He forcibly summoned Cao Cao's Sacred Gear.
Cao Cao's expression twisted.
"Damn it!!"
The others were stunned.
His Sacred Gearripped away in an instant?
"Quiet."
Takumi cast a cold glance their way.
A terrifying aura crushed the group.
They froze.
Even if they wanted to speak, no sound came out.
Takumi ignored them.
He methodically extracted each of their Sacred Gears.
They were like dolls under his control.
Michael and the other angels were stunned.
He had mastered that power?
Michael knew of itbut not even angels had managed to replicate it.
Takumi had only just accessed the archives. And already?
Gabriel was even more shocked.
She'd been with him the whole time. When had he learned this?
Sure, the robots had scanned the knowledgebut this fast?
Unbelievable.
Takumi paid no mind to their astonishment.
He began analyzing the Sacred Gears.
The Hero Faction had been completely captured.
Cao Cao's Twilight Holy Spear.
Siegfried's many weapons.
Heracles' Giant's Play.
Jeanne's Sacred Sword Creation.
Georg's Mist of Extinction.
Leonardo's Beast Creation.
One by one, Takumi analyzed and catalogued them.
Then, he returned them.
All except the Twilight Holy Spear.
They stared in disbelief.
Only Cao Cao scowledhis spear wasn't returned.
Instead, it remained in Takumi's hand.
"Relax. I don't want your spear."
"I can copy it now."
Seeing his sour expression, Takumi smiled.
He really was a nice guy.
Chapter 79: QuickTrick Ophis!
Don't panic?
Panic was exactly what they were doing.
The Hero Faction members were practically trembling.
Who was this man?
Why was he so powerful?
Their Sacred Gears were utterly useless against him.
He could effortlessly control their Sacred Gears.
His presence felt even more terrifying than Ophis herself.
What kind of monster had appeared?
Was he the God of the Bible?
Takumi, of course, had no idea what they were thinking. And even if he did, he couldn't be bothered.
If he wanted, the power of the Herrscher of Knowledge could reveal all their thoughts in an instant.
But he kept that ability turned off. Constantly hearing everyone's thoughts? That would be far too annoying.
As long as someone was weaker than him, they had no resistance to that power.
Takumi held the Twilight Holy Spear and was about to begin his next move.
But then
Alarms blared across Heaven.
Takumi blinked.
Michael and the angels instantly went into battle mode.
A tear opened in the void.
A petite figure emerged.
Expressionless face. Jet-black long hair. A small frame.
Her presence exuded an overwhelming force, an endless sense of pressure.
The moment she appeared, every angel froze in fear.
"Ophis!!"
Michael's expression turned grim.
It was the Infinite Dragon GodOphis.
"They are mine. Return them."
Ophis looked down at the angels and pointed at Cao Cao's group.
Seeing her, Cao Cao finally let out a breath of relief.
"So cute... Want to come with me?"
While Ophis was focused on Michael, Takumi had somehow appeared right beside her.
Still holding the Twilight Holy Spear in his left hand, his right hand gently rested atop her head.
Ophis didn't even react at first.
When she did, she made no move to resist. Instead, her eyes lit up.
She turned to look at Takumi, examining him closely.
"You... you're not from this world."
She immediately saw through him.
She hadn't noticed before, but now she understoodhe was immensely powerful.
Still, she wasn't alarmed.
In fact, she was thrilled.
If Takumi could help her, maybe he could drive away Great Red.
Then she could return to the Dimensional Gap.
As for the people below?
Who were they again?
She didn't care.
"I'm indeed not from this world. Name's Takumi. Nice to meet you, Ophis."
Takumi smiled warmly.
Ophis stared at him for a long moment, then asked:
"Can you restore my original peace?"
"If so, I'll do anything for you. Even give you my power."
All she could think about was enlisting this outsider to help her reclaim the Dimensional Gap.
Takumi blinked in disbelief.
"You're really blunt about this."
"We've just met, you know."
Now he understood her personality.
If you help her, you're a friend. Simple as that.
Smiling, Takumi took a photo and posted it to the group chat.
Takumi: [InfiniteMoeDragon.jpg]
The girls chatting about random topics froze.
The biggest reaction came from Akeno.
She was utterly confused.
Ophis had shown up?
Akeno: [Takumi-kun, what are you doing!?] [Why is Ophis here!?]
Kaguya: [So cute!!]
Sagiri: [Trick her now!!]
Chika: [This is badOphis is going to get tricked by Takumi!!]
Everyone in the group knew about the characters from High School DxD.
Naturally, Ophis was among them.
And now Takumi had met her?
Given her personality, she was definitely going to fall for Takumi's antics.
Takumi: [Can't deny itOphis is great.] [She came to save Cao Cao.] [But after seeing me, she abandoned them and asked me to take down Great Red.]
He explained what just happened.
The group fell silent.
Yeah, that was Ophis for you.
Akeno: [You already captured the Hero Faction!?] [That fast!?]
She was surprised.
Takumi had taken them down already? And now Ophis was here to retrieve them?
Takumi: [Yeah. Michael and the others helped.] [I just told them their Lord's will was inside the Twilight Holy Spear.]
That little detail had worked wonders.
Uriel and the others had delivered the Hero Faction in record time.
Top-tier efficiency.
Kaguya: [As expected of you!]
Zhongli: [If the angels learned their Lord still had a conscious will, they'd stop at nothing.] [Even if it meant war.]
Zhongli chimed in.
Angels were creations of their Lordcompletely loyal.
The disloyal had already fallen.
The rest were absolute zealots.
If someone told them their God still had a will, how could they remain calm?
If that will were in another pantheon's hands, the angels wouldn't hesitate to start a war.
Takumi: [Alright, enough chat.] [Time to deal with Ophis.] [Then I'll extract the God of the Bible's will and take a look.] [Sounds interesting.] [Later!]
With that, Takumi closed the chat.
Whatever the others discussed next, he didn't know.
Ophis was still staring at him.
She was deeply pondering his earlier words.
"Now we know each other. Whatever you want, I'll give it to you."
"Themyou can have them all."
"I don't want them anymore."
Finally, Ophis spoke.
She pointed to Cao Cao and the others.
They were Takumi's now.
Takumi burst out laughing.
"They're already under my control."
"So yeah, they're already mine."
Which was truethey were firmly in his grasp.
Chapter 80: Was This All Prepared From the Start?
Ophis was genuinely at a loss for words.
But Cao Cao and the others were far from pleased.
"Ophis!"
"What are you saying?!"
Cao Cao was furious.
She was supposed to rescue them, and instead, she turned her back on them?
He nearly coughed up blood from rage.
"You can stop talking now."
"There's no room for your voice here."
Takumi glanced coldly at him.
In an instant, Cao Cao froze like a puppet.
He could still thinkhis eyes betrayed his terrorbut he couldn't move a muscle.
Ophis was shocked by the display.
That brief flash of power it was terrifying.
It radiated an aura of destruction.
Was that his true strength?
The power of another world?
Ophis tilted her head but quickly lost interest.
She didn't care about the details.
Right now, all she wanted was Takumi's help.
"What do you want?"
If she couldn't offer Cao Cao and the others as payment, what else could she give?
What did Takumi want?
Takumi smiled warmly.
"Hmm... I want you."
"I can beat up Great Red for you, but afterward, you'll have to come with me to leave this world. How about it?"
He wasn't interested in anything else Ophis had to offer.
Her power? No need. She wasn't even stronger than him.
So the only reward she could give was herself.
"Leave this world?"
That was unexpected.
"Yes. To be honest, I don't think you should return to the Dimensional Gap."
"If I hadn't come to this world, it would have been invaded by another one."
"Great Red would've been sliced down in one blow."
Takumi looked at Ophis seriously.
He decided to just tell her what the future held.
Everyone around them was stunned.
Ophis tooher eyes flickered with unease.
Great Red would get taken out?
Even that absurdly powerful being?
"Take your time to think."
"If you're willing to leave this world with me, I'll help you beat up Great Red."
"Then you can go and kick it a few times yourself."
"For now, I've got other business to handle."
Takumi grinned.
He let her spiral into thought.
Ophis was clearly tempted.
She might be awkward, but she wasn't stupid.
She only wanted to reclaim the Dimensional Gap and the peace that came with it.
In other words, she just wanted to go back to being a shut-in.
Wandering in the Dimensional Gap and sleeping eternally.
But now Takumi told her it was dangerous.
That even Great Red would be defeated one day.
Even if she reclaimed the Gap, similar enemies might appear.
In that case, returning might be meaningless.
And yet she didn't want to give up.
So Takumi's proposal seemed viable?
Let him beat up Great Red.
Then she could stomp on it too.
Later, she'd leave with him?
She was seriously thinking it over.
Meanwhile, Takumi was already on the move.
The angels, seeing that Ophis and Takumi weren't fighting, breathed a collective sigh of relief.
A clash would've been disastrous.
Still Ophis was backing the Hero Faction?
Michael and the other Archangels were deeply confused.
Was there some hidden connection?
But Ophis' behavior just nowgiving them up to Takumi without hesitationmade them seem irrelevant.
She had discarded them like trash.
Now wasn't the time to dwell on it.
The angels turned their attention to the Holy Spear in Takumi's hand.
Takumi activated his authority.
From the Twilight Holy Spear, he extracted a sphere of divine light.
Cao Cao's eyes widened.
There was something like that inside it?
But he still couldn't speakonly watch helplessly.
As the angels felt that aura, tears welled up.
They dropped to one knee, overcome with emotion.
"Lord!!"
Their unified cry rang out.
And with that, the will inside the light awoke.
The consciousness of the God of the Bible stirred, sensing the environmentand the familiar presence of angels.
"This... is Heaven?"
The God of the Bible was stunned.
They never imagined returning here.
As their consciousness appeared, Heaven itself seemed to come alive.
Faith energy began to surge.
Heaven's system roared to life.
The gathered faith, instead of being stored passively, rushed into the divine will.
The presence grew stronger.
The consciousness began forming a humanoid figure.
Takumi rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
Come to think of itwasn't this whole system designed for this very moment?
The will had been sealed within the Holy Spear.
If Heaven fell but the Spear returned, then all the faith collected by the system would be channeled into reviving it.
In the anime, the God of the Bible had died?
But really, could a deity born of faith be killed so easily?
With millions of believers, could a god like that truly just perish?
It all seemed absurd.
Even the Heavenly Dragons were turned into Sacred Gearsthey didn't die completely.
The God of the Bible had sealed 666 and fought in the Great War, dying from exhaustion?
Highly suspicious.
Takumi never believed there was no backup plan.
Now, seeing this, he finally understood.
The angels below were in ecstatic tears as their Lord began to take shape.
Even Ophis, finally snapping out of her thoughts, showed visible emotion.
"Veya..."
The God of the Bible's name was Veya.
And she was a woman.
God was a girl.
WaitGod was a gorgeous older sister.
As she slowly materialized, Takumi saw her clearly.
A curvaceous figure rivaling Gabriel.
A divine, flawless face that radiated purity.
Just looking at her killed any impure thought.
She felt like someone to admire, not approach.
Was the title of Heaven's most beautiful woman about to change hands?
Takumi blinked in disbelief, staring at Veya.
Chapter 81: Why Couldnt I Be the One to Mold Her?!
The faith accumulated over countless years within Heaven's system surged into the God of the Bible's body.
From a mere flicker of will, she had fully returned to a humanoid form.
Her power had also recovered significantly.
It was as if the entire system had been designed specifically to restore her.
While she wasn't back to her peak, her strength had already reached the level of a transcendent being.
Takumi closely observed her transformation and the system's function.
"This is pretty interesting."
"Zhongli must have a fair amount of faith stored up too."
"Could we build a system in Teyvat to collect and store faith, and maybe even revive some lingering Archon consciousnesses in the future?"
Is this how gods who rely on faith operate?
They scramble for belief to avoid deathand to grow stronger.
Takumi had learned something new today.
"You've all worked hard over the years."
"Rise, all of you."
Feeling her strength returning, the God of the Bible turned to Michael and the other angels.
Her gaze was filled with remorse.
Her death had been too sudden.
There was no time to prepare anythingnot even to complete the system.
Otherwise, her consciousness wouldn't have been trapped in the Holy Spear.
If the system had been complete, she would have automatically returned to Heaven even after her fall.
No way a main god of a divine system would die so easily.
Just as Takumi suspected.
As long as belief persisted, the God of the Bible could never truly die.
Otherwise, why would the gods of various pantheons fight so desperately to gather faith?
There was always a reason.
