"Guys! I can finally start sparring with you guys now!"
During the breakfast, that was the first thing Lavinia said when she sat down.
"So was that the thing you were excited to announce yesterday and said it was a surprise?" Dulio asked. After Dulio's beatdown- *cough* spar with Noa, Lavinia had walked up to them and said she had a surprise for tomorrow.
"While I personally believe that the effect of the surprise would have been around 70% more effective if you said this during the actual General Combat time, that's pretty good! Congrats!" Noa gave a quick analysis and a thumbs up.
That made Lavinia pause in thought. Noa may have been right...
But who cared!
After two weeks of being able to properly use her Sacred Gear, she could properly use it in combat to an extent, so Sister Daphne was sent back to evil killing duty.
With her unnatural speed regarding her progress in Magic, Lavinia had a large range of options when it came to fighting, and with her unnaturally large Mana Pool to draw from, she was rather confidant in her options.
"So basically, when creating a surprise, while Lavinia did good in announcing the surprise, which gave us a sense of suspense, the actual time wasn't optimal. First of all, we just finished morning prayer, and since the news itself coincided with an actual time, it would have been..." Noa continued explaining to Dulio, who was nodding in mock understanding.
'Isn't this guy overanalyzing my mistake a little too far...?'
"Stop! Stop!" Lavinia interrupted.
Noa and Dulio both gave a chuckle.
"Sorry, sorry." Dulio quickly apologized, while Noa slid over the plate with his bread with a serious expression.
"You think I'll be bribed with something as hard as this bread?"
"Yes."
"...Well you're right." Lavinia swiped the bread from Noa's plate, wolfing it down.
"Well, at least you'll have some variation in fighting styles, right Dulio?"
Seeing as Dulio hadn't been able to rival Noa's blast of flames unless he gathered energy to create a tornado or a storm, which couldn't compare to Noa's instantaneous combustion of flames he first showed in his spar with Ewald, fighting against Noa, who seemed to be emulating Ewald was getting more stale.
Well, there was the occasional time where Noa used Incinerate Anthem to create unique attacks.
If someone from the modern age was watching the spars, they could recognize some as Pokemon Fire attacks, an example being Fire Blast, creating the characters for great in Kanji.
Or he just coated his practice sword with Flames too.
Maybe Dulio actually wanted to win for once.
"...Yeah."
The three made their way to their separate classes, and Noa was making his way to the training ground in order to slack- plagiarize- *Ahem!* create new possible moves for his Incinerate Anthem.
But when Noa arrived, there was a familiar face.
Wasn't that the fucking Chicken Nugget Sister?
Gabriel noticed Noa who looked at her in confusion and smiled back. She somehow was able to get the information that Noa was lacking an available teacher to teach him the usages of Holy Power and requested Michael if she could teach the child.
Michael, who was currently trying to look for the possible traitor who was siphoning off the unused energy of God's System, didn't pay much attention and accepted her request.
When Gabriel laid eyes on Noa once more, she felt more and more of her Father's presence. It made Noa very calming to be around, and combined with his rather blunt personality, Gabriel favored the child.
Well, this was mainly because the more Blessings that Noa was given, the more purer the 'Belief' that was boosted by Protection of the Faith was. Ironically, with enough time, Noa could probably control the System much better than Michael could.
This was because the unused Faith was more than the actual Faith used, and to a point, Noa would actually be more 'Pure' than Angels could be.
"...Are you my teacher for using Holy Power?" Noa asked, approaching her.
"Yep!"
Noa nodded. Well, she seemed like the type to be able to do so. She was an Angel after all. Not that Noa knew which one she was.
In the Anime, only Michael was really shown, so that was the only Angel he remembered.
But an Angel should probably know a decent amount about Holy Power, so Noa was pretty satisfied.
"So first off, we must first know how to use the Holy Power!" Gabriel excitedly said, like it was her first time teaching this.
"...And how do we do that?" With how dense Noa's Holy aura was getting, even Noa was noticing it.
"Normally, you would channel it through prayer or rites, but I think as long as you have Faith in the Lord, you would be able to use it in a tangible form!"
Hmm...
Noa fell into thought.
After all, it was hard to believe in someone that Noa explicitly knew was Dead. Noa might have at least assumed it would have been an alternate universe, but the Gacha System explicitly stated that 'God was Dead.'
Then, Noa thought. If I can't imagine it from God, maybe I can just have Faith in the person in front of me?
Sister Elle was the person that helped with his rather negative thoughts, and was in sense his first ever therapist in this world. Noa didn't know if every Angel was this nice, but he knew that Elle was in essence a good person.
[Protection of the Faith generates [Increased Purity of Prayer]]
[Protection of the Faith generates [Increased Purity of Faith]]
[Protection of the Faith generates [Increased Purity of Belief]]
[Protection of the Faith generates [Increased Compatibility of Faith Bestowal to Angels]]
[Protection of the Faith generates [Increased Compatibility of Faith Bestowal to Seraphs]]
[Protection of the Faith generates [Increased Compatibility of Faith Bestowal to Females]]
[Protection of the Faith generates [Increased Power of Faith Bestowal to Angels]]
[Protection of the Faith generates [Increased Power of Faith Bestowal to Seraphs]]
[Protection of the Faith generates [Increased Power of Faith Bestowal to Females]]
...Seraph? Excuse me?
Also, I can bestow Faith? Who knew?
Noa looked at the increasing notifications, that seemed to verify his possible theory.
Hmm... Well. Let's just give it a try then?
Having learned how to pray properly during his time at the Training Institution wasn't for nothing. However, the moment, Noa started his transfer of Faith.
Faith was something that governed the power of specific beings. More specifically, Gods. However, Faith also dictated the strength of their Pantheon, which was why God was considered one of the strongest on Earth, with over half the world's population believing in God.
God's System used this Faith in order to exercise power, create miracles, and determine divine protection for Humans.
But with that energy being belief in 'God' it made it difficult for Michael to use it properly, as he was inferior to God, only being able to use only a small portion to keep it running.
So where was the left over Faith going?
It was the Energy Source used by Protection of the Faith, a Blessing from the Abrahamic God from the Nasuverse, who was more of a force created through Faith instead of a tangible thing.
But as it translated over to DxD, and Noa obtained Protection of the Faith, what was supposed to be a minor increase in strength evolved into a Blessing creation machine using the Faith of over Two Billion Humans of the world's Five Billion Humans solely for Noa to use, much more than what Michael could effectively use.
But with the addition of the Blessings by Protection of the Faith, the Faith that Noa generated was concentrated and focused onto an 'Angel' that was also a 'Female' and a 'Seraph', with Throne Creation facilitating the transfer in Faith.
Now what would happen if Noa now gave Gabriel, who was in essence a lesser version of God, being able to use Faith as power but wasn't able to effectively gain Faith due to almost all the belief going to God, who was dead?
Gabriel, as an Angel considered the Messenger of God, shouldn't gain Faith. for only God can answer prayers and sends Gabriel as his agent.
But with God's System creating irregulars, someone who wasn't able to grow was somehow gaining strength.
Gabriel, who was excited to what the manifestation of Noa's Holy Power froze when she felt an uncomfortable feeling in her back.
...What was this sudden influx in Faith? It's purity was like none other.
Gabriel panicked, grasping at her back and glancing at Noa, not wanting to be caught, before her breath hitched.
The aura behind Noa was turning into a luminescent kaleidoscopic variation of colors, manifesting as a glowing throne with seven trumpets surrounding it.
As an Angel, Gabriel understood the symbolism behind the trumpets, and blinked in confusion.
But her twelve wings were revealed, and Gabriel could feel a change occurring.
Her wings were turning into a kaleidoscopic glass, symbolizing her authority of Divine Revelation, and behind her, in a semi circle, 14 trumpets appeared behind her, 7 black, 7 white.
With the errors in God's System, there were multitudes of variations that not even Michael could predict.
Seven Angels holding and blowing Seven Trumpets of Revelation became One Angel holding Seven.
The Messenger of God became the Messenger of Revelation.
And the Seven Churches of Asia turning into Seven Trumpets of Benediction.
Gabriel froze at the information that was entering her head, the Authorities that were bestowed onto her. Finally realizing the origin of her newfound energy, she looked at Noa who was looking at her with confusion and surprise.
"What the...?"
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A/N: This is the the extra chapter for the 500 PS for this week so it's shorter. Also, I know that there's the 800 PS Power stone thing as well, and I'll upload that tomorrow or today as i saw that today.
I have abilities in mind, so look out for that. Gabriel's 100% part of the harem btw. Also, I'm kind of sad no one noticed the reference between Daphne and the Rabbit. You know? The Great Rabbit in rezero was made by Daphne.
The population of the world in 1993 is 5 Billion. If belief in god made up for around 60%, and Noa's getting more than 2 Billion makes sense, cause Michael's handling of the system is 'VASTLY INFERIOR'
The support is also lowkey crazy. Thanks for sho. Came up with the plot on the spot funnily enough, along with her powers.
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We have Powerstone Goals!!!
I don't have confidence for my first book so doing this for fun.
500 Power Stones in the beginning for an Extra Chapter and then every 300 Power Stones for another chapter after that!
So...
500 PS - Extra Chapter (Complete)
800 PS - Extra Chapter
1100 PS - Extra Chapter
And so on.
Extra chapters will be released the day after the goal is reached, from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM KST cause that's when I'm free. They'll also be generally shorter than normal chapters.
Normal Chapters will be released every day during the times from 8:00 PM to 2:00 AM KST cause I normally get inspo throughout the day.
Also, comments, powerstones, and reviews are always appreciated.