches. The brown-haired boy narrowed his eyes as he saw that what just attacked them right now was...Ice Elves.

Issei: "Ice Elves..."

Elves or Elf's as they are sometimes called are a humanoid supernatural being told Germanic Mythology and folklore, although they are known to appear in other kinds of folklore. Elves generally seem to have been thought of as beings with magical powers and supernatural beauty, ambivalent towards everyday people and capable of either helping or hindering them.

However, these Elves weren't anything like that...in fact, these ones had faces that a psychopath would love to see and that was a face of pure insanity.

Issei: "Well, those are faces only mothers could love..."

Issei and Scathach got in a stance.

The Elves smirked as they soon leaped further into the forest, making Issei groan in annoyance.

Issei: "great...that is obviously a trap"

Scathach: "No, kidding"

Matsuda: "What should we do?! What if they come back for us!?"

Motohama: "We can't stand here!"

Scathach looked at the two boys.

Scathach: "Calm down you two, I am sure Issei and I will think of som-"

Issei: "They're right..."

Scathach: "Huh?"

Issei: "This is a Red Gate, in here we CAN'T leave until the boss is dead...a day within here is an hour out in the real world"

Matsuda: "Well, where is it?!"

Issei: "That's the thing...I don't know where the boss is, this is the first time I've ever experienced a Red Gate"

Scathach's eyes widen in shock.

Scathach: "Are you serious!?"

Issei nodded his head and crossed his arms.

Issei: "Yeah, for now...we need to set up a camp somewhere away from the Ice Elves"

Scathach fell silent as she sighed.

Scathach: "Fine..."

Issei looked at Matsuda and Motohama, seeing that both of them are freezing.

Issei: "Inventory..."

A screen appeared next to Issei as he reached inside it, pulling out some winter clothes which shock the others.

[Name: Warm Fur Coat]

Level of Difficulty: None

Type: Misellaneous

Wearing this Item will make you very warm.

Issei turned and throws them to his friends and Scathach who catches them.

Issei: "Put those on, I can't have you lot getting cold"

Issei then took one and started to put it on himself, zipping it up as he placed the hoodie over his head.

The others put the on the winter clothes.

Issei: "Let's go"

They soon started to make their way toward the forest, in the complete opposite direction the Ice Elves went. Scathach was confused about why they were heading into the forest, noticing claw marks on a few of the tree trunks.

Scathach: 'Odd...'

Matsuda: "Um, Issei. Why are we going into the forest?"

Motohama: "Yeah, wouldn't those Ice Elves come after us?"

Issei shook his head as he gestured to a tree that had claw marks across its trunk.

Issei: "They won't because the creatures that live in this part of the forest, which I believe are Ice Bears are gonna be the reason for our survival"

Scathach: "How do you know?"

Scathach was confused, why the hell would they go into the territory of something like Ice bears? Wouldn't that be worse than the Elves since the bears would just act like wild animals and kill them viciously? Hell, if she had to make a choice between the Elves and the bears if she wanted to kill herself then she would go with the elves.

Issei: "Simple, I saw numerous claw marks on the trees which means that the bears marked this part of the forest as their territory. If that's the case then...

Scathach's eyes then widen as she realized what Issei was getting at with all of this.

Scathach: "The only enemies we would have to worry about is the bears... because they're not as smart as the Elves!"

Issei nodded his head.

Matsuda: "So, Issei are there any weapons that you can lend us for protection?"

Issei: "The two weapons that I have are daggers and I doubt you two know how to use them"

Motohama: "We know but are they any other weapons that don't have powers?"

Issei fell silent, there were any other weapons in his inventory cause all he had been using so far is daggers. Sure there was that sword he used in the first dungeon, but that thing was broken and it wouldn't be useful in a fight anymore. He wondered what he should do, maybe he can buy some new weapons and give them to his friends.

Issei: "I'm afraid not, sorry"

Matsuda: "Then how will we defend ourselves!?"

Issei sighed.

Issei: "Okay, Okay. Give me a second..."

Matsuda, Motohama, and Scathach watched as Issei looked to the left and started to do something to the air. They stared at the brown-haired boy with confused expressions as they didn't know what he was doing, but in reality, he was getting both Matsuda and Motohama some weapons.

After searching for something at a good price, Issei soon took out two items and tossed one to Matsuda and the other to Motohama. The boy with glasses looked at what Issei gave him and saw that he got a pair of gauntlets while Matsuda on the other hand got both a pretty large battle axe and shield.

Both: "Woah!"

Issei: "Use those to defend yourselves"

Issei was a little disappointed since that cut all of his gold down to half its total, he was saving all of that gold to turn into money and make both his and his mother's life better. He still hasn't given up on that goal, he wants to help his mother and find out who made the system... But he was sure that his mother would understand that he needs to make sure that Matsuda and Motohama don't get themselves killed while in the Red Gate.

Issei: "Let's go"

The trio nodded as they followed Issei deeper into the snowy forest, the only sound they could hear was the noise coming from the icy wind which echoed all around them. Scathach had to admit that she had never been in such a snowy place before, she has been in many places over the years and yet...this was completely different.

However, they soon came to a stop when they heard something which sounded like the growl of an animal.

Matsuda: "D-do you guys hear that?"

Motohama: "Y-yeah"

Scathach got into a fighting stance as she searched the area, Issei on the other hand chuckled as he turned to his right and was greeted by a massive white bear that resembled a standard Polar bear.... however, the only difference between the two is that the one before Issei had glowing red eyes.

Motohama: "Where did that come from!?"

Matsuda: "Is that...An Ice Bear!?"

Issei glared at the bear and got in a stance with Scathach.

Scathach: "Okay, how do we fight this?"

Issei: "You don't, I do... Swap Title"

With that, Issei felt his title switched to his Wolf Assassin one which was a smart idea in this situation because now all of his abilities have increased by 40% since he is gonna be hunting a Beast-type monster.

The Ice bear roared as it swung one of its claws at Issei, but to its surprise, the brown-haired boy leaped into the air which made it look up.

Issei: 'Let's hope this works'

Issei reared his fist back as his eyes started to glow purple, gritting his teeth he delivered a powerful punch to the Ice Bears' head and basically took the monster down with a single punch.

The polar bear landed on the ground causing a massive shockwave. Matsuda, Motohama, and Scathach eyes widen in shock as Issei sat down on the Ice bear's destroyed head.

Issei: "That was pretty easy..."

[Level up!]

Issei: 'Oh? Did I get a Level up from that? Strange, I didn't think I would be getting one so soon

Scathach: 'Holy....'

Matsuda: "ISSEI! That was so cool!"

Motohama: "How did you do that!?"

Issei: "Let's just say...this isn't my first time-fighting monsters of the Beast-Type"

Matsuda: "How many have you fought?"

Issei: "Hmm, there was the Steel Fangs, those Panthers, those monkeys, those Werewolves.... and maybe a few more"

Matsuda: "Okay, you gotta tell us everything"

Issei sighed.

Issei: "That's for another time, for now, we gotta make a campfire"

He then turned to Scathach.

Issei: "Right, teach?"

Scathach nodded her head.

Scathach: "Yes, we must build one before it gets colder"

Issei: "Well, let's get on with that"

Meanwhile with Rias.

Rias Gremory was confused, she told Issei that she would be meeting him at the Occult Research Club and yet he hasn't turned up yet which confuses her. Her peerage, Sona, and her Queen who were in the clubroom because they had to deliver a message to Rias were also confused by the fact that Issei hasn't turned up yet.

She grabbed her phone and called Sun Wukong and it answered to reveal Kenji near the video cam.

Rias was surprised to see the cute baby answer the phone.

Rias: "Kenji? Where's your father?"

Sun Wukong: "Kenji, don't put your face near the Camera"

Wukong took the phone and gave his son to Taejinn.

Taejinn: "Let's go play, little bro~!"

She left the room with the cute baby as Wukong looked at his phone.

Sun Wukong: "Sorry about that, he was curious"

Rias smiled a little.

Rias: "It's okay"

Sun Wukong: "So, what's up?"

Rias: "Have you seen Issei?"

Sun Wukong: "No, why?"

Rias: "I told him that I would meet him at the ORC after school, but he hasn't shown up yet..."

The Monkey King raised an eyebrow, kinda confused.

Sun Wukong: "Wouldn't he be just at home?"

Rias sighed and shook her head.

Rias: "No, he said he would meet me here..."

Sun Wukong: "Odd....Let me check around the universe"

Rias nodded as The Monkey Demon closed his eyes.

Because he had become so powerful after going on his journey to the west, the one with that stupid monk he had to save numerous times. Sun Wukong could now check around the universe for things, just a perk of being Omnipresent. it was a very useful ability, but at the moment though... that doesn't seem to be the case.

Sun Wukong: "That's... strange"

Rias: "What's wrong?"

Sun Wukong: "I can't seem to be able to locate him"

Rias: "Dammit....."

Sun Wukong: "I'm sorry, Rias"

Rias: "It's okay, Wukong. You did your best"

Rias hung up the phone.

When she did that, Rias let out a sigh.

Sona: "Rias?"

The crimson-red-haired devil girl shook her head.

Rias: "Not even, Wukong could find him..."

Sona: "Where is he?...."

Rias: "I don't know..."

They were both worried about Issei and wonder where the hell he is.

Back with Issei.

Currently, Issei, Scathach, Matsuda, and Motohama were sitting around a campfire and cooking some pieces of meat on some small branches. How they obtained the meat was actually from the Ice Bear that Issei killed, the boy used his daggers and sliced up the meat, and now they were cooking it.

Matsuda: "Man, this stuff smells like shit..."

Motohama: "Yeah, could use some seasoning for something"

Issei shook his head as he started to eat his piece of meat, while he agreed with his two friends about the smell....the taste wasn't as bad as the smell. In fact, the meat almost tasted like a chicken drumstick even though it was from a bear and not a chicken.

Issei: "So teach.....Why are you in Kuoh and how are you alive?"

Scathach: "It's a very long story, how much do you know about my history?"

Issei: "Scáthach, (Gaelic: "The Shadowy One"), in Celtic mythology, female warrior, especially noted as a teacher of warriors. Scáthach was the daughter of Árd-Greimne of Lethra. She lived on an island (thought to be the Isle of Skye) in an impregnable castle, the gate of which was guarded by her daughter Uathach. At this fortress Scáthach trained numerous Celtic heroes in the arts of pole vaulting (useful in the assault of forts), underwater fighting, and combat with a barbed harpoon of her own invention, the gáe bolg. Her best-known student was Cú Chulainn, who stayed with her for a year in order to learn the skills that helped him win many battles. A number of other heroes of Celtic mythology also owed their prowess to the training of the Amazon Scáthach."

Scathach blinked as she was speechless from what she had just heard from the brown-haired boy, she figured he knew something about her....but this was something else entirely. She had heard rumors about Issei in the past, he was a perverted teenage boy who couldn't stop staring at a woman's breast. She can't help but wonder what other information about her is out in the open, like what else does Issei know?

Scathach: "Well... that is a shocker"

Issei raised an eyebrow.

Issei: "Is it really?"

Motohama and Matsuda who were eating their pieces of meat, jaws nearly dropped to the ground as they stared at their friend.

Motohama: "How the fuck do you know all of this!?"

Issei: "I read a book"

Matsuda: "When?!"

Issei: "A while ago"

Motohama: "How come we did notice!?"

Issei: "-_- Probably because you were staring at the girl's tits"

Matsuda and Motohama fell silent.

Both: ".... Okay, you got a point there"

Issei looks at Scathach.

Issei: "How are you alive? You lived sometime in the centuries either side of 200 B.C"

Scathach: ".... it's complicated to explain"

Issei: "I see, you don't need to tell me if you don't want to"

Scathach: "If we get out of this, I'll think about telling you"

Issei nodded as they continued to eat the meat.

After eating all of his food, Issei soon stood up.

Motohama: "Issei? Where are you going?"

Issei: "I ate, so I'm gonna go do some exercise"

Issei turned and started to walk away from the campfire.

Scathach: "You can't be serious!?"

Issei sighed.

Issei: "If I don't there will be a penalty..."

With that, Issei left the trio to go do his daily exercise because if he doesn't then he was gonna be sent to the "Penalty Zone" and he doesn't want to go back there for fucking hours. Sure, Scathach was skilled and all that but even she had her limits... Motohama and Matsuda just stepped into the world of the Supernatural so, they aren't gonna be able to do anything. Issei's exercise shouldn't take too long since it was only sit-ups, push-ups, squats, and a 10km run. However, he didn't want to run off into a squad of Ice Elves who are most likely hunting them down.

He'll need to try something to not let that happen...

But what? he doesn't know, though he will come up with something cause if he doesn't then the others are as good as a cooked turkey on Thanksgiving.

Issei: "Ddraig? You hear me?"

Just then, the former Welsh Dragon of Domination's shadowy head rose from Issei's shadow and took form.

Ddraig: "Yes, my Liege? How may I serve you"

Issei: "What are the chances of an Ice Bear cave being nearby?"

Ddraig: "Hmmm.....I'd say 78%"

Issei chuckled.

Issei: "That sounds good enough to me..."

With that, the brown-haired boy quickly got his Daily exercise over and done with which wasn't too hard to do. Although, like he stated before the only truly annoying part of it was the 10km run that he had to do and he didn't want to just up and run straight into some Ice Elves. But he managed and in the end, he noticed something in the corner of his left eye and it was what he hoped to find.

An Ice Bear Cave.

Issei: "Bingo"

Issei slowly made his way toward the cave, the sound of the cracking snow beneath his feet filled his eardrums as it was so bloody loud. He swears that snow is not meant to be this loud, it's always quiet in TV shows and movies so why the fuck was it so loud? He didn't know and to be honest, didn't actually care since he was only going toward the cave to do some hunting and hopefully...level up some more.

As he stood outside the cave, he picked up a nearby rock and threw it into the cave. This resulted in a snarl to be heard from within the darkness, followed by numerous glowing red eyes that stared into the boy's soul. However, Issei was anything but scared as a small smirk grew on his face and from the darkness of the cave came what he was looking for...Ice Bears.

Issei: "Found you"

He quickly counted and saw that there were maybe around 30 or more Ice Bears, this was a good thing...a very good thing. Issei smirked as both of his eyes glowed a beautiful, purple color.

Issei: "Come on out..."

He snapped his fingers as his shadow Soldiers minus Ddraig rose from their master's shadow, prepared to battle the group of Ice Bears before them.

They all bowed to their liege awaiting his orders.

Issei: "Kill them all..."

They took out their weapons and charged at the Ice Bears.

The Bears roared as they charged toward the shadow army, with that a bloody battle had begun, or rather a one-sided slaughter since when the Soldiers that served under Issei Hyoudou were destroyed, they quickly regenerated back to normal and continued fighting. The knights wielded their weapons, swords, axes, spears, and much more while the mages created fireballs and launched them at the Ice Bears, decimating numerous of them.

Issei watched with a small smile on his face.

Issei: "The power of the shadow Soldiers is beyond my expectations, this level of regeneration is almost at that of Immortality...the only downside is that it's draining my Mana"

[1323/1990]

Standing next to the brown-haired boy was Igris who remained by his Liege's side, waiting patiently for his master's command to strike when the leader of the Ice Bears appears from the cave.

Issei: "Igris, when you see the leader immediately strike it down"

Igris nodded his head.

However, Issei didn't have to wait long because soon enough the leader of the Ice Bears showed up and roared loudly. Issei's eyes widen slightly, the leader was bigger than Cerberus and had numerous scars across its body. The boy wasn't expecting the leader to be gigantic, it looked big enough to put him, Rias, and her entire peerage on its back.

The Leader growled and started to tear through the shadow Soldiers, even though they regenerated it was really bad since now Issei's Mana was going down even faster than what it was originally doing. This caused the brown-haired boy to grit his teeth slightly as he looked at Igris.

Issei: "Igris!"

The former Blood-Red commander nodded his head and step toward the leader of the Ice Bears who growled and snarled at the shadow knight, who took out his massive sword with his right hand.

Igris made a gesture to the giant bear to come towards him making the leader roar and charge at Igris who dodged and grabbed the leader by his tail began spinning the bear and hurled him away.

The leader growled in pain and anger as it roared at Igris, the knight then charged toward the bear and leaped into its body. He then stabbed his weapon into the creature and started to drag it across the massive beast's body, causing it to roar in pain and agony. Blood erupted from the wounds and tainted the snow-white ground with the color of scarlet red, something that reminded Issei a little bit of Rias's hair.

Issei's eyes widen from what he had just seen, he knew Igris was powerful.... but nothing like this. He wanted to say something, but he was cut off as the Ice Bear Leader stood on its two back legs and swung at Igris, the knight merely jumped into the air... slicing the creature's head off its shoulders.

Issei: 'Holy shit... I would've stood no chance against Igris if he used his sword in our battle'

Blood squirted out of the body and dropped down as Igris bowed to his liege.

Issei: "Igris.....That was amazing"

A smile grew on the boy's face as he placed his hand on the shadow's shoulder.

Issei: "You've done well"

Issei turned his attention to the deceased body of the Ice Bear Leader, smirking.

Issei: "Arise..."

When he said that, silence filled the air and the brown-haired boy watched as a shadowy paw rose from the corpse of the monster, slamming into the ground, slowly but surely the leader of the Ice Bears and the numerous other Ice Bears that were slaughtered rose up from the dead as his shadows soldiers.

[You have successfully extracted the shadow]

[??? Lv.1]

Rank: Knight

Issei: "Oh? I can name this one as well?"

Issei began to think of a name for his new soldier, and before long he came up with something.

Issei: "I'll name you, Tank"

The Ice Bear growled as it lowered its head to Issei, making the boy chuckle a little as it seemed to like the name that he gave it. In fact, he was surprised by that since he was terrible at coming up with names. The only reason why Ddraig and Igris have such badass names was cause they were already called that when they were alive, but Tank on the other hand didn't have one.

But now he does, and he likes it.

[Tank Lv.1]

Rank: Knight

Issei reached his hand out and petted Tank on the head.

Issei: "Good boy"

Tank nuzzled into his new master's hand enjoying the pat.

Issei chuckled as all his shadows vanished and returned to their master's shadow, waiting for the time that he shall need them.

Issei: "Ddraig..."

Ddraig appeared and bowed to his liege.

Ddraig: "Yes, my liege?"

Issei: "Since you're a dragon, you can smell one of them watching me... Right?"

The former Heavenly Dragon nodded his head to his liege.

Issei: "I figured. You can come out!"

Silence.

Issei sighed and shook his head, he knew that the Ice Elf was there and yet it was just sticking to the shadows. With that, Issei turned and slowly made his way back to the others.

Ddraig: "My Liege, you know that they will know the location of your camp?"

Issei: "I know, Ddraig. That's exactly what I want..."

Ddraig raised an eyebrow at his master, it took a moment but he soon realized what his liege's plan was... he was gonna lure the Ice Elves to them so he can kill their boss and finally get out of the Red Gate. Ddraig had to say it was a smart plan, but one wrong move and everything and everyone shall die.

After a long walk, Issei soon made it back to the others.

Issei: "I'm back!"

Scathach: "Hello"

Issei saw Matsuda and Motohama on the ground with large bumps on his head making him deadpan because he figured out they were being perverted to their teacher.

Issei sighed, but he soon perked up as he sensed something.

Issei: "Look alive, we got company"

Scathach: "Huh?"

 Issei looked at them before turning to the open space that leads into the trees, narrowing his eyes as they started to glow purple.

Issei: "You may as well drop your stealth. Your powerful energy makes hiding pointless"

Scathach, Matsuda, and Motohama were confused about what Issei was talking about. But they soon realized what the brown-haired boy was talking about when they heard soft laughter.

As if coming into existence nineteen ice elves appeared with another, who Issei guessed was the Leader and the final boss sitting atop a white horse.

The leader chuckled as he grew a grin on his face.

Ice Elf leader: "There was one useful one among the trash"

Hearing this caused Issei to glare at the Ice Elf.

Issei: "Did you just call us, Trash?"

The monster blinked this one, a surprised expression growing on its face.

Ice Elf Leader: "How are you speaking to us?"

Hearing that surprised Issei as well, Did this mean the Elves before him were speaking a language that humans couldn't understand?

Issei: 'I can understand them?'

Issei was confused about what was happening. How is he talking to them? Why is he talking to them? Issei shook his head and will figure it out later.

Ice Elf Leader: "No, matter. Soldiers kill the three men but spare the woman. We have plans for her~"

He said as his army looked at Scathach with Lust.

Issei: "Not one to talk?"

The leader of the Ice Elves soon started laughing.

Ice Elf Leader: "You're right, well to be able to converse, that is splendid! There is someone I want to introduce"

He then gestured to an Ice Elf next to him.

Ice Elf Leader: "He's the one who notified us that there was someone strong in the group of humans. He wants to have a one-on-one fight with-"

The other Ice Elf suddenly lost its head, as Issei appeared behind them, knife already out.

Issei: "Anything else...?"

The leader only grinned at the brown-haired boy.

Ice Elf Leader: "Well, aren't you interesting..."

Issei tried to decapitate this one as well, but the Ice Elf brought out its knife to block. The boss got off his horse, twirled the knife in his hand, and walked forward.

Ice Elf Leader: "I do have a question...Despite not being a human, why are you with them?"

Hearing this confused Issei, causing him to raise an eyebrow.

Issei: "What the heck are you talking about?"

Ice Elf Leader: "Ah, so you don't notice it yourself?"

The boss laughed as Issei, Matsuda, Motohama, and Scathach glared. They then watched as the leader pointed at his own head, mainly where his brain should be located.

Ice Elf Leader: "There's a voice in our head telling us to kill all humans. But I can't hear it when you're around"

Issei: "What? What do you mean you can't hear it when I'm around? And what do you mean by a voice telling you to kill all humans?"

The leader was about to answer the boy's question, but just then... the leader started glitching? This took Issei by surprise he wondered what the hell was going on.

This couldn't be the work of the system.

This had to be because of something or rather someone else, more powerful.

But who?

why?

Ice Elf Leader soon returned to normal and smirked at the brown-haired boy.

Ice Elf Leader: "There's no need for us to fight, we do not want unnecessary casualties on our end"

He then pointed at Scathach.

Ice Elf Leader: "Give us the woman and we shall let you live, how about that?"

Issei narrowed his eyes.

Ice Elf Leader: "Do you accept our proposal?"

Issei: ".......No, you think I'll just give her to you? Well, you're wrong because I am not giving someone beautiful like Scathach over to you disgusting creatures"

Hearing that made Scathach blush and smile in gratitude that Issei made the right choice.

Ice Elf Leader: "Oh, well, I guess you chose the hard way"

The leader of the Ice Elves smirked as his eyes glowed.

Ice Elf Leader "Do you plan of fighting me and my soldiers all on your own? Do you think you think you can handle our numbers all by yourself?"

The entire group of ice elves smirked at him, there was no way a mere human could take them all on and hope to actually win this battle.

Issei didn't feel afraid and simply smirked.

Issei: "Numbers? What numbers?"

Suddenly, the boy's shadow suddenly shot out and started to expand as his shadow soldiers appeared. Scathach, Matsuda, Motohama, and the Ice Elves were taken back as Shadow knights and shadow bears appeared and were ready for combat.

Igris and Ddraig stood next to Issei as Tank was behind him and the elves were now starting to sweat in fear.

Scathach: 'Wait, is that.....Ddraig?!'

Ice Elf Leader: "My army! Attack!"

They charged at Issei and his army. Issei raised his arm and snapped his fingers as his army charged toward the ice elves.

Matsuda: "Holy shit!"

The group watched as Issei's army began to be torn apart, only to regenerate and take down the Ice Elves by either stabbing, slashing, biting, or ripping them apart. Matsuda and Motohama almost wanted to throw up, but they were so entranced by the battle before them that they couldn't take their eyes off the fight.

Scathach stared at Issei, an expression of awe on her face.

Scathach: 'Just who are you, Issei Hyoudou...'

The battle raging before the ground looked like a brutal bloodbath, but the only one who wasn't losing against the shadows was the leader of the Ice Elves. In fact, that bastard was tearing through them and draining the brown-haired boy's Mana like a goddamn train on a track.

Issei gritted his teeth.

Issei: 'I knew that he would be annoying...'

He was about to attack Issei but Igris stood in front and sliced off his arm.

Issei: "Thank you, Igris"

Igris nodded his head, and the leader leaped back and chuckled.

Ice Elf Leader: "Not bad... you're pretty interesting"

Issei: "Thanks, but you should know that you're not gonna win this battle"

The Ice Elf glared at Issei, but he soon smirked.

Ice Elf Leader: "Maybe....but I can do something else"

Issei: "And that is...?"

Just then, the leader snapped his fingers as Issei heard a noise from above. He quickly looked up only to see numerous Ice Elves in the trees above, his eyes widen as they started to fire Ice Arrows at them.

Issei: "Take cover!"

Both Ddraig and Igris instantly started to cover their master, protecting him from the incoming attack. Scathach managed to dodge the arrows by using her weapon which she summoned, destroying them all... However, Matsuda and Motohama on the other hand were not so lucky.

They were impaled in the guts as Issei and Scathach's eyes widen.

Issei: "MATSUDA!!! MOTOHAMA!!!"

Issei ran toward his two friends who had fallen to the ground, blood pouring from the holes that were made where the arrows pierced them. When he got to them, tears threatened to escape from Issei's eyes as he tried his best to keep some pressure on Motohama and Matsuda's wounds.

Issei: "Come on you two, stay with me"

Scathach covered her mouth as she was shocked that two of her students were dying, sure they had some perverted personalities and whatnot. But that didn't mean that they deserved to die, if anything she was sure that one day their personalities would get them both some girlfriends of their own.

Issei tried to heal them but he was low on health.

[103/1990]

Issei: "Damn it...that leader and those ice Elves are draining my Mana too fast!"

Matsuda coughed up some blood.

Matsuda: "W-well...looks like t-this is the end..."

Motohama: "y-yeah..."

Issei: "Don't say that! Just hang in there!"

Motohama: "Issei.....Don't blame yourself for this.....We got ourselves into this mess....."

Issei: "No! This wasn't your fault! We didn't know this would happen! Just hang in there a little longer!"

Issei tried to look for a healing item in his inventory.

However, he couldn't find anything, and even if he did... he doubts that it would work on either of them. As this was happening, Ddraig, Igris, and Scathach who were enraged by what the leader of the Ice Elves had done were struggling against the said monster because even with one arm... he was still very skilled.

Scathach: "Die you, bastard!"

She swung her weapon at the monster, who blocked the attack with the dagger and grinned evily.

Ice Elf Leader: "Haha! You think that one arm is enough to put me down!?"

He kicked the woman in the stomach which sent her flying back a good couple of feet, luckily Igris was able to catch her before she slammed into a tree. The leader soon turned and charged toward Issei who had lowered his head, his hair shadowing his eyes. The Elf was gonna put an end to this battle by killing the master of the shadows, he leaped into the air and brought down his dagger.

Ice Elf Leader: "Di-"

Before the Ice elf could finish his sentence, he was punched in the gut and sent flying back. Scathach who saw this was shocked as there were now two shadow soldiers standing behind Issei, both instances. The appearance of the shadows looked very familiar to her, in fact she knew who they were...it was Motohama and Matsuda.

[??? Lv.1]

Rank: Knight

[??? Lv.1]

Rank: Knight

Issei: "You....."

Issei glared at the leader as his eyes glow blue while he pointed his finger at him and released his aura.

Issei: "How. Dare. YOU!!!!!"

Ice Elf Leader: "W-what the hell!?"

Issei snapped his fingers as the two new shadows rose up.

Issei: "Iron..."

The shadow with the massive axe and shield, named Iron narrowed its eyes at the leader of the Ice Elves.

Issei: "Greed..."

The other shadow now named Greed started to crack its knuckles, getting a satisfying cracking sound. The monster was pretty much pissing itself at this point, its eyes started around the area as it tried to look for any more of its kin to help it. However, much to the Ice Elf's shock and horror, he was the only one left.

Ice Elf Leader: "N-no! Impossible!"

Issei: "Igris!"

The former blood-red commander appeared behind the Ice Elf and sliced off the monster's other arm, causing it to scream in pain and agony.

Issei: "Iron, Greed.....Teach him a lesson"

The two new soldiers nodded as they walked over to their killer.

Ice Elf Leader: "No! Please! Have mercy! I'm sorry!"

Issei: "You shouldn't have pushed my buttons...."

The two soldiers towered over the leader and began to mercilessly and brutally beat him up to a pulp making the leader scream in agony and cry for them to stop but they didn't listen as they kept brutally assaulting him.

Issei and Scathach watched the entire thing happen before them, standing where they were in complete and utter silence as the two boys had their revenge on the monsters who ended their lives. Once they were done though, they quickly leaped back as Ddraig loomed above the Ice Elf with his massive fist reared back.

Ice Elf Leader: "N-no...P-Ple-"

The former Welsh Dragon didn't allow the Ice Elf to finish what he was saying, he slammed his fist into the monster once before he rose it up and slammed it back down onto the monster.

[The Dungeon Boss has been slain]

[Level up!]

[Level up!]

Issei sighed.

Issei: "It's over..."

He looks at his two new soldiers as he walked over to them.

Scathach: "Issei, are they still.....?"

Issei: "Both Motohama and Matsuda are gone...they're no Iron and Greed"

Scathach: "I see... can they spea-"

Scathach was cut off as Iron roared and slammed his battle axe onto the deceased body of the Ice Elves over and over again.

Issei: "Hey, hey, hey!"

The shadow Soldier stopped as Issei frowned and pointed at him.

Issei: "You take it easy"

Iron blinked as the brown-haired boy shook his head and sighed, turning and walking away from him.

Issei: "I worry about the future..."

Iron had a very confused expression before turning to Igris, the older knight looked at the newest recruit and shook his head before walking away. A feeling of disappointment was palpable from the older knight.

Like a disappointed father almost.

That left Iron to look at Greed and the weaker knights before giving a victory cry. The weaker knights followed and gave a cry and raised their arms, Greed on the other hand merely facepalmed.

Issei: "-_- Matsuda still has his recklessness"

Scathach: "I can see that, so what now?"

Issei smiled at Scathach, causing the woman to grow a slight blush.

Issei: "We go home"

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END OF CHAPTER

(I wanna thank Kaito5382084 for helping me with this 10k word chapter)