Vritra Promotion

### Abilities

Transforms the user into a giant dragon reminiscent of Vritra, which can use all four of Vritra's Sacred Gears abilities simultaneously.

### Wielder(s)

Genshirou Saji

**Vritra Promotion**, also known as the **Dragon King Transformation**, is a technique that allows Genshirou Saji to take the form of a black dragon.

## Summary

In Volume 7, in order to strengthen Saji in the upcoming fight against Loki, Azazel took Saji to the Grigori Institute in the Underworld for further training in order to make him stronger in order to be effective support against Loki and Fenrir. During the training, Saji was implanted with the remaining 3 Vritra-type Sacred Gears (**Blaze Black Flare**, **Delete Field**and **Shadow Prison**) which allowed Vritra's exterminated soul to revive. Saji, in this form, assisted Issei Hyoudou in defeating Loki by keeping him restrained with his tentacles and by draining his power, which allowed Issei to finish off Loki with the Mjolnir replica.

In Volume 9, it is revealed that Vritra is capable of communicating with Saji and is instructing him on how to use their powers.

In Volume 17, upon obtaining his complete Balance Breaker, **Malebolge Vritra Promotion**, Saji no longer relies on this transformation or risks its drawback.

## Appearance

Vritra Promotion gives Saji the appearance of a large serpent-like black-colored Dragon, resembling that of Vritra, with black tentacles around him. In the novel, the form was describe to be made up of black flames in the shape of Vritra.

## Abilities

**Vritra Promotion**allows Saji to transform into a large serpent-like black-colored Dragon which closely resembles Vritra. In this form he has great strength as he can fight strong opponents like Loki, Fenrir's children and Yasaka empowered by Kyoto's leylines as well as Georg's magic. It is assumed that Saji in this form is potentially as strong as Vritra originally was.

This form also allows Saji to use all the Vritra's Sacred Gear abilities at once, as was demonstrated in the battle against Loki, where Saji was restraining enemies with Absorption Line and Shadow Prison, draining and stealing their powers with Delete Field and Absorption Line as well as attacking them with the fire produced by Blaze Black Flare. The form allows Saji to fully utilize Vritra's special abilities to a greater degree then he individually could as demonstrated by the fact that Saji was able to drain and suppress the magical power of Loki, a Norse God as well as the children of Fenrir.

## Weaknesses

Despite the power of this form, it is noted to be very unstable as the first time Saji used it, he could only vaguely distinguish between friend and foe. Due to it's unstable nature, there is a high possibility of Saji going berserk while using it, as he can only be calmed down by another wielder of a Dragon-type Sacred Gear which has a Dragon sealed in it such as Issei Hyoudou. Because the unstable nature of the form, Saji cannot have his powers increased by Boosted Gear Gift as the increase in power will cause him to go berserk.

## Trivia

* Vritra Promotion name is based Saji's Pawn ability to promote himself.
* Since Vritra means "the enveloper", Vritra Promotion simply means "The Enveloper Promotion".