Click!
The strap came undone.
Her skin was already blushing pink all over.
God, this is way too embarrassing!
She wanted to scream, but all she could do was bite her lip and bury her red face between her knees.
Lynn rubbed his chin, scanning her from head to toe.
Every time his eyes passed over her skin, Himeragi Yukina flinched involuntarily.
"So sensitive to stares, huh~"
He smirked slightly.
No point dragging it out. Lynn raised his hand and materialized a devil piece, pressing it directly against her back.
"Mmph"
Yukina let out a muffled groan from the cold touch.
ThenA surge of power unlike spiritual energy flooded into her!
Her eyes flew wide open as her blood started to boil!
Thump-thump!
Her heartbeat roared in her ears.
Crack!
Something inside her shatteredlike invisible chains breaking free.
In an instant, she felt lighter, unshackled. As if something had been unlocked.
The Blessing System!!
That was the only explanation! Her body's potential was fully released!
Her spiritual growth, once painfully slow, now shot upward as if every barrier had been torn away.
It felt... endless!
This was the true power of the blessing system?!
Even now, she didn't dare fully think about what kind of being Lynn really was to command such a force.
Still, Yukina focused on what mattered: her body.
Her power didn't suddenly skyrocket, but she could feel it.
She had devil blood now. AndThere was an itch on her back.
Probably wings and a tail like Marin's?
Yukina bit her lip and fought the urge to let them out.
As she tried to figure them out
A system alert chimed in Lynn's mind:
[Ding! You have gained the follower "Himeragi Yukina"!]
[Ding! Your follower "Himeragi Yukina" has reincarnated as a Special Devil!]
Lynn narrowed his eyes and looked at her back.
A flash of light appeared, and her full blessing info popped up.
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[Himeragi Yukina]
Rank: Mid-Class Devil
Master: Lynn Valifer
Stats:
Strength: I0 Agility: I0 Endurance: I0 Magic: I0
Unique Skills: [Spirit Sight's Blessing], [Spirit Blood Regeneration], [Eight Thunder God Style], [Divine Core Vibration], [Divine Energy] & [Anti-Demons Devil]
[Spirit Sight's Blessing]
Passive detection of magic flow, hostility, and traps.
High resistance to stealth/illusion abilities.
[Spirit Blood Regeneration]
Heals faster using magic.
Cleanses curses and poisons.
[Eight Thunder God Style]
Close-combat martial art named after the 'Eight Thunder Gods.'
[Divine Core Vibration]
Activates with weapon Snowdrift Wolf Schneewalzer ("It's full title is Mechanical Demon-Purging Assault Spear Mark Seven").
Grants "Anti-Magic" and "Defense Break" effects.
Can cut through barriers, disable magic, and counter vampires.
[Divine Energy]
Faux Angel Mode.
Can potentially evolve into an actual angel with enough divine energy.
[Anti-Demons Devil]
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The Snowdrift Wolf Schneewalzer
[Anti-Demons Devil]
Gained control over the spear "Snowdrift Wolf Schneewalzer."
Divine Punishment Eye (Passive: Senses magical energy/malice within 300 meters; can mark up to 3 targets with their anti-magic weak points.)
Anti-Magic Barrier: Eightfold Holly (Deploys eight magic-inscribed gunblades to form a barrier that reduces all magic effects by 70%.)
Divine Core Resonance: Critical Breakthrough (Activates the Snowdrift Wolf's divine core, adding space-shattering power to attacks.)
Bonus damage against all evil creatures.
Devilization (Divine Punishment Spear: Summons a massive Snow wolf avatar for a piercing strike that causes "Divine Core Collapse" along its path.)
Developmental Ability: Magic Control, C Rank
Lynn raised an eyebrow, a bit surprised.
He hadn't expected Himeragi Yukina, just a mid-class Devil, to have that many abilities.
Guess that's the perk of coming out of a proper institution.
But what really threw him off was the Snowdrift Wolf Schneewalzer on her backit wasn't even classified as a Noble Phantasm?
"Hmm..."
Lynn stroked his chin, a theory starting to form in his mind.
Maybe it was because Yukina hadn't truly mastered that weapon yet?
Looks like the Lion King Org still couldn't bring themselves to hand over such an important tool to her.
That said The [Anti-Demons Devil] skill's very first effect is "Gains Authority Over the spear."
Lynn chuckled.
Well, too bad, Lion King. Whether you like it or not, she owns it now.
He kept reading the rest of her skill info, his expression growing a little odd.
Despite having "Anti-Demons" in the name, it can also be said it's anti-devils. Did his system hate the devils or what?
Another thing that really caught his eyewas that "Divine Core Collapse" effect under Devilization.
Anything with "divine" in the name was rarely simple.
Lynn copied Yukina's blessing info and handed it over to her.
She took it and carefully read through it.
Her gaze first landed on the "Master" section.
Yukina's expression turned complicated.
"Master, huh?"
"Sigh..."
She let out a tiny sigh and kept reading.
Seeing that long list of Skills, Yukina blinked in surprise.
Am I really that powerful?
But after a closer look, she kind of understood.
Seems like everything she'd ever learned had been encoded as skills now?
Plus, she'd gained that extra ability: [Anti-Demons Devil].
Control over the Snowdrift Wolf?
She tilted her head.
Wasn't Snowdrift Wolf already her weapon?
She instinctively leaned to the side and reached for her shoulder bag.
Totally forgetting her current naked state.
With nothing to hold it in place, her light-blue bra slipped off and hit the floor with a soft plop.
Her body froze up instantly, her outstretched hand stiff in midair.
Lynn's eyes twitched. His gaze naturally drifted over.
"Oh?"
"Well now, that's quite the surprise."
He let out a soft tsk tsk.
Yukina: "!!!"
She yanked her hand back like she'd been burned and crossed her arms over her chest, her whole body burning with embarrassment!
H-He saw everything!!
Uuuuuu!!
Yukina whimpered internally, her amber eyes welling up with tears.
Shiina Mahiru and the others exchanged some awkward glances.
"Why does Lynn always manage to stumble into weird lucky moments like this?" Mahiru muttered under her breath.
"Mhm!" Utaha and the others all nodded in agreement.
Lynn's lips curved up in amusement.
All he could say wasthank goodness for the Luck of the [Four-Soul Devil]. Truly a man's best friend.
Yukina's brain had basically crashed. Her eyes went blank.
Lynn crouched down and picked up the light-blue bra, casually waving it in front of her face.
Yukina's eyes focused again. Her vision returned bit by bit, pupils tracking the little thing as it swayed left and right.
Lynn stared at her like she was a curious little kitten.
The Lion King Organization really did hand him a pretty good little "gift."
After a long silence
Lynn finally asked, "You don't want it back?"
That snapped Yukina out of it. She blushed hard, turning red in a flash.
Her eyes trembled as she stared at what Lynn was holdingand lunged to snatch it.
But halfway through the motion, she froze again, realizing there might be a trap if she reached out to grab her own bra from his hands.
Lynn saw her struggle and chuckled. "Go ahead, take it."
She finally relaxed a little. Carefully, she took it from him.
Lowering her head, she started putting it back on but
She peeked upLynn didn't even bother turning away.
Whatever!
He'd already seen everything anywayMight as well commit!
With a bold push from her heart, she gave Lynn an unfiltered, front-row viewand threw on her bra at record-breaking speed!
A few seconds later
Finally dressed again, Yukina let out a huge sigh of relief. The familiar sense of safety returned.
Marin Kitagawa squatted next to her. "You were so cute just now!"
She hadn't expected the usually calm and collected Himeragi Yukina to show so many emotions and movements in just a few minutes.
She'd make a perfect cosplayer!
"..."
"Cute?!"
Yukina's eyebrow twitched as she clenched her teeth.
You call that cute?!
She was dying of embarrassment!
Yukina bit her lip, sneaking a glance at Lynn.
Yeah, she could only complain silently in her head.
It's all her master's fault! And Sayaka's!!
Whywhy did they have to go mess with this Devil in the first place?!
More importantlywhy her?! Why was she the one stuck cleaning up this mess?!
Only now did Yukina really realize that she'd been so desperate to save her friend, she hadn't thought too hard when her master talked her into this.
But thinking about it now
Shouldn't someone higher-up from the Lion King Organization have come instead?!
She was just a poor, helpless, and pitiful trainee, damn it!!
She screamed internally.
What she didn't know was that the higher-ups didn't dare show their faces in front of Lynn either!
All they could do was send her in with some backhanded tactics.
Yukina grumbled in her heart, vowing to go back to the Organization tonight and demand some answers. But for now, she turned her focus back to the Snowdrift Wolf.
Anything to distract herself from what just happened.
She crouched down and opened her bag.
With a metallic shing, a silver-glowing spear came into view.
"?"
Seeing her pull out that spear, Mahiru and the others paused for a second, exchanging another glance.
Yepthese newcomers definitely weren't normal.
"Whoa?"
Marin blinked in curiosity. "Yukina-san, are you into cosplay too?"
Yukina: "..."
She didn't even know how to respond to that.
Forget it.
Sure, why not.
She reached out and placed her hand on the Snowdrift Wolf.
This time, it felt different.
Before, it was just a weapon to herbut now She could faintly feel that weird disconnect was gone.
She remembered asking her master about it once, but she'd only smiled mysteriously and said nothing.
But now That wall was gone.
She thought back to [Anti-Demons Devil]'s first effect: "Gain Control over the Snowdrift Wolf."
So
Did that meanonly now was she truly its rightful owner?
Still unsure, she rested her hand on the spear's shaft.
Buzz!
The moment she touched it, the Snowdrift Wolf started to vibrate violently!
Thensuddenly!
It shot up into the airzooming straight toward Lynn.
Clack!
Lynn calmly raised a hand and caught it midair.
Yukina: "???"
I'm the one who gained control over it. Right? R-Right??
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Return the World To Zero (Bonus)
Shuchiin Academy old school building The Supernatural Research Club.
Himeragi Yukina stiffly turned her head toward the spear in Lynn's handSnowdrift Wolf.
WaitWasn't she supposed to be the one who gained ownership of this Demon-Purging Assault Spear?
Why the hell did it just zip off into someone else's hand like that?
Lynn weighed the Snowdrift Wolf in his hand, a spark of curiosity lighting up in his eyes.
This spear definitely isn't as simple as it looks.
And what's more
He hadn't done anythingyet the Snowdrift Wolf flew straight into his hand on its own.
Does it have a will of its own?
Narrowing his eyes, Lynn poured some of his magic into the weapon.
Bzzzt!
In an instant, the [Divine Core Vibration] engraved on the spear activated!
Wisps of white mist spiraled around it, and the spear trembled uncontrollably with a soft, excited humlike it was cheering!
Yukina's eyes widened.
Snowdrift Wolf was being usedby someone else!
And it actually looked happier than when she was wielding it!?
The spear had never reacted like this when she used it!
Yukina puffed up her cheeks a little, clearly feeling a bit sour about it.
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Lynn, still squinting, watched the humming Snowdrift Wolf and murmured, "Not enough yet"
There was morea lot morehidden deep within this weapon.
With a thought, he pushed even more magic into it.
Next secondBZZZT!!
The trembling stopped, and suddenly, radiant streams of seven-colored light exploded from the weapon's body.
Lynn's eyes flashed as a wave of information surged into his mind.
"Return the world to zero"
He muttered the phrase under his breath, eyes gleaming.
So thisThis is the true ability of the Mechanical Demon-Purging Assault Spear Mark 7?
That line"Return the world to zero"basically meant erasing everything born from magic.
In other words, a fantasy version of Imagine Breaker from Strike the Blood?
Lynn clicked his tongue.
The Lion King Organization managed to research something this ridiculous? No way.
If they were really capable of making stuff like this, humanity would've been ruling the supernatural world by now!
Judging from the information passed to him through the Snowdrift Wolf, Lynn realized the spear's real origin wasn't something the Lion King Organization cooked up.
It was actually a relic from an ancient raceOne of the three great Holy Spearsthe Anti-Magic Holy Spear.
That's where the "Return the world to zero" power actually came from.
Lynn rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "In this world where so many universes had been mashed together, it's normal for the story to change I guess?"
He then glanced at his personal system panel. The [Devil's Contract] showed that the "Invasion Progress of the Main World" had gone up again.
Especially right after he made Himeragi Yukina his follower.
Was it because she's tied to the Strike the Blood universe?
He had a rough idea forming.
To complete the invasion of the Main World, maybe he'd need to fully clear out every connected world.
But for now he wasn't in a rush to invade the main one just yet.
Lynn turned his focus back to Snowdrift Wolf. He was itching to try out that "Return the world to zero" ability.
"Mahiru, shoot at me."
"Eh?"
Shiina Mahiru blinked, confused, but didn't hesitate. She whipped out her Flame Gun and infused it with light-element magic.
Bang!
A bright shot of light magic flew toward Lynn.
Raising his hand, Lynn didn't use any of his own powersjust tapped the bullet with the tip of the Snowdrift Wolf.
BZZT
The spear flashed, and the bullet vanished like it had been erased from existence.
"???"
