Editing Dai (section)

====Abilities====
'''Avan Style Sword Techniques'''

Dai possesses a natural talent for swordsmanship, already being skilled enough to defeat the Fake Heroes during their first battle. He would complete Avan's infamous Special Hard Course in only 3 days, learning the [[Earth Slash]] and [[Wave Slash]] techniques, and later master [[Air Slash]] through his own training.

*[[Earth Slash]]: A sword technique with high raw power, capable of cutting through barriers of stone and metal.
*[[Wave Slash]]: A sword technique which launches a shockwave to attack from a distance; it possesses great speed and the ability to cut through shapeless things like flames.
*[[Air Slash]]: A sword technique imbued with the Aura of Light to cut through the unseen; it is especially potent against enemies composed of Dark Aura, capable of dispelling their powers and damaging the soul directly.
*[[Avan Strash]]: A combination of the Earth, Wave and Air techniques into a single strike. Can be used as a projectile (Avan Strash Arrow) or by charging at the opponent (Avan Strash Break). Dai was able to use a version of Avan Strash even before mastering the Air technique, albeit at significantly reduced power.
*[[Avan Strash Cross]]: A self-invented combo technique which releases two Avan Strashes with precise timing (an Arrow followed by a Break) so that both impact the target at the same time, producing a dramatically stronger effect. After [[Giga Strash]], it is considered Dai's strongest attack.

'''Magic spells'''

While [[Dai]]'s adoptive father [[Brass]] was a competent [[Mage]] who contracted him with many spells, he has little natural talent for the art, initially struggling with even a basic [[Frizz]]. While his Dragon Crest is active his mana control improves to around that of an average Mage, allowing him to cast mid-tier spells like [[Frizzle]]. Dai would also undergo training to master [[Zapple]] and later [[Levizoom]] as counters to specific opponents.

*[[Frizz]] / [[Frizzle]] - Low- and mid-tier Fire element attack spells
*[[Whoosh]] / [[Swoosh]] - Low- and mid-tier Wind element attack spells
*[[Sizz]] - The most basic area-of-effect Fire spell
*[[Crack]] - The most basic Ice element attack spell
*[[Zapple]] - A [[Hero]]-exclusive spell which calls down a lighting bolt from above
*[[Boom]] - Flings a ball of light from the caster's hand which explodes on impact
*[[Levizoom]] - A refined version of the [[Zoom]] spell which can be used for fully-controlled flight

Dai can indirectly access [[Kazap]] by casting a [[Zapple]] spell into the [[Sword of Dai]] and using its sheath to amplify its effects. While never shown in the story, this could presumably be used to replicate [[Kafrizz]], [[Kaswoosh]], [[Kacrack]] and [[Kaboom]] as well.

'''Magic Sword'''

Dai possesses the [[Dragon Knight]] ability to channel attack spells into his weapon, even without his Dragon Crest active. He has used this to create the following additional techniques:
*[[Fire Earth Slash]]: An [[Earth Slash]] imbued with the power of [[Frizz]].
*[[Zapple Strash]]: An [[Avan Strash]] imbued with the power of [[Zapple]], used as a finishing move.
*[[Giga Break]]: A Dragon Knight finishing move copied from Baran, a two-handed sword charge imbued with the power of lightning; before receiving the [[Sword of Dai]]'s spell-enhancing sheath, Dai's version is weakened due to using a [[Zapple]] spell in  place of the intended [[Kazap]].
*[[Giga Strash]]: A variation of Giga Break in which Dai switches to an [[Avan Strash]] motion midway through his charge, greatly increasing its cutting power.

'''Dragon Crest'''

As a halfblood [[Dragon Knight]], in times of stress Dai manifests a glowing crest on his forehead shaped like a stylised dragon's head. In this state he combines the spirit of Humans with the monstrous strength of Dragons and the magical power of Darklings, allowing him to decapitate a [[Hydra]] with his bare hands and cast spells beyond his usual limits (such as [[Frizzle]] and initially [[Levizoom]]). In time Dai gains the ability to call upon this power at will, though initially he is vulnerable to burning through the crest's power too quickly and exhausting himself.

During his battle with the true Dragon Knight [[Baran]], Dai's strong emotions and predominantly human blood have the unprecedented effect of causing his Human power to overflow and concentrate his Dragon and Darkling powers into a single part of his body; this shifts Dai's crest from his head to his fist and makes it far easier to control, allowing him to draw on its power of Draconic Aura to make his skin harder than steel and imbue his attacks with tremendous destructive power which disrupts healing magic.

After Baran bequeaths all his power to Dai, he becomes a unique "Super Dragon Knight" with crests on both hands. In this state his strength rises beyond even Baran's berserk Dragonoid form, and he gains access to the accumulated combat instincts of generations of Dragon Knights as well as the [[Crest Beam]] and [[Doruora]] techniques. Dai later reveals that he can boost his strength even further by recombining his crests to transform into a Dragonoid himself, though his version lacks the wings and scales of Baran's.