"Another pillar has fallen, My Liege."
I sat comfortably on my large throne, my eyes gazing across the throne room.
"The whole underworld will be yours soon, Nya~" The near-nude catgirl strewn across my lap wed.
"The underworld...?" I muttered, staring at the line of soldiers kneeling in front of my throne. I breathed out, steam blowing outward and becoming visible in the cold air.
"No, not just the underworld," I continued, my eyes glowing a slight red.
"THE WHOLE WORLD WILL BE MINE!"
However, I wasn't always the Beast King. In fact, not long ago, I had been...
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I groaned, forcing my eyes open as my head ached. My entire body felt sore as I stared up into the dark night sky. I felt like I had been hit by a truck.
...which, I think I had been? My head was pounding, but my last mory was a huge truck speeding at .
I forced myself to sit up, looking around at my surroundings. Grass cushioning the ground under , large trees towering around , and...
"That's not normal," I muttered, staring up at the night sky. Instead of the usually pitch-black sky filled with stars, it was... weird.
Flashing lines crossed in the air, creating a northern-lights-esque effect, and there were no stars littering the sky. Instead of the usual black, the sky was a mixture of colors: so black, a hint of red, so green, and so purple.
I didn't have to be a genius to connect the dots.
"I got isekai'd," I concluded, staring up at the strange sky.
The sky didn't imdiately confirm to what world I was in - there were a lot of places with fucked up skys.
Well, there were worse things that could co from being hit by a semi-truck. At least I wasn't dead. And, hey, maybe I got reincarnated into one of those cheat-skill isekais!
"Stats!" I said confidently, staring at the space in front of . A second passed, and then... nothing happened.
"Observe?" I asked, less confident this ti. Once again, nothing happened.
"Not a ga isekai, huh? Damn." I sighed, then jumped as I heard sothing rustle to the side of . A bush moved, and then sothing crawled out from inside of it.
It looked like a wolf - and not a baby one. It was huge, like, absurdly huge. I'd seen so big dogs in my life, but this one looked to be close to 5 feet in height even while on all fours.
It was also thick - a big bushy layer of blue fur covering its entire body. Its red eyes locked onto and it slowly stepped forward. A tag suddenly appeared above him.
[Dire Wolf] - Level 2
Wait, it is a ga isekai? Never mind, no ti to think about that.
I glanced down at my body, which looked exactly the sa as it had in my past life. I was tall, standing at 6 foot 4 - wait, no, my body wasn't the sa. While I had been 6 foot 4, my body seed longer now.
I couldn't tell how much taller from just a glance, but I seed more than a few inches taller. The rest of my body was the sa, as I was decently muscular from playing sports all my life. I had a casual white T-shirt on and a pair of black shorts.
More importantly, my pockets were still full. I quickly shoved my right hand into my pocket, pulling out my large phone, while my left hand pulled out a small pocket knife that I kept on .
These two items wouldn't be my first choice to defend myself against a giant wolf, but they were all I had. I flicked open the knife, holding it in front of as I jumped to my feet.
The dire wolf growled, taking another step toward .
"I'm not food, alright?" I said, pointing the knife at him. Preferably, I wouldn't like to fight a human-sized wolf, but I didn't think I'd be able to outrun him either. If I can't scare him off, then I'll be forced to fight with just this small knife.
My words didn't seem to reach the beast, and a second later he jumped forward. I stumbled to the side, the wolf's teeth tearing through the air as he landed next to .
I leaned down, cocking my arm back and stabbing forward with the small knife. The knife shot forward, pushing into the wolf's huge fur coat and... breaking in half. The tip of the blade slamd into his fur, then turned unnaturally to the side as it snapped off, leaving with just the small handle.
"Well... shit," I muttered, switching to plan B.
I turned around and ran like my life depended on it.
Hey, bitch move, I know, but I don't plan on dying today!
Unfortunately, this plan was also pretty shitty. While I wasn't a track star or anything in my past life, I was still decently fast. The dire wolf just happened to be a lot faster - like, supernaturally fast.
He barreled into my legs, tripping as I fell flat on my back.
-5HP! (95/100)
Ok, definitely a ga isekai. Not the ti to think about that though, as theres a giant wolf jumping on . I shoved my hands up, my hands pressing into the wolf's chest as the giant beast jumped on top of .
A growl ca from the wolf's throat as its teeth snapped down, inches away from my face as I held it back. Drool dripped down onto my cheek, and I grunted as I shoved upwards again and pushed the wolf away a little.
Fuck, what now?
My eyes looked around as my muscles tensed, barely holding away the wolf. The only things nearby were the small handle of the pocket knife and my phone which I had dropped when the wolf tackled
I pushed my head back into the grass under as the wolf snapped forward again, its maw inches from my face as its clawed foot tore into my chest while it stood on .
-10HP! (85/100)
Fuck, fuck, fuck, shit. I just got isekai'd, and I'm already gonna die to so fucking starter mob?! Co on, where's the bullshit cheat skill that activates out of nowhere to save ?!
[Quest Alert!]
Give into your instincts
Rewards:
[Devour] Skill
Failure:
Death.
Oh, there it is.
Suddenly, a burning sensation ford in my chest. I nearly started choking as saliva flooded into my mouth, salivating suddenly as the wolf in front of looked... tasty. As if a giant sentient steak was right in front of .
My body relaxed as I went onto auto-pilot, following the quest's instructions as I let my instincts control my next actions.
I snapped my head forward, releasing the force in my hands that was keeping the wolf away. As the wolf's teeth snapped at , I leaned down and ducked my head under him.
My mouth opened, and my teeth bit down on the fur around its neck. I could see how the knife broke earlier - his fur was hard as if he was coated in a layer of tal. Despite the knife breaking in half earlier, my teeth surprisingly tore through the fur easily. The fur tore away, leading to flesh as I bit into the wolf's neck.
It tasted... strangely good. The mix of blood, tallic fur, and raw wolf at didn't sound appealing, but I felt like I was biting into a tasty burger as I tore away at his neck.
The wolf didn't just idly let do it, his claws slamming down into my chest as he let out a pained growl. He tore through my thin T-shirt, drawing blood as he slashed across my chest.
-10HP! (75/100)
However, I barely even felt it. My body felt numb as my mind was filled with hunger. After the first bite, I felt as if I'd been starved for weeks, and a four-course al was right in front of .
I wrapped my arms around the wolf, pulling it into my body as I continued to tear away at his flesh. The wolf let out another pained growl, trying to push away from as his claws cut into my body again.
-5HP! (70/100)
However, its growls slowly beca softer, turning into whimpers and then silence as my teeth continued tearing into its flesh.
Blood splattered across my face, burning into my cheeks as I continued to satiate my hunger.
Bite after bite, the wolf's body started to slump. Then, it slumped over entirely, life leaving it's eyes.
A second later, I blinked and pulled my face back as the wolf's body started to glow. A blue light surrounded it, and then the body disappeared entirely.
[Quest Complete!]
Give into your instincts
Rewards:
[Devour] Skill
[Devour] - Devour your enemies to beco stronger!
[Devour] has been used on [Dire Wolf] - Level 2.
You have gained:
20HP (90/100)
2 MAX HP (92/102)
1 STR
2 END
2 XP
[Harden] Skill!
1 [Devour] Skill XP!
[Harden] - Harden any part of your body, making it as tough as a rock!
Fuck yeah. I did it.
My breaths slowly beca shallower as I stared at the stats, my heartrate going down as I relaxed. Despite having just gone to town on an entire wolf, I still felt strangely hungry.
I pushed my hunger aside, there were more important things on my mind.
I had just gotten a new skill - Devour. Evidently, it seems that once I eat sothing, I get part of their stats. The Dire Wolf was huge and strong as hell, but it was still just level 2, so I didn't get that many.
I need to figure out how to view my own stats. I raised my arm, wiping off so of the blood on my face onto my sleeve as I started trying every code word I could think of.
"Stat page!" Nothing.
"Inventory!" Still nothing.
"Skills?" Not a thing.
"HP?" No screens popped up.
I continued saying words softly into the forest, careful to keep my voice down so as to not attract anymore wolves.
After another 10 tries, I finally gave up. Any good ga would make its system intuitive, right? I'm sure it'll just pop up eventually like the quest did.
Now, I need to figure out where I am. The weird sky and random Dire Wolf didn't do much to narrow down what world I was in, but at least I knew it was a fantasy-ish one.
Any normal world wouldn't have a big-ass Dire Wolf like that, right?
Well, the first course of action should be getting out of this forest. I'll climb a tree to get a vantage point, and see if I see any sign of civilization nearby.
I glanced around the dark forest, finding the tallest tree I could, which was very tall. As in, probably 20-30 feet tall. I don't know if I can climb that high.
Luckily for , it seems like my body got a supernatural buff when I was isekai'd. In hindsight, I should've realized that when I was able to hold back the Dire Wolf.
It wasn't easy by any ans, but in my past life I probably would've had my head bit off by the giant beast.
I climbed the tree pretty easily, my hands instinctively grabbing branches and holds in the tree. Once I was near the top, I looked around.
I couldn't make out much in the darkness, but I could still get a good idea of what was around .
There was no civilization or sign of humans anywhere. The trees around led to more trees, showcasing to that the forest was giant. Looks like I'll be here for a while.
However, that wasn't necessarily a bad thing. I didn't know anything about this world, so I didn't know if any humans I t would be friendly or not. Using Devour to get stronger in the forest was a good place to start.
[Quest Alert!]
Use [Devour] on 5 creatures.
Rewards:
[1x [Low] Gacha Pull]
5 STR
5 END
5 XP
Failure:
You will not beco stronger.
Oh, there's a gacha in this ga? That's good, I love gambling.
Evidently, the system seed to agree with my thought process, so I moved out to start finding more creatures to use Devour on.
I quickly scaled down the tree, dropping into the grass once again. I started walking forward, moving through the forest as my eyes were wide and scanning around .
I tried my best to be stealthy, but it was hard when you're nearly seven feet tall. I stopped in place as I heard so grass rustle in the darkness ahead of , and two more Dire Wolfs ca walking toward .
[Dire Wolf] - Level 2
[Dire Wolf] - Level 1
Two more wolves and one's weaker than the other. That one was easy to see, as one wolf was much smaller than the other one, looking to be only 2-3 feet in height.
A sudden hunger ford in my gut, saliva filling my mouth as the desire to eat the two wolves ford.
I tensed my arms, watching the two wolves intently. I had struggled to just take down the one earlier, but now that I know about Devour two should be possible.
The smaller one let out a growl and then lunged at . I tensed my arm, willing my [Harden] skill to activate. Luckily, it did.
I held up my arm, the Dire Wolf chomping down on it. I barely felt anything as the wolf's teeth didn't break through my skin.
I raised my other fist, the skin around my fist hardening as I punched the wolf in the jaw. It went reeling back, and the other Dire Wolf lunged forward at .
I stepped to the side, letting the wolf fly past , and then willed my foot to harden. I kicked the wolf in the side, sending him skidding away.
The first wolf jumped at again, its mouth open as it tried to bite my head off. I ducked under it, my arms reaching up as I bear-hugged the wolf from below. I squeezed the beast, keeping it pressed against as my head bent down.
My teeth tore into the side of the wolf, tearing off a chunk of at and fur. I swallowed it easily in one gulp, my arms holding the wolf against as I continued to tear into its flesh.
[Devour] has been used on [Dire Wolf] - Level 1.
You have gained:
10HP (102/102)
1 MAX HP (93/103)
1 STR
1 END
1 XP
1 [Harden] Skill XP!
1 [Devour] Skill XP!
The other Dire Wolf ca barreling at , and I repeated the process with it. I side-stepped to dodge its teeth, then lunged forward and grappled it. My teeth tore through the wolf as it was pressed into my body and unable to escape.
[Devour] has been used on [Dire Wolf] - Level 2.
You have gained:
20HP (103/103)
2 MAX HP (105/105)
1 STR
2 END
2 XP
2 [Harden] Skill XP!
1 [Devour] Skill XP!
I grinned, clenching and unclenching my fist. I wiped the blood off my mouth, a slightly filling feeling filling as I consud the wolves.
I must have started with pretty low STR, because even from just gaining 3 I felt nearly twice as strong. I continued into the forest, not being as stealthy as I felt more confident.
I was right to feel confident, as over the next ten minutes I would find two more [Dire Wolf] - Level 2's and easily devour them. As I finished the last one, the quest completion appeared.
[Quest Complete]
Use [Devour] on 5 creatures.
Rewards:
[1x [Low] Gacha Pull]
5 STR
5 END
5 XP
I grinned again, flexing my arm as I felt a new strength flow through . I wish I could've seen my stats to see what my STR was at now, but I still didn't know how.
Wait, how was I even going to use the gacha pull? I reached forward, tapping on the quest completion screen before it disappeared.
Would you like to use [Low] Gacha Pull?
Yes / No
I quickly tapped yes, and another screen replaced that one.
[Low] Gacha Pull activated!
Calculating rates...
Rolling...
[ERROR] - [Tutorial] has automatically chosen your roll!
[Guide Book] obtained!
I had thought the system had left out to dry and that I would have to figure out everything on my own, but luckily that wasn't the case. This was all a part of the tutorial.
I tapped on the [Guide Book] option before it disappeared.
Would you like to activate [Guide Book]?
Yes / No
I tapped yes.
[Welco to: DXD - Devouring Edition!]
Oh, I'm in the world of Highschool DxD. That's both aweso - because the world is aweso and has a ton of waifus - and terrifying - because the world is terrifying and has a lot of god-tier beings waging wars.
[Since you survived the first encounter, that ans you have the [Devour] skill!]
[Upon defeating an enemy, you can devour them to absorb a portion of their stats!]
Yup, figured that out already.
[For acquiring the [Guide Book], so aspects of the ga have been unlocked! Think 'stats' to see your stats!]
Stats.
[Un-Nad]
Level: 1 (14/500)
MP: 5
STR: 15
AGI: 5
END: 19
INT: 5
CHA: 5
LUK: 5
HREG: 5
MREG: 5
Skills: [Devour LVL1], [Harden LVL1]
Wait, I don't have a na? What do an, my na is...
I blinked. Suddenly, I couldn't rember what my na was. I tapped on [Un-Nad].
[Only powerful beasts can have nas! Reach level 10 to beco a [Nad Beast]!
[Quest Alert!]
Reach Level 10
Rewards:
100 STR
100 AGI
100 END
100 INT
100 CHA
100 LUK
100 HREG
100 MREG
Rember your past na.
Failure:
You won't live long
Not rembering my own na sucks, but hey, if I can rember it later on then it doesn't really matter.
"What's next, guide book?" I asked aloud.
[Obtain the [Tutorial Zone] to complete the [Tutorial] and unlock the entirety of the ga system!]
Tutorial zone? That's probably the forest.
[Look above you to see the [Tutorial Zone!]]
I glanced up, spotting a giant blue box hovering hundreds of feet in the air.
[Tutorial Zone: Familiar Forest]
Oh, I'm in the familiar forest. This could be really good, or... really bad. Really good because there are so many different familiars I could use devour on, so I could get a huge variety of skills.
Really bad, because so of those familiars are going to be way stronger than just a Dire Wolf, and because I could run into devils looking for familiars.
I didn't have more ti to think about my situation as another quest appeared.
[Quest Alert!]
Conqueror the Familiar Forest
Rewards:
[Beast King] Title
[Tutorial] Completion
Failure:
Death.
...Interesting.
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