576. The Operating Code of a Longinus
Wang Xiaoming, disguised as Li Shunsheng, easily took away the still-naive Issei, as he wanted to study Issei's Red Dragon Emperor's Gauntlet.
It was just analysis, and for Wang Xiaoming, it wouldn't take much time.
After taking Issei away, Wang Xiaoming immediately opened the space within his Rinnegan, threw Issei in, and immediately took out his research equipment to begin studying the Red Dragon Emperor's Gauntlet.
Each Longinus was personally created by the God of the Bible, and each one could even allow its master to become powerful enough to rival gods, or even kill gods, which is why they are called Longinus.
The technology inside such things was something Wang Xiaoming was very curious about.
After some analysis with his tools, Wang Xiaoming finally figured out the principle behind it.
The main core of a Longinus is the soul, the soul sealed within the Longinus, which is the main driving engine.
Then, the engine needs fuel, and that fuel is emotion, or rather, the user's thoughts.
Using emotions and thoughts as fuel, and the soul within the Longinus as an engine to output power, then feeding all that power back to the user, that's the operating principle of a Longinus.
Different Longinus or Sacred Gears have different abilities because they possess different cores.
Like the Red Dragon Emperor's Gauntlet, the engine inside is the Red Dragon Emperor Ddraig, one of the Two Heavenly Dragons.
Ddraig's own abilities followed his soul into the Gauntlet, becoming the engine, so when the engine outputs power, it carries Ddraig's characteristics.
For example, it can double its own power every ten seconds, with an unknown upper limit, completely dependent on how much the user can handle.
In addition, it has the ability to transfer power to others, as well as the Juggernaut Drive mode.
In short, all the power comes from Ddraig, the core, and the fuel is the emotional outbursts of the user, Hyoudou Issei.
Whether it's anger, sadness, or joy, as long as the emotion erupts to a certain extent, it can stimulate Ddraig's power.
The stronger the emotion, the more powerful the force it can unleash.
As for the material of the Red Dragon Emperor's Gauntlet, it is made from Ddraig's scales.
Wang Xiaoming did a simple analysis, and after extracting the basic code that allows the Sacred Gear to operate from the Red Dragon Emperor's Gauntlet, he stopped his research.
Because this code for converting emotions is the most important thing, the soul of the Red Dragon Emperor and the material of the gauntlet are not the most important.
Although the Red Dragon Emperor's ability is good, Wang Xiaoming doesn't need it.
He doesn't need a love-struck idiot, and Issei is a man he acknowledges, so he wouldn't go so far as to steal his cheat.
After finishing the research, Wang Xiaoming carried Issei out of the space and headed towards where Millia was.
Following Wang Xiaoming's orders, Millia lured Grayfia away, but not too far.
Instead, after reaching the back mountain of the school, she began to skirmish with Grayfia.
Millia learned a large number of ninjutsu from Wang Xiaoming, releasing these ninjutsu in the form of magic.
Coupled with the vast magic power brought by her True Ancestor-level body, which can be evaluated as Maou-class in this world, she was able to constantly skirmish with Grayfia, who was also Maou-class.
While they were skirmishing, Wang Xiaoming completed what he wanted to do, and at the same time, he also figured out his escape route here.
Wang Xiaoming, who came out of his personal space, directly carried Issei towards Millia's location.
After rushing to the edge of Millia and Grayfia's battlefield, he immediately shouted in a low voice.
"Silver, the target has been obtained, we can leave."
Receiving the order, Millia nodded expressionlessly, then directly turned around and prepared to leave.
When Grayfia saw Wang Xiaoming, especially Issei in Wang Xiaoming's hands, she realized that she had been lured away from the mountain.
Moreover, the other party had captured someone right under her nose.
If the person captured was an ordinary person, it would have been fine, but the one captured was Rias's servant.
She came to the human world to protect Rias, but Rias's subordinate was captured in front of her, how could she allow that?
So Grayfia, who was still skirmishing with Millia, suddenly erupted, and vast magic power instantly poured out, enveloping the entire back mountain.
"Betting on the honor of the Lucifuge family, I, Grayfia, will absolutely not allow you to take anyone away!"
Grayfia, who made the declaration, had a fighting power that was definitely among the best in the Maou class.
Although she did not become one of the Four Great Maou of the Underworld, her power can definitely be said to be the strongest among female devils.
It's just that she chose to become Sirzechs's maid, so she gave up the Maou position, otherwise, she would definitely become this term's Maou Leviathan.
The vast magic power brought an extreme sense of oppression, but for Wang Xiaoming and Millia, this level of oppression was useless.
Who doesn't have vast magic power?
However, this was what Wang Xiaoming needed.
"Silver!"
Wang Xiaoming whispered to Millia beside him, and Millia also nodded expressionlessly.
"Intelligence error, underestimated the opponent's strength.
Judging from the current situation, we probably can't safely escape with the target."
"Abandon the target, make safe escape the first choice."
Wang Xiaoming acted as if he was abandoning the mission in order to save his life, directly carrying Issei on his shoulder, then making a throwing gesture, instantly throwing Issei to the side.
After throwing him out, he immediately turned around, grabbed Millia, and began to run away with lightning flashing around them.
The whole action was done in one go, making Grayfia on the opposite side stunned.
Recovering, Grayfia chose to save Issei as soon as possible, after all, he was Rias's servant, and she, as a protector, had to ensure his safety.
Releasing a burst of magic power for acceleration, Grayfia caught Issei, who was falling from the sky.
Issei's face directly smashed into Grayfia's surging chest, and even in his unconsciousness, the perverted instinct made the corners of Issei's mouth rise slightly.
After Grayfia caught Issei, she quickly checked him and confirmed that he was safe before turning her gaze to the direction Wang Xiaoming left.
But at this time, Wang Xiaoming could no longer be seen, Wang Xiaoming and Millia had disappeared without a trace.
But in reality, Wang Xiaoming did not leave.
After leaving with Millia, Wang Xiaoming directly turned around and returned to the old school building, because Grayfia's burst of magic power caused Rias and the others to run to the back mountain, leaving the entire old school building empty.
Wang Xiaoming rushed in, he wanted to find another future Transcendental inside.
The cross-dressing vampire with the ability to stop time, Gasper Vladi.
577. Randomly Pick a Lucky Person to Seal Inside
Rias's team was attacked, and the attacker captured Rias's team's new member, Hyoudou Issei, but during the escape, they encountered Grayfia, and forced by Grayfia's pressure, they chose to abandon Hyoudou Issei to save themselves.
In general, although they were attacked, it didn't cause any losses.
But one thing they could be sure of was that Hyoudou Issei had been targeted by an unknown fellow.
"I'm sorry, it was my mistake, I didn't consider the enemy's diversion tactic and easily followed them."
Inside the Occult Research Club, Grayfia stood straight in the corner, her hands folded on her abdomen, and bowed her head to apologize to Rias and the others.
"No, no, no, Grayfia, it's not your fault, it's the enemy who is too cunning."
Rias quickly waved her hand.
"We didn't expect that someone would come to attack us, and we didn't know at all that the purpose of their attack was to capture Issei."
Everyone's eyes turned to Issei, who was also dumbfounded, and he pointed at himself.
"Ah? Me?"
"Don't you have any self-awareness?"
Yuuto next to him couldn't help but complain.
“Because I fainted as soon as I went up, and when I woke up, I was back, so I have no idea what happened.”
“Those two people's target was you, they wanted to kidnap you, they came for you.”
“Ah? Why?”
“We want to know too.”
Rias helplessly rubbed her forehead. Her new novice subordinate, whom she hadn't even gotten familiar with, was already being targeted for kidnapping. What kind of situation is this?
“Rias, what is the background of this subordinate of yours?”
Grayfia had been in the human world for two days. In these two days, she hadn't become familiar with Issei Hyodo, this new soldier subordinate. Besides being unfamiliar, she even looked down on Issei somewhat because, although Issei had joined the demon faction, his frivolous personality hadn't changed. Even in Grayfia's presence, he would say frivolous things to Rias.
In Grayfia's view, Issei was a typical example of someone with little ability and a lot of arrogance. Therefore, she didn't have a good impression of Issei.
“I don't know either. Issei, do you perhaps have some kind of family background?”
Rias couldn't help but ask Issei. However, Issei was also completely bewildered.
“I don't have any family background. My parents are ordinary people. If I hadn't met Buchou, I might have already died.”
He was killed by a fallen angel because he had a Sacred Gear within him. As a result, he was reincarnated as a demon by Rias, and that's when he learned that supernatural powers existed in this world. So, if you ask him if he has any family background, he can only tell you that he has no idea.
“Then why would they want to capture you?”
Grayfia was very suspicious. She carefully looked at Issei for a while, then looked at Rias.
“Rias-sama, may I ask, why did you choose him as your subordinate in the first place?”
Even though she was Rias's sister-in-law, she even added '-sama' when addressing Rias. This was her upbringing as a member of a family of maids.
“Because he has a Sacred Gear within him.”
“Sacred Gear?”
Grayfia looked at Issei again.
“Could you please show your Sacred Gear?”
“Ah, oh, no problem at all.”
Issei summoned his Sacred Gear, displaying the crimson gauntlet with the green jewel to everyone. Everyone in the club had seen it many times already, so they didn't see anything special, but when Grayfia saw it, she immediately understood the true identity of this gauntlet.
“I didn't expect it to be this.”
“What's wrong, Grayfia? Is there something wrong with Issei's Sacred Gear?”
“It seems you all don't know what this Sacred Gear is.”
Grayfia sighed slightly. She understood why someone would come to capture Issei.
“This is one of the legendary Thirteen Longinus, and even among the Longinus, it's the top-tier Boosted Gear of the Red Dragon Emperor.”
“Wait, are you saying this is the Boosted Gear of the Red Dragon Emperor?”
Rias stood up excitedly.
“The Red Dragon Emperor from that legend?”
“That's right, the very Red Dragon Emperor you know.”
Grayfia nodded seriously.
“Now, things have become complicated.”
Grayfia turned to leave.
“Grayfia?”
“I need to return to the Underworld. Don't worry, I'll be back soon. I need to tell Lord Lucifer about this. This is no longer something I can decide.”
After speaking, a red teleportation circle lit up beneath Grayfia's feet. With the red light, Grayfia disappeared from the teleportation circle. She returned to the Underworld to report the current situation to Sirzechs.
As for the people who were left behind, each of them stared at Issei in surprise.
Rias's eyes shone even brighter.
“I didn't expect that I would find this generation's Red Dragon Emperor?”
While the devils were very surprised by the new discovery, Wang Xiaoming, who had returned to the church, also began his research.
He already understood the operating principle of the so-called Sacred Gear. Not only did he understand it, but he even obtained the operating code of the Longinus. As long as he added some of his own settings to this code, it would be easy to create a new Sacred Gear.
Of course, the most basic core of the Sacred Gear, that is, the engine that serves as the core, still needed Wang Xiaoming to find a way.
The Boosted Gear of the Red Dragon Emperor contained the soul of the Red Dragon Emperor Ddraig. If Wang Xiaoming wanted to create a new Sacred Gear, no problem, simple coding could do it, but if he wanted to create a Longinus, then there must be a powerful soul residing inside.
“Suddenly, I have a feeling of being a Tailed Beast Jinchuriki, except that what's sealed isn't a Tailed Beast, but a soul.”
Looking at the bracelet he had created, Wang Xiaoming couldn't help but complain.
“According to the information you shared with me, Wang, that's indeed the case. The operating principle of the Longinus is very similar to that of a Tailed Beast Jinchuriki.”
Milly was also on the side, looking at the bracelet in Wang Xiaoming's hand. Wang Xiaoming had created this equipment in front of her, using the materials he possessed.
Using human emotions as the energy source, Wang Xiaoming's bracelet currently didn't have any other additional abilities, it was just a very simple enhancement, enhancing the body, enhancing strength, enhancing recovery. According to the data perspective in the game, it was simply to greatly strengthen all the basic attributes of the user, increasing the user's stats.
This kind of stat increase was simple and crude, and also very useful, but in front of those Sacred Gears with various abilities, it seemed a bit lacking.
“Milly, do you have any recommendations?”
Wang Xiaoming chose to give up thinking and directly asked Milly. It had to be said that Milly was becoming more and more useful now, she was simply like Baidu. You could just ask a question to find information.
“A soul sealed in a Sacred Gear, if it's going to be sealed in this Sacred Gear, then there are indeed many suitable candidates.”
Milly nodded expressionlessly.
“These characters can all be sealed inside to serve as the soul.”
578. God-Slaying Magic Wolf Fenrir
Milly gave Wang Xiaoming several recommendations.
Mainly the few Dragon Kings that still existed, guys at the Heavenly Dragon level. The Two Heavenly Dragons referred to the White Dragon and the Red Dragon, these two gifted guys, but unfortunately, these two guys had already been sealed.
Therefore, the only souls that Wang Xiaoming could choose to seal were other monsters besides the Two Heavenly Dragons.
First of all, the Five Great Dragon Kings. Originally, there should have been Six Great Dragon Kings, but one of the Dragon Kings had transformed into a demon and was now a member of the demons. Of the remaining Five Great Dragon Kings, some were slacking off, some were contracted, and of those who were still active, there were only two to take.
“To be honest, these Five Great Dragon Kings seem a bit weak. If I use them to serve as the souls inside the Sacred Gear, I'm afraid it won't work.”
Wang Xiaoming didn't agree with Milly's suggestion.
“If you don't like the Five Great Dragon Kings, then I'm afraid the only ones you can choose are three.”
“Which three?”
Wang Xiaoming looked at Milly, waiting for Milly's answer.
“According to the strength level and style of this world, the White Dragon and the Red Dragon belong to the Heavenly Dragon level, and above the Heavenly Dragon level are the world's top ten experts. But among the top ten experts, the only Beast Souls that can be used for sealing are Ophis, the Infinite Dragon God, and Fenrir, the Magic Wolf.”
The soul sealed in the Sacred Gear is best a Beast Soul. Gods may be stronger, but after gods die, their souls will dissipate directly, making it difficult to preserve them. Therefore, it's not good to use them to seal in the Sacred Gear. Especially since gods are the least willing to be controlled. In comparison, Beast Souls are much simpler.
