Strongest in DxD - Chapter 8

Ren followed Kiba through the corridors of Academy Kuoh as he walked towards the Occult Research Club.

"I'm surprised you're part of the Occult Research Club," Ren said with mock surprise as he followed Kiba.

Rias Gremory's [Knight] laughed nervously: "Yes, Gremory-senpai asked me so I ended up accepting" Kiba says giving a false explanation.

Both walked a little farther until they came close to the Occult Research Club.

The Kuoh Academy's Occult Research Club was originally abolished due to lack of members. Upon entering high school, Rias and Akeno revived the club as president and vice president, eventually making it the base for Rias and his servants.

The club itself serves as a front for Rias' servants and other supernatural individuals who appear later in the series in order to get out of school activities or classes in an emergency, such as having to hunt down a Lost Demon or to destroy a fallen angel.

The abandoned dormitory was secured with school funds and is used as a base that prevents scrutiny from other students.

The club house is a three-story building, with the third floor serving as a clock tower. It was painted white with a black roof with vines climbing up to the second floor.

Both walked through the building as they advanced towards the Club room.

Arriving at the door Kiba opened it.

The interior of the club room is a wood-paneled room with Victorian-style sofas and chairs along the walls. One side is set up to be used as a bath, and a large Gremory Family magic circle is also there to allow teleportation to and from customers.

"I brought Ren-senpai" said Kiba as he entered.

Inside the room Kiba moved forward and sat on a sofa while Ren sat on another.

"Nice job," Akeno said as he poured tea for Ren who nodded.

Turning his gaze to Kiba's side the Sekiryuutei saw a small girl with white hair and golden eyes. The front of her hair has two long bangs across her shoulders and several loose bangs hanging from her forehead, while the back has a short cut. She also wears a black cat-shaped barrette on both sides of her hair, one of which contained the data on how to artificially make new Super Devils. She usually wears the Kuoh Academy girls' school uniform, without the shoulder cape.

"That's first-year Koneko," explains Akeno as he introduces Koneko.

It was Koneko Toujou a Nekomata, a kind of Youkai and also the [Tower] of Rias Gremory.

"...pleased to meet you" Koneko spoke monotonously, Ren nodded.

Ren drank some tea before paying attention to the sound of falling water and turning his gaze to Akeno who chuckled.

"Whew wow, Rias didn't have time to wash at home," Akeno said with amusement as Ren nodded.

He really didn't want to know why there was a shower in the club room.

The splash of water was the only sound for a few minutes while everyone in the room was quiet enjoying the atmosphere.

When the sound of the water stopped it caused everyone's concentration to be taken away, soon after that Rias came out of the shower in his uniform and his hair was wet.

"I apologize for the delay Ren, I didn't have time to shower yesterday" Rias said as he crossed his legs giving a glimpse of his thigh.

Ren looked directly into Rias' eyes causing Devil to momentarily widen his eyes and snap in anger at being ignored.

"What did you want to talk about?" asks Ren as he gets up.

Rias coughed into his hand before starting to speak: "Well I would like to know if you believe in the supernatural?" asked Rias with a smile.

Ren smiled inwardly: "It depends, I only believe in something I can see" said Ren with a face of doubt.

Rias smiled at that.

"Well, all of us here are demons," said Rias as she and her nobility unleashed their demon wings.

Ren didn't make any reaction surprising the Devils.

"So you called me here to tell me this?" Ren asked calmly.

Rias hid his surprise before smiling at Ren: "Well what I want to tell you must be surprising but it will be true.

Rias began to tell Ren about the history of the supernatural world, more precisely of the three factions.

A long time ago there was a great war between the three factions the demons, the Fallen Angels and the Angels. The demons were led by Lucifer, Beelzebub, Leviathan and Asmodeus, the Original Great Four Maou. The Angels were led by God and the Fallen Angels by Azazel. It was a big bloody battle with several losses for all three sides, during the battle two immensely powerful Dragons, called Ddraig and Albion, also known as the Two Celestial Dragons, who had the power to kill Gods appeared on the battlefield causing even more chaos. . The three factions teamed up temporarily to stop the two Dragons, however they were very powerful and in his final act the Biblical God sealed them both in two Sacred Gear called Boosted Gear, where Ddraig's soul resided, and Divine Dividing, where Ddraig resided. soul of Albion. After that the Big Four Maou were killed and the three factions retreated from their losses and are in a cold war to this day.

Rias obviously didn't know the God of the Bible had died.

She also began to explain that Ren was a user of Sacred Gear, more precisely a Longinus.

Sacred Gear also known as God Artifacts are powerful items given to humans by the original God of the Bible.

The original God of the Bible created the Sacred Gears as part of his system for performing miracles on Earth. Certain individuals with Sacred Gears grew up to be very powerful and influential and that a large number of people who have had their names recorded in history were likely possessors of Sacred Gear. There can be more than one Sacred Gear of the same type, such as Blade Blacksmith.

Sacred Gears range from the common Twice Critical to the rare Sacred Gear Twilight Healing, with the only exception being the Longinus, who are all unique in their own way.

The Longinus also known as God Destroying Tools are the original thirteen higher-level Sacred Gears with enough power to kill gods.

This class of Sacred Gears is specifically named after [True Longinus], the first and most powerful, and unlike other Sacred Gears, which have more than one of the same type, Longinus are totally and completely unique, and only one of each can exist at once.

"Then why are you telling me all this?" Ren asked nonchalantly causing the Devils to widen their eyes.