"This aura..."
Sirzechs looked at the hundred-person squad before him and murmured.
"Without a doubt, these people are not devils... In terms of aura alone, each one is above me."
Demon King Ajuka couldn't help but gasp, saying, "Devils... absolutely cannot possess this level of power."
No, not just him.
Among the Four Great Demon Kings, Ajuka and Sirzechs's magical power intensity surpassed the limits of devils.
Of these, Sirzechs's pure strength far exceeded Ajuka's.
Especially recently, after Sirzechs received the Fusion Equation, a gift from Rias, his strength increased even more terrifyingly, already approaching Shiva in his normal state.
However, even the weakest of these people were stronger than Ajuka.
At least fifty of them were more terrifying than Sirzechs.
This meant that any one of them could easily defeat Serafall.
Even Sirzechs couldn't guarantee a stable victory against any one of them.
"Hello, Demon Kings."
As the Four Great Demon Kings and their peerage were shocked, one of the girls walked over and greeted them with a smile: "I am Crimson Moon Sakura, ID number 10086, and the commander of this operation."
"Hello, I am Sirzechs Lucifer."
Sirzechs quickly suppressed his inner shock and returned a gentle smile, greeting her.
"I am Ajuka Beelzebub."
"Falbeon Asmodeus."
"Serafall Leviathan."
The Demon Kings also introduced themselves, a rare hint of nervousness on their faces.
The thought of hundreds of Transcendents standing before them made even the Demon Kings feel fear.
It was not about anything else, simply because these hundreds of people could annihilate the devil race at any time if they wished.
"No need to be nervous. For this operation, we will fully obey the commands of the Demon Kings. There will be no other voices."
Crimson Moon Sakura said with a smile.
"I see..." Sirzechs's inner tension eased slightly.
"Um... what is your relationship with Little Rias?"
Serafall, standing beside him, asked the question all the Demon Kings wanted to know.
"We are Lady Rias's peerage."
Crimson Moon Sakura explained, "Not peerage like Devil Chess Piece, but rather subordinate life forms."
"For us, who were born because of Lady Rias, Lady Rias is our Creator and the Master we serve wholeheartedly. All our actions are based on Lady Rias's will."
"artificial life?" Demon King Ajuka's eyes lit up.
On the occasion of Sirzechs and Grayfia's wedding anniversary, Rias gave many people gifts.
Demon King Ajuka received one, which was the manufacturing technology for magical devices.
Unlike sacred gears, which are powerful weapons based on special powers or materials and regulated by a system, magical devices are created with soul technology as their core.
This technology contained an unimaginably vast amount of data, including a core data section that mentioned the connection between magical devices and artificial life.
At that time, Ajuka had already speculated that Rias might have already delved into this area, because this data was completely truncated.
He wondered then why this data was truncated.
Was it due to ethical constraints?
Now he understood.
It wasn't just those factors, but other reasons as well.
According to the technology Rias provided, magical devices could be created up to Sacred Gear level.
However, the artificial life forms Rias created were all at the Transcendent level.
This power was too advanced, not just for devils, but for the entire world.
If magical devices had reached the realm of God of the Bible, then these artificial life forms completely surpassed the scope of the Biblical Pantheon.
No, even all the Pantheons on Earth combined could not reach this realm.
One must know that reaching the Transcendent level is not something that can be achieved through accumulation of time and effort.
Even talent cannot describe it; if anything, it should be called a realm that can only be reached by 'abnormalities'.
And a realm that only 'abnormalities' can reach has been scaled up.
ID number 10086, from this number and the standard of those present, it can be seen.
Most likely, there are over ten thousand, all possessing the strength of a Transcendent!
"Initially, that was indeed the case."
Crimson Moon Sakura smiled and said.
The initial crimson butterfly had many limitations, even its self-awareness was incomplete.
Afterward, Rias's technology improved, and she subsequently delved into other fields.
Systems and Pantheon worldviews.
Crimson butterflies are not creatures living in this world, but in a special world opened by Rias.
It is a non-material world where rules and laws manifest as a system, and each crimson butterfly is equivalent to a part of the world.
Rias called it the 'Crimson World'.
Most Crimson butterflies serve as cornerstones; these Crimson butterflies do not possess true wisdom or origins.
As the Crimson World naturally operates, the initial self-awareness is born, then the origin is determined, and they converge into form.
At the moment of formation, they reach at least the realm of a Transcendent.
Every crimson butterfly will cultivate, and after possessing a complete concept, they will receive feedback from the Crimson World, and their life form will ascend to Dragon God Level.
It's like climbing the Tree of life~
At the same time, Rias will also acquire this complete concept.
This is what subordinate life forms are.
Their cultivation is equivalent to Rias's cultivation.
Whether it's Kabbalah, Qliphoth, the Biblical Pantheon, or even the Pantheons on Earth, Pantheons outside the DxD world, including Machine Gods.
These existences are merely Rias's entertainment, after all, Earth is her old home where she was raised.
Her true foundation is the Crimson World.
Although no naturally born Dragon God has appeared yet, at this rate, it should be soon.
"Initially?"
Ajuka was thoughtful.
"Let's put these matters aside for now. The important thing is to complete this operation."
Crimson Moon Sakura said, "If it takes too long, the Devil Council might become alert, and that would be troublesome."
Ajuka naturally saw that Crimson Moon Sakura didn't mind, but also didn't really want to discuss matters of the Crimson race too much.
She said the Devil Council might become alert, but in reality, with this level of power, even if they did become alert, those who were supposed to get beaten would still get beaten.
Although very interested, Ajuka put down his inner curiosity.
Some things are better left unknown and untouched.
Everything in the world has a line; before crossing it, it's development, after crossing it, it's taboo.
He was very curious how far Little Rias could go down the path of taboo, and whether she would be swallowed by it.
But he didn't know if Little Rias could go further, though he did know.
Let alone stepping onto this path, just getting close might make him open Pandora's Box.
Some things, he truly was not qualified to meddle with.
Even as a Transcendent among devils, compared to Rias, he was still too far behind.
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