Highschool Dxd Qartulad [ 2026 ]

Issei’s Sacred Gear, Boosted Gear , pulsed red on his left hand. But something was different. The dragon inside, Ddraig, spoke with a rumbling echo: “This land is old, partner. Older than the Three Factions. The local pantheon—the Ghvtismshobeli —sleeps, but their magic lingers in the blood of these people.”

“I am Natela, Guardian of the Sakartvelo Border,” she said. “You carry a dragon’s soul. That makes you a guest... or a threat.”

Issei drank. The wine burned like holy fire—but instead of drunkenness, he felt a new power surge. His Boosted Gear gained a secondary engraving: – doubling his strength for every toast honored. Chapter 3: The Fallen Priest of the Cross But peace was short-lived. A fallen angel named Kokabiel, tired of the war in Japan, had come to the Caucasus to awaken an ancient evil: the Pashkunji —a demonic wolf that once devoured the moon, sealed under Mount Kazbek. Highschool Dxd Qartulad

Using a final, unexpected move—the Khasia Embrace (a traditional Georgian wrestling hold)—Issei pinned the fallen angel and sealed him inside an empty qvevri (clay wine vessel) with sacred runes. That night, the mountain villagers celebrated. Natela carved Issei a small wooden horn. “You are now an honorary Khevsur —a warrior of the cliffs.”

Before Issei could ask more, a shadow fell over them. A woman descended from the cliffs. She had long, raven-black hair braided with vines, amber eyes like aged chacha , and a pair of curved, ram-like horns. Her wings were not feathery or bat-like—they were woven from threads of golden wool. Issei’s Sacred Gear, Boosted Gear , pulsed red

A wooden ladle hit his head. Natela smirked. “Focus on the toast, boy. To friendship. To fire. To the flame that never dies—even in the Caucasus snow.”

From his palm erupted not a sphere, but a serpentine dragon made of molten wine and church bell sounds. It coiled around Kokabiel and exploded in a shower of pomegranate seeds and silver. Older than the Three Factions

Natela snarled. “You mistake strength for arrogance.”