"My Lord, Lord Takumi!"
Gabriel arrived and immediately bowed to everyone.
Seeing Gabriel had arrived, Via spoke out,
"Gabriel, listen to my command!"
Hearing this, Gabriel immediately stood at attention, her expression grave.
"From this day forward, you will be assigned to Mr. Takumi's divine kingdom. Once there, you will serve Mr. Takumi as your lord. Everything he commands will be your absolute order. You must serve him as loyally as you have served me. He will become your new master!"
Via delivered her final command to Gabriel with the utmost seriousness. At the same time, a powerful surge of energy emanated from her and poured into Gabriel, causing Gabriel's own power to surge to an entirely new levelsurpassing even what she had before. As a result, Via herself appeared visibly weakened.
Sensing her own changes, Gabriel was both shocked and deeply concerned.
"Lord!!"
Had her Lord given her a portion of her own power? Even though she hadn't fully recovered, she was now giving away so much of her strength to boost Gabriel. This would make her even weaker.
"It's fine. This is the last help I can offer you."
Via shook her head and gestured for Gabriel not to say any more.
Hearing this, Gabriel opened her mouth but didn't know what else to say.
Via then turned her gaze toward Takumi.
"Mr. Takumi, please take them with you."
Takumi nodded. His gaze shifted to Gabriel and her angels.
"Don't worry, you can always return if you want. And your Lord will come visit my place in the future, so there's nothing to worry about."
Though the angels felt some sadness about leaving with Takumi, hearing this made them feel a little more at ease. If Takumi could travel freely between worlds, there was really nothing to worry about.
Gabriel nodded toward Takumi.
Seeing this, Takumi immediately opened up his imaginary space and looked at Gabriel and her angels.
"Please go inside for now. Stay there for a while; I still have some things to take care of before we leave."
Hearing this, Gabriel and the angels all entered Takumi's imaginary space in succession.
Inside Takumi's imaginary space, apart from various battleships and robots, there wasn't much else. Takumi's collection of Sacred Gear and similar items were kept in a different area. The place where Gabriel and the others stayed was a huge platform, with some places for them to rest as well. All they had to do was wait there for a while, and when Takumi opened the space again, they would have already arrived in his world.
After securing Gabriel and the angels, Takumi turned to Via.
"Well then, I'll take my leave. Next, I'm going to beat up Great Red!"
At these words, the corners of Takumi's mouth turned up in a faint smile.
Hearing this, Ophis's eyes shone with excitement.
"Go get him!!"
She could hardly wait any longer.
Via, meanwhile, looked on with a strange expression.
They really were going to fight Great Red. She glanced at Ophisdeciding it was best not to get involved with whatever these two dragons were up to.
"May victory be yours in battle! This is where we part ways. If anything urgent comes up, I'll contact that young girl..."
With all arrangements made, Via knew who to look for if she ever needed to find Takumi again.
Having finished his business, Takumi bid Via farewell.
After Takumi and Ophis had left, Via finally returned to the highest level to continue recovering her own strength. Takumi had already dealt with the greatest threat to this world, but the other pantheons would not be so easily dealt with. Now that Gabriel had left, Heaven's power was further diminished. She needed to recover quickly, or other gods with ill intent might get ideas if they learned of this situation. She had to be prepared.
The fastest way to recover was, of course, by gathering faith. As a result, many people in this world started witnessing miracles from time to time, causing more and more people to flock to the churches to praybecause the gods truly existed!
But none of this had anything to do with Takumi anymore.
...
This time, Takumi and Ophis went directly to the Dimensional Gap. Once there, Ophis grabbed onto the hem of Takumi's clothes, feeling nervous. As she looked around, there was both a sense of expectation and a hint of dissatisfaction in her eyesafter all, it was Great Red who had chased her away. No matter what, today she was going to give that guy a beating. Even though she wouldn't be coming back here anymore, there were some things that just had to be done.
Great Red seemed to have sensed Ophis's presence and immediately charged over. In the void, the crimson dragon approached rapidly. When she saw that red color, Ophis's aura became agitated.
Seeing this, Takumi put his hand on Ophis's forehead.
"Leave it to me."
Hearing this, Ophis nodded and calmed down, grabbing Takumi's hand instead, but her eyes never left Great Red.
Before long, Great Red rushed up. Before he could even greet Ophis
Takumi immediately raised his hand and gave Great Red a massive slap.
As his hand came down, space collapsed. Dimensional fluctuations began to erupt and swell throughout the rift.
Chapter 92: The Path of Flesh and Pain, The Lament of Mechanical Ascension
At that moment, Great Red was completely baffled.
What the hell was going on?
He had just arrived and was immediately slapped in the face?
The violent spatial shock made his expression change drastically. He frantically tried to resist with his own power. However, in the face of absolute strength, Great Red couldn't do a thing.
Takumi's control over space was simply unmatched. With the authority of the Herrscher of the Void, unless his opponent was equally skilled with space or far stronger, no one could be his equal.
Boom!!
The terrifying spatial tremors echoed throughout the dimensional gap. Such fluctuations immediately drew the attention of many gods. In an instant, many divine eyes turned toward the commotion. The stronger gods could clearly see what was happening over there.
Especially in the underworld. Sirzechs and the other Demon Kings stood there, dumbfounded, watching as Takumi mercilessly beat up Great Red in the void.
Yes, it was a one-sided beating. Both Takumi and Ophis joined in. Under Takumi's control, Great Red couldn't fight back at all. In the end, Takumi was the only one landing blows.
Witnessing this, Ophis could no longer hold back either, and directly transformed into a pitch-black dragon, joining the assault.
"Damn it!! Who are you!?"
At this point, Great Red was furious and humiliated. He had never suffered like this before.
"Who I am doesn't matter. What's important is that today, I'm here to help Ophis give you the beating you deserve! For driving Ophis away. For making her wander and be deceived."
After locking Great Red in place with a spatial seal, Takumi relentlessly pounded him. Ophis tore at Great Red's wings with claws and fangs, venting all her pent-up anger.
This continued for nearly half an hour before Takumi finally stopped. Great Red was left battered, scales missing from his bodymostly because Takumi had collected them. After all, Great Red's scales were precious. Studying and replicating them to forge sacred artifacts would be more than worthwhile.
Once Ophis had vented all her anger, Takumi finally released Great Red.
Freed, Great Red hurriedly distanced himself from Takumi and Ophis, glaring furiously at both, though his gaze lingered mostly on Takumi.
"You're not from this world! Who are you, really!?"
Great Red's expression was grim. The man before him was simply terrifyinghe had been utterly powerless in his presence. That strength, that maliceif Takumi ever unleashed his power upon this world, it would be an utter catastrophe.
When had someone like this entered their worldand how did he not know?
"That's none of your business! Hmph!"
Before Takumi could answer, Ophis cut in, clearly annoyed.
Hearing Ophis, Great Red frowned, shooting her a sharp look. Was she the one who brought this enemy?
"Feeling better? Want to go another round?"
Takumi didn't answer Great Red, but instead smiled at Ophis.
At those words, Great Red nearly lost it. They wanted to beat him again? What the hell!
For a moment, he had the urge to run.
"No, that's enough."
Ophis shook her head and stared intently at Great Red. The two dragons locked eyes for a moment. Finally, Ophis spoke again.
"I'm leaving this world. From now on, it's yours."
She turned to Takumi. With her anger spent, she was ready to go and had no intention of staying to chat with Great Red.
Hearing this, Great Red was stunned. Before he could reply, Takumi ushered Ophis into his imaginary space. In the end, only Takumi and Great Red remained.
Great Red glared at Takumi, then said in a low voice,
"Who are you really? What is your purpose here?"
Takumi shrugged.
"I'm just a passerby. Now, I'm leaving. Of course, I've made a few deals with people in your world. I'm here to resolve the issue on the exe side. You should be grateful. Well then, Great Red, protect this world well."
Takumi didn't explain any further. With that, he vanished on the spot. He really had no particular interest in Great Red.
Watching Takumi disappear, Great Red frowned deeply. That guy And Ophis had left with him? Great Red glanced toward the inner world of DxD, then looked up at Heaven.
"Has the God of the Bible been revived?"
Sensing that presence, Great Red pondered for a moment, then turned into a streak of red light and flew into the world. Usually, he patrolled the outer edges and cared little for internal affairs, but when he sensed Ophis in the dimensional gap, he had come backonly to be beaten up.
Since when had Ophis started associating with such a terrifying being from another world?
In any case, Great Red knew he had to find out. Having such a dangerous existence arrive in their world was nothing short of disastrous.
First things first: figure out what's going on.
But the dull ache from his body made him more than a little annoyed. He'd never suffered such a loss before, and Ophis had bitten him all over! He knew Ophis held a grudge, but not that it was so deep. He was thoroughly exasperatedwhy must dragons turn on each other?
...
Takumi, on the other hand, had no idea what Great Red was up to afterward. He was now heading for the exe world. After finding the spatial node leading there, he crossed over.
Upon arriving in the exe world, Takumi concealed himself completely. He didn't immediately move to sever the link between worlds; instead, he began quietly hacking into this world's networks.
The planet where the exe world resided was nothing but a fully industrialized city. There were no buildings as such, just massive factoriesentirely dedicated to soldier production. No doubt, this was a civilization of machines.
From the information in Dulumado and Lugatim's databases, Takumi learned: this civilization had forsaken flesh, transcending into machines.
A path of fleshly torment and mechanical ascension
That was the road they had chosen.
Chapter 93: This Is the Kami Who Holds the OP!
After mechanical ascension, they were essentially immortal.
Within their world, all of them had their data backed up. Even if they truly died, they would simply be recreated in their own world. The only thing lost was their physical body. With enough materials, they could even build stronger forms.
Honestly, this complete abandonment of the body, transforming into mechanical lifeformsTakumi had no desire for it at all. Giving up the flesh meant losing much of life's joy. That wasn't what Takumi wanted.
Takumi began to hack into the core of this world. It was a huge weakness of the mechanical beings. If someone with the right skill targeted them, their entire civilization could be wiped out.
Without a sound, Takumi infiltrated the world's corethe main server that housed the origin of all mechanical life. Once inside, he finally understood.
"So, this planet itself is one massive server? Not a bad idea!"
A flood of information rushed to Takumi, and he quickly pieced together the situation.
The world beneath him was a colossal server, with processing power beyond imagination. To truly defeat the robots here, you'd have to destroy the entire world. Otherwise, they'd keep comingan endless supply of undying soldiers. In fact, the more they fought, the stronger they would get. Combat experience and even magic could be shared as data. If one learned something, everyone did.
Takumi even found data from other worlds in the database. There were quite a few worlds the exe had invaded. Takumi licked his lips at the thoughta major haul. Excellent, it was all his now!
And this gave Takumi an idea. When he got home, he'd turn the moon into a giant server, controlling the entire network of his world. Yes, that was settled.
He wouldn't personally abandon the flesh for mechanical ascension, but it was fine for others if they wanted it. From the very beginning, Takumi had made up his mind about his civilization's direction: to gather the strengths of all, letting the culture evolve freely. Anything beneficial would be put to usecursed children, magical girl armor, everything. More and more people would come in the future.
He quickly absorbed all the information from this world and started to act. His figure appeared in the sky above this world.
The moment Takumi appeared, the planet detected him. In an instant, countless cannons and robots locked onto him.
Takumi just chuckled. The next moment, a terrifying aura exploded from his body. Instantly, alarms blared across the entire planet
Beep beep beep beep...
The reaction readings sent countless mechanical lifeforms into data chaostheir minds went blank. Before they could do anything, Takumi forced them to shut down.
Reigarzeva and Melvazoathe two evil gods who controlled all mechanical lifecrashed immediately.
When Takumi appeared, Melvazoa instantly sensed danger and tried to prepare his sorcerers for an escape. Melvazoa possessed immortality and the power to manipulate the concept of "existence." He could interfere with his own parallel selves and even control time.
At this moment, he made his move, frantically maximizing the world's computational power to find even a sliver of hope. But no matter how he calculated, it was useless. Once Takumi took control of the planet's server, he noticed everything.
"Impressive power but this is where it ends. Manipulate time? I can do that too."
