"Ryuga-sama, are you finished with your work?"
The young Flügel bounced over, her face wearing a pure and lovely smile.
Behind her, gods and demons lay scattered across the field, golden divine blood staining the earth.
The task Ryuga had given her was not to be disturbed, and Jibril had indeed completed this task, just in a somewhat special way.
Killing all the angels and demons meant no one could disturb him, right?
"Mm, you've worked hard."
Ryuga nodded, feeling divine cores flowing into his body one after another.
Although [Sword of Original Sin] was temporarily ineffective against Original Divine Cores, it was still effective against ordinary divine cores. The divine cores of all these angels and demons that Jibril had killed were transferred to Ryuga's body.
Including the angelic legion and demon legion, Ryuga had gained dozens more divine cores in one go.
Now, the total number of authorities Ryuga possessed had long since broken a hundred.
Even if they weren't Original Divine Cores, these ordinary divine cores were still quite decent power.
Of course, if he could master these Original Divine Cores as well, that would naturally be even better.
Looking at the Original Divine Core materials scattered across the battlefield, Ryuga suddenly asked.
"Jibril, you mentioned before that in your world, there's a species called Ex-Machina, right?"
"That's right! Is Master interested in those scrap metals?"
Jibril blinked, somewhat puzzled.
"Those scrap metals have nothing special except for their relatively strong calculation and learning abilities! Although their heads are quite rare, Azriel ordered us not to engage in combat with Ex-Machina, or our combat skills would be stolen!"
Speaking of this, Jibril showed an expression half disdainful, half eager to try.
She was personally very interested in Ex-Machina but also wary of their terrifying learning ability, having never fought with Ex-Machina before.
After all, Ex-Machina's learning ability was strong enough that any tactics or weapons couldn't be effective a second time, and they could even analyze and reproduce the Dragon King's roar, a life-risking technique.
If they rashly engaged, the Flügel's Heaven's Strike would definitely be learned.
Besides this, all Ex-Machina thinking could be merged through their full-connection collective, which meant declaring war on one Ex-Machina was equivalent to declaring war on the entire Ex-Machina race.
Even the Flügel were unwilling to touch this kind of time bomb that would become completely irreconcilable once hostile and would stake the fate of entire races.
However, Ryuga didn't have such concerns.
"Good computational power? That one point is enough."
With Ryuga's understanding, if he could have Ex-Machina's computational network to assist with calculations, the Original Divine Cores before him wouldn't be a problem—they could be completely digested within a few hours, or even tens of minutes.
And once he mastered all these Original Divine Cores within himself, Ryuga could be called a walking human mythology.
"Oh? Does Ryuga-sama mean to go to my side?"
Realizing this, Jibril suddenly became excited.
"That's great... but wait, does Ryuga-sama have confidence in defeating Artosh-sama now? Although I don't recommend you contact Artosh-sama from the start, with your power, Artosh-sama might actively make a move."
Thinking of the possibility of conflict between the two, Jibril's tone became slightly worried.
Defeating Artosh was her duty, and Jibril wasn't resistant to this point.
What she worried about was whether meeting too early might injure Ryuga?
After bribing Tohsaka Rin and others with sincerity, Jibril learned that the time Ryuga had spent becoming strong to this degree was surprisingly short.
If so, shouldn't they wait until Ryuga was stronger to ensure safety?
After all, the war god Artosh was definitely not something that could be measured by common sense.
Hearing Jibril's concern, Ryuga shook his head unconcernedly.
"No need to worry. Gods with overly simple divine cores are hard to be my opponents, even the strongest war god is the same."
For Ryuga, who had mastered divine cores to such a degree, gods were the easiest enemies to deal with.
"That's good!"
Jibril immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then when do you plan to go? I can go back and invite you anytime!"
"No rush, let's first see Athena's situation."
Ryuga shook his head, looking at the battlefield littered with corpses before him.
If not dealt with, before long the stellar particle structure of these Original Divine Cores would collapse and completely return to mythology, and then there would be no way to absorb them.
"Before that, I need to preserve the materials."
"Preserve materials?"
Jibril tilted her head, not quite understanding Ryuga's meaning.
Ryuga had no intention of explaining. He directly extended his right hand and mobilized the power within his body.
The Original Divine Core located inside Ryuga's astral body began to vibrate, and thread-like stellar particles were born from Ryuga's hand, finally forming a dice-like golden regular heptahedron.
Jibril sensed the aura of divine cores from it.
Before long, the golden regular heptahedron was completely finished.
Even after Ryuga withdrew his hand, its stable structure continuously absorbed the surrounding power and began autonomous action.
Large amounts of energy formed divine power under the divine core's influence, and the unique divine power circulation pattern formed a unique structure.
Under the shroud of golden light, pure energy constructed a flame-colored form, finally creating an extremely familiar figure.
It was clearly the Prince of Light Michael who had just been killed by Jibril!
"Master... are you creating gods with your bare hands?"
Seeing this scene, Jibril was stunned.
She had tried her best to understand Ryuga's power, yet found she still couldn't comprehend it.
What kind of existence could casually create gods?
Could it be that the current Ryuga-sama had already transcended gods?
"It's just basic application of Original Divine Cores."
Ryuga shook his head, not thinking much of it.
As mentioned before, Original Divine Cores were equivalent to templates for divine cores. As long as there was sufficient energy, let alone one Michael, even ten could be created.
Of course, currently the only one Ryuga could create was Michael.
"...This is considered basic application?"
Jibril's mouth twitched, then suddenly remembering something, she asked puzzled.
"Speaking of which, why did Ryuga-sama create an enemy?"
"No, he shouldn't be an enemy anymore."
Ryuga shook his head.
Jibril was startled and immediately looked at Michael in surprise.
At this time, Michael had just opened his eyes. Surprisingly, he really didn't scold Jibril as a heretical angel like before, nor did he view Ryuga as a God Slayer.
On the contrary, he immediately knelt before Ryuga, his pupils filled with fanatical faith.
"Lord! You have finally descended to this mortal world, finally appeared before your servant! The Day of Judgment will surely come, and this world will surely receive salvation from your hands!"
"Ah?"
Seeing his fanatical appearance, Jibril was somewhat dumbfounded.
Are you stealing my character positioning?
No wait!
"Master, he seems to have mistaken you for someone else?"
She keenly realized this point.
"Probably took me for the Biblical God! After all, though I am his creator, I didn't rewrite the mythology he represents, so his thoughts remain the same as before."
Ryuga was slightly surprised but quickly analyzed the true situation.
As a protective deity of Christianity, bound by his divine core, Michael couldn't abandon his faith just because he was created by Ryuga.
The Bible says clearly—I come not to bring peace to the world, but to bring the sword to the earth.
In Christian theory, faith transcends everything, naturally including relationships like parents, friends, and country.
Even if it were one's father, if he were a heretic, he would be an enemy.
Under this worldview, creator status alone wasn't enough to gain devotion, but Michael was an angel who followed mythology, and only the Lord could create angels.
Gods of the One God level not only couldn't descend as Heretic Gods, they were completely absent even in the divine realm.
Therefore, Ryuga, who gave him second life, was also mistaken by Michael for an incarnation of God.
As for Ryuga's naked words, Michael understood but didn't think he had recognized wrongly.
Just like the previously descended divine son, it was normal for gods in incarnation state to be unclear about their identity.
Anyway, it was the Trinity, and all glory belonged to the Lord.
He only needed to follow Ryuga's commands.
And Ryuga was completely unceremonious toward the archangel he had casually created.
"Michael, gather all the wreckage on the battlefield into Eden, and slow their time flow as much as possible. I have use for them."
"Yes!"
Michael immediately took the order.
The concept of time in the divine realm was different from the outside world and could be manipulated.
As the guardian of Eden, he indeed possessed such authority within Eden.
"By the way, is there wine in Eden?"
Ryuga suddenly asked.
"Yes! Everything in Eden belongs to you. Please rest for a moment, Lord. I will complete your command as quickly as possible!"
Like a gardener opening the door for his master, Michael opened the gates of Eden with an extremely respectful attitude.
After Ryuga and Jibril entered, he raised his right arm shrouded in golden light and, according to Ryuga's instructions, transported and sealed all the battlefield wreckage into Eden.
After completing this, he came to the garden and commanded the other angels stationed in Eden to pick all the grapes and brew them into wine, then personally harvested all the wheat and made it into unleavened bread.
"Ryuga-sama, why did you suddenly ask about this? Are you hungry?"
Jibril curiously came over, took a piece of bread, and took a bite.
"The taste is acceptable."
She gave this evaluation.
"If you want to eat, you can have more."
Ryuga took the now fist-sized, completely empty Magic Grail from Jibril's waist and casually tossed it to Michael.
Jibril had won this battle cleanly and efficiently, but had also consumed a lot of energy, completely emptying the Magic Grail.
After receiving the Magic Grail, without needing to ask, Michael directly poured the freshly brewed wine into it.
Accompanied by this action, the endless divine spiritual energy within Eden continuously poured into the Grail. In just a few minutes, it filled the Magic Grail's energy and even doubled it.
"You can drink more of this."
Ryuga handed the Magic Grail back to Jibril, as if wanting to fatten her up.
Jibril naturally wouldn't refuse Ryuga's request.
At first she was somewhat puzzled, but when she drank a large gulp of wine, she suddenly widened her eyes, feeling an additional 0.1 God Slayer-level curse power within her body.
Continuing to gulp down several more mouthfuls, she directly gained a full God Slayer unit level of curse power.
What was happening?
Seeing Jibril's surprised expression, unable to speak due to nearly choking, Ryuga proactively explained.
"The effect of the Communion ritual is maximally amplified in Eden."
In Christian ritual, red wine represented God's blood, and unleavened wheat bread represented God's body.
The so-called Holy Grail originally meant the wine vessel used by the divine son, containing red wine.
Now, the Magic Grail had finally returned to its initial mythological appearance.
Jibril, enjoying Communion with this divine artifact, naturally received God's blessing.
The power of the divine realm-level dragon vein contained within Eden was absorbed by her through Communion, allowing Jibril to gradually grow and recover to her peak form.
To be continued...
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