Dxd Issei : The Gaming Gear

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"There's at least one member of the Purifiers still active in the area, codenamed 'Agent Flamberge'." The Gamer growled. Apparently whoever 'Agent Flamberge' was, he or she had done something to earn this man's wrath. "They're responsible for the murder of over thirty of their fellow Purifiers. I have a memo that basically ordered them to 'tie up any loose ends' before going to a new location to enact Project Rat Poison in the event of a ratman rebellion. They never even suspected whoever did it."

Kiba in particular looked angry at that. "Disgusting!" the young knight practically spat.

"Agreed. I'm looking forward to explaining my displeasure to Flamberge in person at some point in the near future. Such things must be answered for." The red-armoured man stated, flexing one hand demonstratively. "I will, however, do all that I can to leave enough of him so you can extract as much information about the Purifiers as you can. What happens to them after that is not my problem."

That was understandable. No regular human was supposed to know about the supernatural. Those with magical, spiritual or mystical abilities, as well as those who possessed chi abilities and Sacred Gears, were usually the only exemptions to this rule. As the Purifiers had been preparing to attack the Devils, Sona and Rias in particular, handing a Purifier over to them, alive and able to spill any secrets they had, would be an excellent move on their possible ally's part. It would certainly endear him to Sirzechs and Serafall; those two would move the earth for those who helped their siblings.

"Do you have any idea why we were chosen as their first targets?" Rias asked, sounding a bit peeved. Understandable, really.

"According to what I've found, out of the Three Factions the Devils have both the most solid power base and have the most easily exploited weaknesses." The red-armoured man answered calmly. "From what I've been able to infer, the Fallen and regular Angels do not suffer from any weaknesses as exploitable as a devil's natural weakness to Light and Holy attributes. The Fallen are scattered and their leadership is disorganize at best and fractured amongst the various leaders at worst. Likewise the lack of any 'true' miracles in recent centuries and the weakening of the Church's power has also lead to the Angel's faction slowly losing power as well. Devils on the other hand have been steadily rebuilding their numbers and your 'contract' system has allowed you to gain back your strength much more quickly."

"So take down the strongest and the rest can be handled later, is it?" Sona shook her head disapprovingly. "How would they stop us from simply retreating to the Underworld for a few decades until the Purifiers are dead?"

"The fact that the Purifiers are hypocrites." The Gamer stated flatly. "I do not care how much technology they have, creating the ratmen required at least some magical knowledge, not to mention the use of Warpstone as a catalyst. There is no way in hell that stuff is natural in any way, shape, or form. They have someone able to cast spells in their ranks, by persuasion or threats I do not know. They could be planning some way to trap you here or force you to reveal your 'inhuman features' or whatever. I know that your wings are manifestations of your magic, but I doubt those hate-filled idiots do."

"Devil magic and human magic are very different things." Rias pointed out with a frown. "Human magic relies on mathematical calculations, while the magic of a Devil relies of the caster's imagination. A single human magic caster would not be able to accomplish the first possibility, and as you just said, the second one is impossible."

"Are there any artefacts that could add to a caster's power?" the man asked curiously.

"Aside from a select few Sacred Gears, yours included, no." Sona shook her head. "The Infinite Dragon God, Ophis, is supposedly able to bestow 'snakes' upon people to increase their power, but Ophis has not been seen in ages. Several of the Thirteen Longinus could do something similar, such as the [Boosted Gear], but they are rare and powerful Sacred Gears rarely distributed by the God of the Bible. Other magical and divine artefacts are either sealed, kept within hands reach of the deity or spellcaster that it belongs to, are known to be in the hands of some Faction or the other, or have been destroyed. It is impossible."

"Has the wielder of the [Tartarus Gamer's Gear] been spotted recently?" the Gaia Gamer's Gear wielder asked sharply.

"No. You are the first to emerge since the deaths of the previous wielders." Sona answered with a shake of her head. "Of course, you could simply be the first to appear due to the other one lying low. Unlikely, as, from what few records I could find of them, the owners of the Tartarus Gear tend to be far from subtle in their actions."

"I know little of the history of my Sacred Gear or the nemesis I inherited because of it." The armoured man admitted. "I suspect heavily that there is some manner of sentience inside of it, but no proof."

"The history of your Sacred Gear is almost as mysterious to us." The Sitri Heiress replied honestly. "Just about all we know is that The God of the Bible created them shortly before the suspension of hostilities between the Three Factions and the start of the uneasy unofficial ceasefire that had endured since then and a couple mentions of their previous wielders doing battle. The only ones who might have an idea are some of the higher-ranked Angels. They purportedly knew their master and creator's movements rather well."

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