Chapter 73: Ch. 71 - The Great War! [8]
Another week has passed and by next week, the devils would invade the human world, bringing the war to human soil.
During this time, the Mystic Guardian's number has reached from five to fifteen, each having their own unique characteristics and weaponization.
If only I have gunsmith knowledge, I would've implemented hot weapons to the Mystic Guardians, bringing their power to the next level.
Too bad, I don't.
However, on the other hand, the Mystic Guardians no longer have weaknesses in magic, as I created a Magic Resistance runes to them.
Although the resistance is quite weak and almost non-existent however, it is better than nothing.
If I have more time, no doubt I would upgrade the both of Mystic Guardians' defenses and attack power.
Putting the Mystic Guardians aside, let's talk about other things, more specifically my strength.
No, I don't mean my class strength, I'm talking about my Sacred Gear, Chronos Requiem.
I trained the Longinus inside the Mirror Dimension, finding more of its uses such as being able to combine the power of the Mirror Dimension and Chronos Requiem.
If I forge a Mirror Dimension, I could use the power of Chronos Requiem, planting what I call Time Leylines in the dimension.
Once it is planted, I would be able to control the time inside the dimension.
If the Mirror Dimension only allows me to manipulate the space of the dimension, Chronos Requiem would let me control the power of time inside too.
In other words, I'm slowly inching towards being a literal God inside the Mirror Dimension.
Inside the Mirror Dimension, I can finally control its time flow, manipulating the ratio of the Mirror Dimension and the outside world.
For example, I could make it so a year would pass inside the Mirror Dimension but only a single second would pass on the outside world.
Of course, I can't exactly make it work on the whim, doing a 1 year : 1 second ratio would require intricate control and immense demonic energy to maintain both the Mirror Dimension and Time Flow.
To sum it all up, inside the Mirror Dimension, I'm almost unbeatable, I'm like Dormammu himself, almost like a God inside my own dimension.
Now, let's talk about my own strength.
Although I'm not yet an Ultimate-class devil, I feel like I'm nearing one and besides, like I said previously, I could stand toe to toe with one despite being only a High-class devil.
I'm talking about my techniques and strength.
As a fast learner, I was able to successfully reduce the amount of Demonic Energy it consumes when casting spells.
Speaking of spells, I'm referring to the Demonic Spells, the ones that require magic circles to cast.
You see, I have four sets of different magic systems that I can use.
First is my Mystic Spells, ones that doesn't require magic circles and can be cast instantly in exchange for having to manually form them by weaving my hands.
Second is the Demonic Spells, ones that require no hand gestures in exchange for a magic circle.
Third is the Elemental Spells, the magic system that I learned from the Norse Elves. It mostly included spells that is related to manipulating nature.
Last but not the least, Merlin's Magic system, through the use of the Dragon Ring, I'm able to manipulate the material world with the help of my scientifical knowledge such as creating fire by imagining how fires can be made using wood and friction or picking a lock by imagining how locks can be picked using picking tools.
As for the creation of life, even now, I'm still confused how Merlin was able to do such a thing and even have others learn how to do one by only wearing a fucking magic ring.
I'll admit, in terms of magic, Merlin is way above than me and even the Ancient One herself despite not seeing what she's fully capable. Heck, I'll bet my left ball that the Merlin in Marvel Universe is stronger than the Ancient One.
Aside from the magic spells, I created quite a few useful techniques thanks to my prodigious talent.
The first technique I made was inspired from the famous Dragon Ball, the Kaio-Ken, my triggering the Demonic Energy inside me and letting it go wild, I was able to enhance my physical capabilities either tenfold or twentyfold, depending on how much Demonic Energy I want to burn.
Obviously, this technique has its downsides, not only it consumes too much Demonic Energy, but it also leaves my body in a vulnerable state, like a small nerf of halving my physical strength once the Kaoi-Ken turns off, its a bummer for sure but the advantages far outweighs the opposite.
Unfortunately, this technique can only be used as some sort of last resort, not recommended to use at the start or middle of a battle.
The second technique i created and even mastered is related to my Chronos Requiem which I will call Time Echo, it is basically a watered-down version of the Loop ability of the Sacred Gear, just in case you forgot, Loop is an innate sacred gear ability that allows me to create a checkpoint in reality, allowing me to respawn upon death.
The Time Echo on the other hand is not only single use but also weaker, the only advantage it has compared to the Loop is the consumption of Demonic Energy whereas Loop's consumption doubles for every death, the Time Echo only consumes less the amount as the Loop's initial consumption.
In other words, if Loop consumes ten points of Demonic Energy, Time Echo consumes half of that.
Time Echo is basically a technique that can be cast instantly and instead of having the condition of death to activate like the Loop, Time Echo only activates once an attack hit me, whether it is a punch or a simple Demonic Bullet to a literal Nuclear Bomb, it would immediately activate and bring my status back to the way it was before during the time the technique was casted.
It's a bit complicate but just think of it as having a literal second chance in life.
Unlike the Kaio-Ken, this technique only has the downside of a cool down, so I can't just spam this shit.
Now, the last technique I developed was still unfinished but once it does, it would bring my overall strength to great heights.
It's a seal technique and not just any sealing technique, it's the same technique that God used on Lucifer, sealing his angelic bloodline and turning him into a devil.
Basically, this last technique, which I will call as Eternal Binding Seal or EBS for short, it's a technique that I took inspiration from an anime called Naruto, by touching someone's body, I would be able to block the person's bloodline, temporarily removing their access to their bloodline's passive and active abilities, let's say for example, a bloodline that can give the person ten times the strength of a normal human, using EBS on that person would cause him to lose that strength and weaken him greatly.
It's a very powerful technique, too bad it is unfinished.
It was only thanks to one of Merlin's diaries that I found hidden in the Library that I even managed to get this far. Basically, in Merlin's diary, he took inspiration from the Heaven's system when he worked at it along with God. In the Heaven's system, he found out that the system has the capability to create angels and also strip them of their angelic powers like what happened to Lucifer and to the future angels that followed his path.
I'm going to admit it, I'm not even close to half finishing this technique and I doubt I would be able to complete it before the Great War, so I could only work on this as a hobby and not fully focus on finishing it.
That sums up to my entire strength during this hectic week, currently, I just got off from a meeting with the members of the Anti-Satan faction where Zekram told me and the four future heirs such as Serafall, Ajuka, Sirzechs and Falbium to hold back our strengths during the Great War and don't stand out, emphasizing that our roles during the Civil War that will arise after the Great War will be very important.
Although I agree with him, however, I have long decided to cut off my ties with Zekram after the Great War, the guy is too cunning and I'm afraid that the longer I stay with him, the more I'll lose myself and unknowingly dance on top of his palm.
It would be better off without him after this. After all, we both know we're just using each other at this point, so it's pretty normal for me to distance myself once our use on each other is finished.
Putting that aside, I was secretly called by Serafall to meet up with her in Ajuka's research lab.
Now, I don't know the reason behind it but seeing her serious look made me agree quick.
A single portal later, I am now standing in the middle of Ajuka's lab whereas the alarms quickly went off as soon as I stepped in.
WEEEEEEWOOOOO!!
"Oh, it's just you....Dammit, I should find a way to block that portal of yours, it's way more powerful than teleportation spells." Ajuka immediately greeted me with a slight annoyance in his tone, treating me as if I'm the second coming of Serafall in his mundane life.
"My apologies, it's just that I don't know the exact location of your lab so I resorted to simply conjuring a portal to the place that I can recall." I apologized before continuing, changing the topic.
"Anyways, it was Serafall who told me to meet up with her in your lab, any ideas?" As soon as I brought up this subject, I saw his eyes grew slightly wary as he whispered loud enough for only me to hear.
"It's a bit complicated, come with me." With that being said, he turned around to leave, gesturing for me to follow him.
And follow him I did.
We arrived in some kind of room where I quickly saw other three figures inside.
Serafall, who was manipulating an ice snake to fly around her.
Falbium, who was sleeping on the couch.
And finally, Sirzechs, the man was simply reading a book about business and stuff, seriously, this guy has been doing nothing but business.
"We're all finally here!" Serafall was the first one to notice me as she launched and engulfed me in a hug.
Sniffing on her ocean like scent, I smiled warmly. Yeah, I definitely miss this girl.
Sirzechs placed down a book mark on his book and closed it before nudging Falbium to wake him up.
It took him a while before Falbium finally opened his eyes with a yawn.
"Alright, let's start the meeting." It was Ajuka who initiated.
Interesting, I wonder why we're gathering up and having a secret meeting.
"I believe that we all have the same interests here, am I right?" Ajuka's question earned a few nods of heads except for me.
"I'm sorry but can someone please fill me in on the meeting? Why am I even here?" I raised my hand like a good student before asking.
"You mean, Serafall didn't tell you?" Ajuka stared at me with weird eyes before casting a glare to Serafall who was whistling while looking anywhere but Ajuka.
Ajuka simply sighed at this and turned back to me as he finally revealed.
"We think that Zekram is being too ambitious and if not controlled, he might be planning to replace the Four Satans and rule the entire Underworld by himself. Don't forget, greed is part of our personality whether we like it or not."
As soon as he finished his words, a grin was already plastered on my face.
Well well well, would you look at that, I guess I'm not the only one whose growing suspicious of you, Zekram.
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