DXD: A Solomon King

It has been roughly half a year since Issei's parents died and he awoke with King Solomon within him, and later with the Red Dragon, Ddraig, as well. During this time, Solomon and Ddraig had been talking a lot, and Ddraig put Solomon up to speed with the recent events that he missed while he was mostly deceased.

Finding out that Lucifer was dethroned and that a, and quote, 'male whore from the Gremory house took his throne is reason enough to laugh for a decade'. Issei did inquire what was the 'W' word used there, to which Ddraig explained it together with Solomon.

They already messed up, and might as well introduce the boy to some more mature words. Granted, Solomon is making efforts to try and regulate Issei's use of vulgarities as they didn't want him swearing up and down like a drunken sailor.

An easy task, but overall, he was a good kid. But when Issei asked Solomon why he had such an opinion he was more than happy to actually boast about his greatest achievement.

He alone bound to servitude the original 72 houses, which included the original Asmodeus and Beelzebub as well! He also said that he enslaved some other devils on the side as well, although during his time the term demon was more popular.

But back on his reason; the first Gremory was a total whore and lesbian. The simple fact she had children, which means she took a man in bed, makes the king think she was in the end a bit bi.

But he was no fool to fully think that. Based on what Ddrig said, though, Solomon admitted that even the Underworld is different from what he remembered.

It is likely all of his old servants or at least a large number of them are no more as well.

But that got Issei curious as to how Solomon was able to enslave so many devils, to which he was happy to reply. Back when he was still a servant of God, when God's first temple in his city of Jerusalem was being built, one day a worker came to him.

He was losing weight, and looked increasingly tired, at death's door even. That led Solomon to discover the devil, Ornias, who was taking half of everything the man was earning during the night, and so he asked God for help He sent Micheal to him with a ring bearing a mighty seal able to bind the malevolent beings to servitude.

From there, he managed to capture Ornias and with his unwilling help he slowly had more and more demons enslaved, putting them to work on his temple.

Solomon then told Issei about the seal, later known as the Seal of Solomon, and how it worked. As it turns out, the ring was unnecessary.

If Issei could simply draw it out on the floor and trick a devil or fallen angel into it, then they'd become bound to him. The only problem with that was the fact he was unable to use magic.

Without the ability to use magic, he couldn't use the Seal either. Not just that, but the Seal was a feeble thing.

Although it could bind the unholy to serve the user, all it takes is one fatal sin towards God to break it. Solomon admitted with shame how he turned his back on God for a woman, his lust and greed overtaking him, then how he felt God leave him as he became stupid and all devils he had bound roamed free.

The main point was that the Seal was easy to break but hard to accomplish. They decided not to waste time on it, instead focusing on Issei's Sacred Gear training, which Ddraig oversaw with glee, but Solomon regulated.

Ddraig couldn't tell what the issue with his magic was either, and if that was not bad enough, the entire Game-like ability Issei seemed to have was fucking with their progress. They noticed that Issei's growth rate was abnormal, and he would get headaches every so often, especially after 'completing' a certain quest that came as soon as Ddraig and Solomon began to train him.

Daily Training!

Objective: Train until Ddraig and Solomon tell you it is enough for the day.

Reward: 500 EXP.

This Quest is a daily, repeatable Quest.

The dragon had no way to counter the words of the wise King, for he was wiser than the dragon and spoke the truth. Issei was still very young, yes, and this whole game thing was strange, as neither Ddraig has ever seen something akin to it.

And even if he was ahead of the White Dragon, this thing was bound to be a pain in the ass, especially as there was no telling if Issei was even progressing! The only indicator was the circular bar around his picture in the corner of his vision and how it turned yellow as it filled with EXP.

After it was completed the first time, however, Issei was struck by a powerful headache. They could go slow with his training, keep a steady pace, and slowly progress as he got better.

Granted, that was easier said than done. Either after or during training sessions Issei would get headaches, and at a much more pronounced rate than before as Solomon noticed.

He linked the after-training ones to the quest completing and granting Issei EXP, but he was at a loss for the rest.

As for where he was going to train? Mei was no big town, it had some wilderness around it. All Issei had to do was leave the orphanage and go to the woods and return by curfew, easy.

Survive through the training? A bit challenging. Even if Solomon was regulating it, Ddraig was still working Issei to the bone.

Strangely, Solomon also noticed how their EXP bar would deplete by a bit after every time they slept, even reducing Issei from level 2 to level 1 again, but it was a rate easily upset by their training, which earned more EXP than what was taken, even if by a little. As such, by the time Issei was level 5, six months of training later - Solomon noted that the drain seemed worse the higher the level, but