The Esper Devil ( Esper OC X Highschool DxD )

Chapter 22 - Racing tracks

Part 1

This weekend, me and Aya-chan decided we would spend the two days with Liliana and her servants, training and studying about the world of religions and mythologies.

As expected, Aya-chan knows a lot more about all of this than I do, she grew surrounded by a traditional family that had contact with youkais like her and the Shinto religion, so I have to study much more than her, however, regarding battle skills, she's still severely lacking, so she's training much more to make it up for that.

"Regarding Sacred Gears, there are the ones you already know such as [Boosted Gear], [Divine Dividing], [Sword Birth] and many others around the world, but the ones you should concern yourself with are the [Longinus]"

Liliana says, then proceeded to explain to me all the 13 know Longinus in existence, including the [True Longinus] that seems to be in possession of the Hero Faction's leader, a chinese guy descendant from the hero Cao Cao.

"[Juggernaut Drive], [Truth Ideal] and [Breakdown the Beast]?"

I already understand the concept of Balance Breaker, but Liliana just introduced these new words and got me confused

"Those are cursed powers that were sealed inside certain Longinus, using such abilities can grant the user a power equivalent or even superior to a God or Maou"

I nod

"Cursed... I know that's dangerous... like the unknown percentage, right?"

Liliana tilts her head

"Not exactly, the unknown percentage didn't had any bad consequences besides losing control over yourself, these abilities on the other hand, are also very powerful, but they need a sacrifice to be released"

I gulp down at her words and nervously ask

"S-sacrifice?"

She nods

"Using these powers can make you go on a rampage if you can't control them, but the most dangerous part is that they greatly consume stamina, magic energy or even lifespan, using it too much can literally kill the user, that's why it's considered forbidden"

I wide my eyes in surprise.

Sacrifice, to achieve an immense power, sacrifice is needed, wheter it's your sense of self, hair or even your life, power has it's costs.

"So that's why Issei didn't used that power against me?"

A power that can surpass gods, if he had used that, I would have been defeated without a doubt

Liliana nods

"Might be, but to him the situation would have been much worse if he had used it. You see, Seikiryuutei-kun has already used his Juggernaut Drive once and didn't recovered from the effects"

"He already used that power?!"

I ask, taken by surprise

"In a battle against the Khaos Brigade, he went insane and used it, however, Hyoudou is untalented, he is not like you, Vali Lucifer or Cao Cao, that can use their natural abilities and stamina to feed their sacred gears, so the JD consumed almost all of his lifespan, as he is now, using it only one more time would spell..."

Liliana makes a dramatic pause and lifts her finger with a creepy smile

"Death"

I stay in shock for a while, a dangerous curse that lives inside a Longinus that can give god-like power at the cost of your own natural strength or even your life