CHAPTER 64: [64]:GAMER’S GEAR

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The only answer was cackling from the ratman as a ball of sickly green and black-tinged fire bloomed to life in front of his only working hand, the other having been disabled while the devils had been talking. Then, with a dull roar, the fireball of unnatural origin unleashed a searing gout of flames that sought to engulf the human who stood before it.

Apparently recognising that the flames were too fast for him to avoid, the armoured human crossed his swords in front of him as if to block a strike before creating a pair of shields, seemingly using his swords as focuses to layer one over the others. Just as the flames were about to reach the first shield, the shields shifted, merging with each other to form one large shield.

The detonation of the flames washing over the shield was both blinding and deafening, and those among the devils who hadn’t looked away in time spent precious seconds blinking away spots from in front of their eyes and shaking their heads to get rid of the ringing sound they were inflicted with.

Blinking furiously, Rias looked down into the room below to see both the ratman and the armoured human knocked flat on the ground. Wisps of smoke came from both parties and Rias couldn’t tell if the two of them had died or just been knocked out by the explosion of magic.

Then, abruptly, the ratman sat up with a snarl. It flailed around for a moment before leaping to its feet. Even as it did so, however, the armoured human coughed and groaned, rolling to his knees even as he discarded his two swords, which had shattered in the explosion.

"What does it take to kill-kill you?!" the ratman snarled.

"More than what you have, squeaky." The human responded dryly as he staggered to his feet. "Now then...I believe it’s your turn to die."

Giving him a sneer, the ratman reared back and let loose a long, whining screech. On cue, a pair of doors slammed open and a swarm of ratmen poured out of each of them, all of them black-furred, all of them bearing steel armour.

"Did you really think it would be so easy-easy?" the ratman asked condescendingly.

"Y’know, just for a second there? Yeah, I did." The armoured man sighed. "Well now. I might actually die with this many enemies...like hell I’m going to let that happen!"

A blue glow from his right arm drew everyone’s attention. A blue gauntlet of light appeared in a dazzling flash.

[Game ON!]

"The [Gamer’s Gear]!" Sona gasped in realisation.

"You know this Sacred Gear, Sona?" Rias asked sharply.

The Sitri Heiress nodded. "It’s just a step down in terms of power from the Thirteen Longinus, Rias; one of the few that can become comparable to them in power if allowed to fully mature. Games, the RPG variant anyway, were introduced by the two wielders of the [Gaming Gears] over eighty years ago. There are always two of them and the orange-coloured one is usually disruptive and chaotic. As this man wields the blue one, he should be safe to approach."

[Host’s will to Live: Confirmed!] The gear announced. [Threat to Host’s life: Confirmed! Host’s determination to survive: Confirmed! Commencing evolution!]

Slowly, the gauntlet of light changed shape, becoming less like the bracer of a knight’s armour and more like an armoured glove. A white line extended from the centre of the wrist to the elbow joint.

[Gamer’s Gear: Second Stage!]

With Issei

Issei stared wide-eyed at his newly evolved Sacred Gear. He didn’t know what had caused it to evolve or why, but he really, really hoped that this was a Deus Ex Machina moment here! His health had been reduced to less than fifty and he wasn’t going to get a chance to chug a potion in this situation.

Looking around, he saw the world going grey as it had when he had first awoken his two Sacred Gears. A World Pause.

[World Pause Activated!]

Congratulations! You have successfully initiated the evolution of the [Gamer’s Gear] to its second stage!

While the [Initial Form] of the [Gamer’s Gear] only allows you access to the basic systems of [The Gamer], the [Second Stage] form expands on this greatly.

1) The Gamer’s Store: Up until this point, you have only been able to sell items to the store. Now you can purchase items as well. The items in stock change every day, so buy while you can!

2) Dungeon Locator: Once this dungeon comes to a close, you can use this function to locate other dungeons to delve.

3) Spell Roulette: Once every 12 hours, you can roll the roulette, which will give you a random spell to cast. You will have to cast whichever spell is chosen and you cannot redo a roll. This spell will not cost you any MP.

4) Crafting System: Defeating monsters, as opposed to humanoid opponents, will yield materials and blueprints with which you can use to build your own armour and weapons. You must have the perquisite skills to make anything and if your skills are not high enough, then the result will be a failure. For example, creating a sword of any description requires both the [Blacksmith] skill and the [Swordsmith] skill. [Blacksmith] has to be at Level 50 and [Swordsmith] must be at least level 20 to make even the crudest type of sword. Best of luck with your own weapons!

In addition, your [Gamer’s Gear] now has an armour value of 100 and adds +20 to all damage dealt using unarmed combat attacks.

This concludes the [Gamer’s Gear: Second Stage] Tutorial and it is hoped that you live long enough to evolve it to its third stage.

[Prepare for combat, World Pause deactivating...]

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