Dxd Issei : The Gaming Gear

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"[Flame Spear]!" he ordered and flames licked across the surface of the blade before leaping from the sword and coalescing as a foot-long spear and launching itself at his targets. It slammed straight into the lead ratman's head, killing it in a gout of flames that covered its body. Oh? Apparently they used grease to make their fur all shiny like that.

Information discovered! [Elite Stormvermin – Breeder Guard] are vulnerable to fire! You gain 50 EXP for discovering this!

What useful information!

"And for my next trick…[Burning Bomb]!" Issei grinned savagely as he raised his free hand into the air. A spark appeared and then grew into a ball about the size of a Mandarin orange, just as advertised. It floated a couple of inches above his hand, but he could feel the restrained heat of the explosive spell just waiting to be released.

"Eat this!" he shouted and lobbed the magic grenade spell at the approaching group of rats. The one he aimed at moved itself aside to avoid it, but was unprepared when the [Burning Bomb] exploded, covering it and four other Elites in a strong burst of fire, outright killing the one standing right above it when it exploded.

Of the group, which had been ten strong when it charged in, two members had already fallen and four of the others were performing the frantic dance that the terminally-on-fire do. That left the remaining four scattered, disorganised and -relatively- easy prey.

Launching himself forward, Issei took the closest Elite Stormvermin off-guard and disarmed it before plunging his Gladius into its exposed throat, killing it.

Critical Hit!

By this time, the three other Elites who weren't being turned into charred ratman briquettes had recovered and surrounded the human while he had been dealing with the first of their number. They charged in almost perfect unison, their halberds drawn back to strike Issei down, when the human raised one armoured hand and shouted, "[Fireball]!"

The orb of red fire appeared and was lobbed at the two who were closest together, forcing them to jump away lest they also catch fire. This left only one halberd for him to deal with. He successfully [Parried] it and threw the ratman off balance, cutting off the dominant arm of the beast, along with the weapon it held.

As the (literally) disarmed Elite Stormvermin screeched in pain and clutched the stump of its severed limb, Issei changed directions and circled around the other two, forcing them to react to him. Snarling, the ratmen tried a pincer attack on him, something which seemed to be something of a standard attack manoeuvre for Stormvermin, as at least one pair had tried it against him every time he had encountered them.

Dodging one halberd and knocking the other aside, Issei lashed out with a strong blow with his [Gamer's Gear]-clad fist, hearing the distinctive crunch of bones from his chosen target's face collapsing in on itself from his strike. He delivered a mercy blow on the beast before moving to confront the other Elite.

"Die-die!" it barked, swiping at him furiously with its weapon. It was somewhat skilled with the thing, Issei was forced to admit as he evaded the strikes with some difficulty. Not enough to overcome his [Evasion] skill, but well enough to force him to use [Evasion], at any rate. He let loose a flurry of stabs that set the Elite Stormvermin desperately on the defensive, his weapon's half getting hit by the point of the blade, but not breaking. The tip drew blood from the ratman more often than not, however.

Issei was staggered when something hit him from behind, dropping his HP by 60 points. A quick glance showed that it was the now-one-armed Stormvermin, clumsily wielding its weapon in its only remaining hand.

"[Fireball]!" Issei snapped out as he pointed his free hand at the one-armed ratman, sending the fireball crashing right into its chest. The scream of pain almost immediately afterwards was not pleasant, so Issei focussed all of his attention on killing the last one. He was surprised that the ratman hadn't figured out the whole 'stop, drop and roll' thing, but then cunning and deviousness didn't equal cleverness or intelligence.

Or even common sense, really.

Issei dispatched the last standing ratman before dealing mercy strikes to the four still burning ones. Burning to death wasn't pleasant and Issei was merciful that way.

You have slain [Elite Stormvermin – Breeder Guard] X10! You Earn 3500 EXP!

Issei looted the corpses and sighed in frustrated exasperation. Still no decent loot! What the hell was up with this dungeon!?

Dismissing that worry, he examined the area around him and spotted a giant nozzle above the Breeder. It reminded him of something…oh.

"Half-Life? Seriously?" Issei grumbled. Did these damn Purifiers leave anything alone? It made sense to have a way to kill the Breeder in a pinch, but to steal the method from one of the best shoot-em-ups in the world was just low.

'OK Issei…just roll with it.' He thought with another sigh. 'Right. So, if this is based on that awesome bit in Half-Life that I'm thinking about, there should be a control station somewhere…aha! There you are.'

Above the door he had entered the chamber by was a control booth, with a single way into it via a walkway. The only way to the control box was a walkway leading into a wall on the far side of the chamber, where there was a half-open door. It positively screamed 'possible trap' to Issei, but there wasn't anything he could do about it. And he couldn't risk attacking the armoured cover of the Breeder; not only would it doubtless do absolutely nothing, but it might also summon more of those damned Stormvermin.

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