Zarc Higrejouto (Universe L-137)

"You think you're worthy of having Rias Gremory? How dare you cross the boundary of noble honor! And for that, I'll see to it that you are erased from this world!!"

- Zarc's threat towards Issei

Zarc Higrejouto is the ultimate rival to Issei Hyoudou in the original universe, due to his competing love interest with the Occult Research Club girls.

Raised in a broken family, and brought up by his abusive foster parents, Zarc was originally a loving and compassionate boy, forgiving the endless torture he had been inflicted on. Seeing Rias Gremory as her salvation, his desire to be with her, ultimately became his downfall. This is because of the dragons' belligerence, his obsession with becoming the only mate for Rias and the foreboding of eventually feeling no love, caused his decision to devastate the civilization of the original DxD universe and mutate into a spiteful draconic being known as Supreme King Z-ARC.

Appearance
Zarc has silver hair with light green highlights, having side-parted hair, and yellow eyes. His face bears a striking resemblance to Issei albeit a bit older looking. He wears a blue and white jacket with orange borders and a black undershirt. He is shown to wear thick red-brownish gloves, black pants with brown chaps, faded gold knee pads, dark-blue suspenders with faded gold buckles hanging from a red-brownish belt with two large holsters, a largely faded gold buckle, and brown shoes with dark-blue outlines and straps.

Personality
Zarc's initial personality is a lot like Issei, a benevolent and passionate young man with a love for entertaining Duels who desired to make others smile, human and monster alike. However, a number of years that he had to put up with his foster parent's abusive behaviors, alongside the neglect from his rich aunts and uncles, pushed Zarc over the edge as he tried to guarantee his own happiness. He initially believed that all his sufferings would be worth it when he can start over with a girl he desired. In time, he purposely got killed just to be closer to Rias Gremory's peerage, willing to do anything for her sake. He shows extreme aggression and passion, a desire to be Rias Gremory's only mate, and sadistic streaks.

Zarc's most defining trait following this transition is his intense desire to become Rias Gremory's mate, which drove him insane alongside his dragons' grudge against the three factions. In his own twisted view, Zarc sees Rias' expectations for him to stay strong and by her side as the overall motivation of absorbing his dragons, attempts to destroy everyone.

History
Zarc was a resident of the Original DxD Universe. He was the son of a rich heritage bloodline known as the Higrejoutos, with businesses expanding from Japan to the U.S.A. Due to this, his original parents were killed from an assassination by an unknown killer and transported to an orphanage. He was adopted straight away upon hearing his arrival, by a couple with promising backgrounds. When bringing him in, he realized that they legally own him in order to take over the Higrejoutos' fortune. For years, he has maintained lots of abusive progress to get to the fortune, believing that it will be worth it in the end. That someone will save him from this suffering. When he reached the age of 16 and the original Higrejoutou's heir died, he stepped in to reclaim what was rightfully his, with his foster parents inheriting all the glory. But to make matters worse, the entire wealth of the Higrejoutous suddenly disappeared. Deep hatred filled the foster parent's hearts and tortured him for evidence of their whereabouts. Although he didn't know, his foster parents didn't believe him and submitted him to this kind of torture every day. Eventually, he escaped their compound and went to Kuoh Academy in search of guidance, but he indirectly got killed by his foster parents in an attempt to secure their own torture weapons. At the exact same time, a devil known as Rias Gremory took him in, saying that he can live for her sake. Zarc took this as a message to be worthy of being called her husband. from that point, he trained in his own ways that could be considered worthy. He found out that he was very skilled in calling out Dragons to aid him in his battles and quickly gained the advantage on Devil Ranking Games soon becoming an undefeated champion and widely known as a superstar in the newly conceived Rias Gremory Peerage. During his sparring session with Riser, Zarc once accidentally severely injured one of his peerage's arms and legs and was horrified by his actions. Despite this, the audience kept cheering for him, and Zarc began to change, giving in to the audience's greater selfish demand for more violent and exciting Duels.Rias, not wanting to hurt his emotions, congratulated his victor and encouraged him to become better, but compassionate. With her advice, Zarc's fighting became more violent, but with compassion for his opponents, as he didn't always go for the fatal blow. Instead, he would set himself back 2 steps from his opponent, to have them get a try of their comebacks. With the arrival of Issei to the peerage, Zarc, at first, he simply wanted to answer Rias' expectations, however as he continued to witness rias being rescued by Issei Hyoudou, Zarc became more and more ruthless, with himself became obsessed with becoming the only one for her.

Zarc eventually became the highest ranking devil, alongside Issei Hyoudou after 10 long years, and Issei has already married Rias Gremory. During one of his "friendly" duels against Issei, and won because of it, he asked his audience if they wanted more action and entertainment for his demise. Despite Issei saying no, and wanting to stop it, The audience replied that they do want to see more. To his enlightenment, he summoned his four dragons to literally destroy Issei and everything in his path, opening his opportunity to be one to Rias. He tried to go after her, but was trapped in the stadium to be exterminated by Sirzechs. Feeling that his dragons were also not yet satisfied with their battles and seeking to attain the strongest power, Zarc chose the dragons' desire to fuse, becoming a Monster that people feared as the terrifying Supreme King Z-ARC. After Zarc's declaration of destruction, the 3 factions were unable to stop his continuous attacks on the world, and eventually he was only able to be opposed by other Khaos brigade members who collaborated with the three factions to stop him, but none were able to come close to matching his newly fused powers and were wiped away along with the opposing forces.

As Zarc destroyed the world, he was confronted by Kurenai Himejima, who used his own magic to defeat him, which angered him and he vowed to become one again before his dragons separated from him. The result of their battle restarted the Original Dimension into the first day of his indoctrination to the occult Research club, effectively removing the future events.

Powers and Abilities
Immense Charisma: Despite being a reborn devil, Zarc has shown to be one of the most powerful beings on the planet Earth, as well as being able to be considered to be one of "The Ancient Beings". Even when he was training, the immensity of his power was felt by the likes of Devils, Angels, Fallen Angels, and even the Dragon God and the True Red Dragon God Emperor.

Immense Demonic Power: Since his inception with his 4 dragons, Zarc is one of the most powerful Devils in the Underworld, if not the most powerful. In fact, along with SirzechLucifer, Ajuka Beelzebub and Rizevim Livan Lucifer, he is one of four Devils considered Super Devils, with their powers and abilities transcending beyond the boundaries of the regular Devils, far exceeding even those of the Four Original Satans. Azazel even stated that if Zarc were to evolve even more, he could have the power to literally make the entire Khaos Brigade knee before him. Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Zarc is also highly skilled in hand-to-hand combat as it is one of his specialty. He's been able to deflect an incoming attack from a devil by using his arms and hands to redirect the attack.
 * Dragon Essence: A power exclusive only to Zarc, it was first shown to have the ability to summon forth dragons from anywhere. It gives the ability to the user to inherit the abilities of the summoned dragon, effectively being a hybrid of some sorts. When using this in combat Zarc would summon onto the battlefield, a dragon of his choice, and using both of its abilities in a simultaneous manner.
 * Enhanced senses - Upon becoming a reborn devil, Zarc gains sharp senses and reflexes, as he is able now to hear better than a regular human being and defend himself against certain attacks. He is able to feel the pain that his summoned dragons when they take an attack.

Immense Strength: As a devil, Zarc makes up his lack of magic with his strength in controlling his summoned dragons. He was shown to have a great deal of physical and mental strength during the rating games as shown when he was servery injuring a Riser Phenex peerage member. This is also been shown when Sirzechs Lucifer blocked an overhead attack from Supreme King Z-Arc, stating that only a fraction of his strength and stamina have all been used.

Immense Speed: Zarc's speed and reflexes are just as great as his strength. He is capable of swinging from place to place at the incredible speed that appears to be so fast that some people his blades had disappeared.

Immense Durability: Zarc, even at his peak before becoming Supreme King Z-Arc, can withstand the hardest of hits and powerful spells as shown when he defeated Shalba Beelzebub, Katarea Leviathan, and Creuserey Asmodeus by himself. The extent has been fully shown when he took numerous Power of Destructions and a Longinus Smasher and survived losing only an arm in the process.

Immortality: Zarc has been able to nearly heal from all sorts of attacks that he encounters. He accomplishes this by reaching into his conscious and resonating with his other blasted body parts. As long as the parts respond to each other, he can be restored to perfect health and condition. This was early shown during the fight with Sirzechs Lucifer when his body was destroyed from inside out by the energy of the Power of Destruction but has been able to come back shortly thereafter.

Immense Rage: Zarc possesses a near infinite amount of rage within, which in turn, fuels his statism to go into a state of rage, and his eyes to white out and glow. This was shown when he battled Issei Hyoudou for a consecutive day despite Issei being heavily wounded, and wanting to stop.

Telekinetic: Zarc has shown to freely communicate with all forms of life that he encounters. But notably, he likes to use this ability to communicate with his dragons.

Equipment
Unnamed Summon Blade: Zarc wields a blade that he can use to fight his opponents in close combat. He can even place his dragon essence onto the blade, to further stabilize their forms

Transformation
Supreme King Z-Arc: This colossal form is the result of his embrace with his inner hatred, alongside combining the powers of the four dragons into one supreme form. Supreme King Z-ARC is dark grey in color with dark tan sections on its wing blades and hips, and lime green lines running down its body. When ordinary people, the Supreme King Dragon would be obscured by a predominantly black and dark violet form with green lines.

Supreme King Z-ARC's torso is similar to a mixture of "Odd-Eyes Dragon" and "Clear Wing Dragon", with a thick tail that is three to four times the length of the dragon's body and lined with barbs. It lacks legs like "Clear Wing" and instead sports tan sections that resemble the horns of "Starving Venom Dragon" with similar "shield" like sections to those that "Clear Wing" has in place of hind limbs, though they both point down as opposed to two of "Clear Wing's" pointing up and two pointing down. The arms resemble those of "Dark Rebellion Dragon", but with larger scythe-shaped wrist blades and are comparatively smaller than the rest of the body. The head is an amalgamation of the four dragons that compose it, with a large crest protruding from the skull that is largely green, and two sets of horns; one set resembling tusks that evoke those of "Dark Rebellion", and a larger set that resemble those of "Odd-Eyes", but are oriented in a similar manner to those of "Starving Venom". The snout of Supreme King Z-ARC is far simpler than any of the composite monsters, resembling the beak-like snout of "Odd-Eyes" the most in form. The wings of Supreme King Z-ARC are also an amalgamation of its composite dragons; the blades resemble those of "Odd-Eyes" and "Dark Rebellion", with a similar color to "Clear Wing" on the back edges and in a similar orientation, while the wings are topped with sections resembling the back mouths of "Starving Venom", and extend into tan barbed horns resembling those of "Starving Venom". Atop these sections are the main wings, which have a more basic design but are two or three times the size of the rest of the dragon.

When in this form, Zarc gains the following abilities:

Insanely Enhanced Parameters: Fused with the power of the four dragons, all his previous powers also get a massive boost. His strength nearly doubles with power, and his telekinetic powers can reach the underworld, heaven, and earth itself.

Physical Perfection: With his immense demonic power evolved to a state where they cannot be classified, it's been speculated that he has also achieved a perfect physical form. This was proven when Vali tried to use his half dimension onto Zarc but being unaffected by it. Even when he would be obliterated, he can always take the essence of two existing dragons from any point in the Earth to revive back.

Banishing Light: A signature move in Zarc's form. This technique allows Zarc creating a great storm of a lightning strike or a massive electrical blast from the dragon's mouths. The lightning generated by the attack completely consumes whatever is caught within it until only atoms remain. The lightning created by the Imperator can be controlled, with great precision, by Zarc to attack only the targets he chooses, but has no control over the power of the lightning.

Anguish Attacks: When Zarc attacks a person with the use of his powers, the opponent will experience massive trauma and painful flashbacks. This is because Zarc takes on the negative emotions of anything that has died from his hands, and transferring that pain towards the opponent in rage.

True Dragon Essence: When Zarc has other dragons out in his control, they share an immunity essence that makes them be unaffected by any demonic, holy, extremely powerful or cursed attacks. Because Zarc is considered the pinnacle of dragons, its power can extend to the other dragons related to it. Power Restriction: If the opponent decides to summon forth, or gain more weapons or transformations when facing him, or be in a 10 km radius of Zarc, he can easily obliterate its power before it can be used against him. This technique happens in a split second, making it seem that it happened in an instant.
 * Dragon Summoning: like its predecessor, Zarc, it can summon forth other dragons, be it Albion, or Ddraig in its pure physical form and under Zarc's command.