Avrora looked up at Izumi with pitiful eyes.
After such a long and intense battle, she had already reached her limit.
Not to mention that she had suffered quite a few injuries along the way.
She had never endured something like this before.
For someone like Avrora, it had truly been a difficult ordeal.
Hearing her complaint, Izumi gave a gentle smile.
"You worked hard."
"Here."
As he spoke, Izumi produced two drops of his blood and let Avrora swallow them.
Avrora's eyes instantly lit up.
After finally eating her fill, her energy visibly recovered.
Even the injuries covering her body rapidly healed thanks to the power contained within Izumi's blood.
Just then, Ophis walked up beside Izumi.
She tugged lightly on the hem of his clothes, then pointed toward Great Red.
"Beat her."
…
Truly, that was so like Ophis.
The speed at which she turned against someone after receiving help was astonishing.
Great Red had just helped them fight a battle, and now Ophis was already asking Izumi to attack her.
Great Red snorted coldly.
Her massive dragon body slowly shrank.
Moments later, she transformed into a small girl with crimson hair.
Pointing at Ophis with clear dissatisfaction, she complained,
"You troublesome Ophis. I told you to go make friends, and now you want to beat me up?"
"You can forget about coming home for the rest of your life!"
After saying that, Great Red stuck out her tongue at Ophis before disappearing on the spot.
The moment she vanished, Ophis became visibly unhappy.
Without a word, she immediately tried to chase after her.
However, the instant she approached the Dimensional Gap, she was suddenly repelled and bounced backward.
Seeing that, Izumi couldn't help twitching at the corner of his mouth.
Great Red's reaction had just confirmed his suspicion.
Great Red didn't harbor any hostility toward Ophis at all.
If anything, she behaved more like an older sister.
Even forcing Ophis out of the Dimensional Gap was probably for her own sake.
After all, Ophis drifting endlessly inside the Dimensional Gap with no purpose was basically like a fish floating lazily in an empty ocean.
If someone stronger appeared and attacked her, she might not even realize what had happened.
Now that Great Red had once again prevented her from entering the Dimensional Gap, Ophis looked deeply aggrieved.
She looked exactly like someone who had been kicked out of her home and had nowhere to return.
Seeing that expression, Izumi sighed helplessly.
"Alright, Ophis."
"Don't be angry. She did that for your sake."
"Come on. Let's go collect our spoils of war."
Even after hearing him, Ophis still looked gloomy.
Izumi rubbed her head gently before taking her hand and leading her toward the devastated world of EXE.
Meanwhile, Alaya and Gaia had already left and returned to Izumi's own world.
When they descended onto the surface of EXE, Izumi looked at the shattered landscape and let out a quiet sigh.
"This is going to give everyone else a lot of work…"
Of course, that wasn't really his concern.
The most important things had already fallen into his hands.
What remained was simply to thoroughly loot the bases once controlled by Regalzeva and Melvazoa.
With that thought, Izumi wasted no time.
He released everyone he had previously stored inside his Small World.
When they reappeared and saw the devastated planet before them, they were all stunned.
The entire world was shrouded in darkness.
An oppressive atmosphere hung over everything.
Across the land lay the wreckage of countless destroyed robots.
As far as the eye could see, there wasn't a single intact building left.
At that moment, Rias and the others approached Izumi.
"The battle… is over?"
Izumi nodded.
"Yes. It's finished."
"Pass the order down."
"Begin a sweep of this entire world."
"Don't leave a single surviving mechanical lifeform."
"All of them must be destroyed."
"Asagi, I'll need you to keep constant watch."
"And Rias, notify your brother and the others. Tell them they can come now. Pass along my instructions as well."
Rias nodded in agreement.
The others quickly relayed Izumi's commands.
Soon, the forces he had brought with him began spreading across the planet, sweeping through every direction.
Whenever they encountered a mechanical lifeform that was still active, they would deliver the final blow and completely eliminate it.
Meanwhile, the students began organizing the surroundings and constructing a new camp.
After notifying her brother, Rias also joined the search teams heading out across the world.
Izumi himself remained at the camp, waiting for everyone to return.
With the people of the DxD world settling in, the once silent planet quickly became lively again.
Countless pieces of mechanical wreckage were gathered and piled into a mountain in front of their camp.
Many spaceships were even dragged back by energetic groups of young girls.
Looking at the massive pile of salvaged materials, Izumi began organizing the refining process.
Those skilled in dismantling and processing materials started breaking everything down.
Before long, they obtained huge quantities of alchemy materials and steel.
The steel itself wasn't very useful to Izumi, so he only kept a portion of the alchemical materials.
News that the EXE world had been conquered soon spread throughout the DxD world.
The entire world erupted in excitement.
Especially as enormous amounts of resources began flowing back home.
Prices across the world started dropping, while technological development rapidly accelerated.
At this rate, it wouldn't be long before the world would be ready to begin interstellar exploration.
Izumi also created numerous transport ships, allowing students to continuously move resources between the two worlds.
Just organizing and processing the spoils of the EXE world took nearly two years.
After those two years passed, the people of the DxD world had completely occupied the EXE world.
Massive cities had been constructed across the planet.
The world officially became the Second World of the DxD universe.
The division of territory followed the original agreement—
Whoever conquered an area would control it.
However, nearly the entire world had been conquered by Izumi.
Naturally, that meant the world essentially belonged to him.
If it weren't for the large number of people already living here, Izumi might have even merged the world directly into his own personal dimension.
But after considering it carefully, he ultimately decided against it.
By now, Izumi had essentially graduated from life in this world.
There was no need for him to return to school anymore.
After conquering the EXE world, his status within the DxD world had risen to incredible heights.
Now nineteen years old, Izumi stood beneath a towering skyscraper, gazing out over what had once been the EXE world.
He couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
The world had completely transformed.
There was no trace left of the devastated wasteland created by the great battle.
Now the landscape was filled with towering buildings.
Countless industrial robots operated throughout the cities.
Many immigrants from the DxD world had also settled here.
After watching the bustling world below for a moment, Izumi withdrew his gaze.
Then he took a single step forward—
—and instantly returned to his home in the DxD world.
Although life in the EXE world was quite good…
Izumi still preferred staying in his own little home.