The Last Hoplite (Highschool DxD x Male Reader)

Issei Hyoudou never survived his first date.

When a Fallen Angel's spear ends his life, Kuoh Academy loses its infamous pervert-but another student is dragged into the crossfire. Y/N L/N has always been "average": average grades, average smile, average life. But when he awakens the Bastion of Pallas, a divine shield that should not exist, he becomes wrapped up in the throes of the supernatural world. Now incarnated as Rias Gremory's Pawn, Y/N finds himself an anomaly: half-human, half-devil, and bearing a forgotten weapon he knows nothing about. Hunted by angels, fallen angels, and devils alike, he must endure enemies, protect those who stand by him, and uncover why divine will echoes in his blood.

Because in a world built on sin and desire, the shield was never meant to exist.

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And yet, they both endure.