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~~~~~~After~~~~~~
"Rubbish…"
"This one's rubbish too…"
"Uhh… this one garbage…"
"Looks different but still, garbage…"
"Well, this one is below average but just above garbage…"
I looked through the five demonic swords I got from that silver-haired dude. They all look ugly and have below-average powers.
Demonic energy is quite dangerous to humans, even to devils themselves when it's not their demonic energy.
Since these five demonic swords are useless they will be stored in the showcase vault.
Although for safety sake, they will be properly vaulted and holographic displays will be shown in their place. It will be done for all the Sacred Gears and the swords. Meaning that no one will be able to just grab it and bond with it.
But, whereas the Demonic Swords are useless, the pair of Holy Swords were not. Caliburn has space controlling powers and Excalibur Ruler has mind control ones.
The best part from this raid though, is the Sacred Gears… True Longinus, Dimension Lost and Annihilation Maker. And of course some common ones like Twice Critical several times over and something used by Hercules…
Anyway…
Dimension Lost is a wonderful piece of gear that could help me improve the Diamond Core Heart. Who knew that a mist could do such things.
As it stands. The lockdown mode can be improved, instead of damaging the barrier, it could send the attack to the Dimension Gap.
Annihilation Maker is quite an interesting piece of Gear that allows the creation of monsters from one's shadow.
Further data implies that it's something extremely close to the creation of living and breathing beings. Only a few steps away from creating true life.
The core itself is that of a concept instead of a creature, similar to the lesser gears from the likes of Sword birth, only instead of swords it creates monsters with abilities. Although it is just a concept, the gear itself still holds quite a bit of programming and processing worthy of the Longinus' name.
Then… of course, there is the True Longinus… the spear. While the gear is basic. Like any other gears, the core itself is quite fascinating and very powerful. The amount of holy energy it emits made Serafall stay metres away, even in a sealed state like this.
The spear originally was just a simple steel weapon. But after stabbing Jesus himself and upon recovering the relic it has been reworked by the big man, Big G. Not only that, but it also holds some of his power.
While the readings only show a mixture of Holy and Divine energy at its very core it also reads one's mind, ambition, ideology and judges if it's worthy to receive extra help against the opponent.
'Hmm, while I won't be able to recreate the miracle of the Big G's will, I could recreate the spear…and with this much data I could… crystalline concepts of my desire...and make something similar to… Rhongomyniad…
Though it wouldn't be the same as Fate's one. There are no layers of reality being tower-anchored here. But, the world's end concept... now that should be possible
Again different interpretations…'
Only after scanning all the gears and swords and then having stored them away did Serafall properly approach me.
"Phew… Finally, they are gone! But, seriously… True Longinus and those two Holy Swords! How on earth did they have those! This kind of looks bad for Heaven, which is quite a good rub at them from my point of view." The black-haired devil said with a smug tone.
"None of them were with Heaven to begin with, so it's kind of half-assed but, you are right. The Holy relics should have been secured as soon as possible, but they weren't. So, now they are mine." I said with a shrug. I don't care much but this is my win and my loot so it stays with me.
"So? What are you planning to do with THREE Longinus gears and SEVEN swords?" The beauty curiously asked me. I used this moment to pull her onto my lap.
I kind of noticed how her dressing habits have changed quite a bit. She now prefers to dress in beautiful dresses regardless of whether it is needed or not. They make her look quite hot.
She instantly snuggled and moved herself into a comfortable position.
"Dimension Lost will help to improve Diamond Core Heart, Annihilation Maker will improve my understanding in genetics…"
"Truly? But how? Isn't it just monster creation from imagination?"
"Normally yes, but we are talking about adding magic to the mix…"
"Oh...OH… are you trying to make an army of creatures or something?" Serafall asked in a joking tone, then quickly stopped as she realised that I might not be joking.
"Wait...you aren't serious, are you?"
"Not really, but in a sense, yes. As I said before, since I am expanding the processing capacities of Aurora, I will be able to simulate a lot more things. That includes Annihilation Maker and its capacity… for example, if I were to create a creature of fire, I would be able to understand how fire abilities will affect the being up to the genetic level. If this works, I can alter any being to any abilities and standards."
Her eyes bulged out, taking a few minutes to grasp what I just said.
"If...this is true, what you just said, then you can basically make any being of any power… the level of True Gods like Great Red or Ophis…" Serafall said with wide eyes.
"It's not as easy as it sounds though. For example, the human genetic code is... let's say a seven-story building. We can work with what the seven-floor building has. But… if we were to remove, for example, the third floor then the whole building would collapse. So when we are genetically altering something we have to stick with what we have. If we add the eighth floor, which is too big, then it can collapse again." I explained to her as simply as I could.
"That's why genetically altering someone is an extremely difficult and long process. The process which with new expansion I will be able to cut down by many many years."
"So...what can you do once you finish it? You will add some abilities to yourself?" She asked curious, as this was a new plateau for her. Since I could technically have any ability…
"Eternal life, eternal youth, superhuman regeneration, better magic control, At least Ultimate Class level strength at base… haven't checked everything yet. So, these are just the basics among basics…" I said from the top of my head. I haven't checked everything but this was surface information… almost like a recon over genetics.
Her eyes widened to a comical level as I said all that.
"B-B-But isn't this like building extra floors and all that? Isn't it dangerous!?" She asked with a squeaky tone.
"Not at all. This is working with the pieces already there. Humans have regeneration. The power of it is set in our DNA. All I am going to do is alter that. But, it's not as easy as just changing a number in an options menu. As the moment you alter it you send a chain reaction to the rest of the 'floors'. Thus the need of processing power for Aurora."
"...I see… to figure out where the reaction is happening…" She said while nodding. From the looks of it, Serafall understood.
"This means that if you want something like, complete fire manipulation then you need to build an extra 'floor' as you had just said."
"Sort of. Since fire is already there, to a certain extent. The human body is warm. So in a sense, you already have some fire there."
"Still you need that extra floor no? There is no control of fire in natural human genetic make-up." This time she was certain of what she had said.
"Indeed. That's where you will need to be careful. It is like adding to the already existing construct. One can end up with extra limbs by accident." I said with a shrug.
"...Yeah… I can see this being a long term thing… or should be…"
I nodded at her. Internally I was somewhat sceptical about this myself. I'd only checked my DNA a couple of times. But… it should have been more difficult…
My talent was always with cars, electronics, and programming. But now… after reading up on genetics… it all just started to make sense… It was like a mystery that always fascinated me. But for some reason it is no longer that… mysterious. It is now like walking through a sort of familiar forest. While you may be going to get lost, you still will find a way to the exit.
It's either the extra genius I got in this world or the DxD universe is just that simple… I hope it's just my talent and not the reality I am in…
"Hmm?"
"You had that look just now…"
"What look?" I asked with raised eyebrows, glazing into her blue eyes.
"That you had just figured something out… it usually leads to some crazy stuff… last time you had that look you ended up making those rifles…"
I snorted after hearing that. This woman is reading far too much into my facial expression…
"Maybe...who knows…" I said that with a smirk.
~~~~~~Greece~~~~~~
"It was like a white star had descended into the building… it released lighting bolts and destroyed the whole building! It was like God himself descended!" A farmer explained with glassy eyes.
"Sleep."
The farmer nodded and collapsed onto the ground. A silver-haired woman put her hand on the farmer's head as a silver glow surrounded the downed man's body.
"It's the same… they all saw the same thing."
"Yes. He was here. From the looks of it, he attacked something. If my guess is right then he attacked someone who had Sacred gear or gears."
"Lady Artemis… for him to raid something in the heart of Greece…" The lion girl said with some disbelief in her tone. She can't believe someone had the balls to act so open!
The silver-haired Goddess snorted with a pissed look.
"He is not afraid if I am to bring my whole family to face him! He said that to my face! This is nothing!" She pointed towards the destroyed warehouse as she said the last words.
She knows he is not afraid to do raids like these. This might be her family's turf but Olympus is leagues away from here!
"What I wanted from this is any clues! I want to find out his location or destination!" Artemis exclaimed with a commanding tone.
Hippolyta and Atalanta nodded at their Goddess as they started searching the destroyed building for anything to lead her to him.
She could have asked Apollo for help. Her twin could have shown some visions to her. But, like hell was she going to ask him for anything! Especially with this!
No, she will find him herself! And once she is done grinding him through the ground. Then she will bring him back to Olympus so that he could slave away as their blacksmith!
In a sense this attack was good. She was skulking around in Eastern Europe without any clues. It was frustrating that he could so easily hide from her.
Thankfully her Father always goes to her for something like this. Especially when someone talks about lightning, thunder and god in the same sentence.
"My...lady… from the looks of it… he slaughtered at least 30 people… and there were also residues of holy energy… powerful holy energy… as well as... Heracles…spawn…"
Artemis slightly grimaced hearing that. Hippolyta tracking is peerless but sometimes she is far too good…
"I see… so, there were a lot of people with quite the special backgrounds…"
"More than a few, my Lady…" Atalanta said as she used her nose and tracking skills which she has sharpened for over a few thousand years.
"Quite a few extremely talented people were here," Atalanta said as she looked around the destroyed building. Thankfully the inside of it was in good condition.
"That man hit a jackpot. If my guess is right then he has quite a few Longinus gears now…" The blonde lion girl said with a frown.
"Like?" Artemis asked with wide eyes when she heard the word Longinus being mentioned.
"True Longinus and Dimension Lost." The catgirl said as she looked around, her senses were telling her that it was those gears. There is only one relic she knows of that can leave such a strong remnant of Holy Energy and those ripples in the air… it is similar to that of Dimension Lost.
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