— Faux Angel—
That is a kind of existence that resides in another dimension, just like demons, and serves as both messengers of God and beings from another world.
No, they can't even be called a form of life.
Because angels do not possess will; rather, they exist like heat and light, akin to a phenomenon.
However, they are indeed existing beings in higher dimensions, serving as messengers of God. They can not only use divine energy but also, by virtue of being higher-dimensional beings, construct a membrane of super-dimensionality, isolating interference from the lower dimensions, meaning all interference from this world.
Therefore, they are weapons comparable to Primogenitor and even surpass Primogenitors in practicality.
And Faux Angel is a ritual that artificially evolves life into angels.
This is a ritual that Kanase Kensei has been studying for a long time, using artificial means to induce spiritual evolution, allowing humans to undergo a transformation, becoming higher-order beings.
"Human beings possess a circuit called the 'spiritual power center.'"
With a calm, knowledgeable, and steady voice, Kanase Kensei began to speak.
"That is a circuit that creates miracles using spiritual power, also known as chakra."
Its nature is very similar to that of magical circuits; they are both simulated nerves. The only difference is that magical circuits convert life force into magical power and are used to manipulate magical power, while the spiritual power center uses spiritual power to create miracles.
"In theory, all humans possess this circuit, but few can activate it. Even top spiritual users can only access about thirty percent of it. If one can fully utilize it, they can obtain power equivalent to that of gods and Buddhas, thereby causing personal spiritual evolution and ultimately ascending to a higher level of existence — angels."
But humans cannot achieve this.
Not only can they activate too little of the spiritual power center, making full activation impossible, but also because human bodies cannot withstand that power. Once overloaded, they are doomed to collapse.
However, Kanase Kensei took a different approach and promoted this evolution by artificial means.
That's what Kanase Kensei thought.
"Since the innate circuits of humans are insufficient, it suffices to increase their number externally."
That was the assumption Kanase Kensei made.
So...
"As long as seven candidates are selected, and one of their spiritual power centers is magically strengthened to the limit that the human body can bear, and then they take the spiritual power centers from the other candidates for themselves, it is possible to evolve their spirits. Without causing the body to overload, they will become angels."
This is the so-called ritual — Faux Angel.
In other words, like the ritual called the "Holy Grail War," where seven servant kill each other, accumulating enough power to fulfill a wish, the ritual called Faux Angel can only fulfill one wish: to cultivate artificial angels and make them ascend to higher dimensions.
In this way, the candidates kill each other, with the surviving individual swallowing the spiritual power centers of the other candidates. This process of "absorption" refers to the fusion of spirits and does not affect the physical body. Thus, the best individual remaining can achieve spiritual evolution and ultimately become an angel.
Of course, this is only theoretically possible. The ritual known as Faux Angel is both complex and difficult to control, and it is uncertain what changes will occur during the process. It is also unclear whether the candidates, whose spiritual power centers have been magically strengthened to the limit that the human body can bear, will self-destruct. All of this is uncertain.
However, if the individuals are carefully selected, it's a different story.
"As a member of the Aldegyr royal family, Kanon has the highest qualifications as a spiritual medium. With my knowledge of the Aldegyr royal family and technology, after adjustments, the uncertainties of the ritual will be greatly reduced. In the end, Kanon will also become the best individual remaining and will eventually ascend to become an angel."
Kanase Kensei spoke with such certainty.
"Now, the ritual is basically over. After the fighting in the personal space provided by the magus craft, Kanon has successfully devoured the spiritual power centers of the six other candidates, leaving only herself. In addition to the seven spiritual power centers inherent to humans, the total number is thirteen. The number of connected pathways is thirty, which meets the minimum number required for a human to elevate their spiritual level by one level."
In other words, Kanon Kanase now has the qualification to ascend to become an angel.
"Next, Kanon just needs to undergo the final ritual, let all the spiritual circuits operate at full speed, and she will be able to evolve to the final stage and become an angel."
Kensei Kanase and others came here for this purpose.
"As long as we can fight strong enemies, all the spiritual circuits will be able to operate."
And in Itogami Island, the place where the most and strongest enemies gather, isn't it right here?
"The divine child who sealed the Fourth Primogenitor."
"The vampire noble closest to the Primogenitors."
"The eldest daughter of the Aldegyr royal family."
"The Sword Shaman and the Shamanic War Dancer of the Lion King Agency."
"And even subordinates of the Warlord Dominion."
Such a group of strong enemies is gathered here.
Therefore, Kensei Kanase came here.
The people he wants to attack are not just La Folia, but everyone present.
As for the people from Magus Craft, they just want to profit from Kensei's technology.
If Kanase Kensei can really create angels, then this enterprise that specializes in making mechanical dolls can make a fortune by selling artificial angels as weapons.
With this in mind, Magus Craft sent a legion of mechanical dolls to attack La Folia.
This is not only to prevent La Folia from causing trouble, but also to obtain the best experimental subjects for Faux Angel, and to bring La Folia back for artificial replication. By then, they can produce Faux Angels without restriction.
The female vampire and the male Beast Man who came with Kensei Kanase are probably from Mageus Craft, specifically here to witness the progress of the experiment and take back the most useful experimental subjects.
Naturally, in this way, neither Kanon Kanase nor La Folia will survive.
Leaving aside other matters, just talking about Kanon Kanase, once she becomes an angel, it means descending from life to become a pure phenomenon, with no will and no life.
That's no different from killing her.
And La Folia, needless to say, will probably become a more tragic experimental subject than Kanon Kanase and will be extensively exploited, right?
"You...!"
Learning this, Yukina and Sayaka Kirasaka reacted extremely fiercely.
As combat tools specially cultivated by the Lion King Agency, both of them had strong reactions to the actions of Kensei Kanase and Magus Craft.
On the other hand, Rozen and La Folia Rihavein subsequently calmed down.
Because...
"Good! Excellent! That's fantastic!"
The ecstatic voice came from Dimitrie Vatler.
The terrifying magical power began to surge from Vatler's body, shaking the ship as it opened the atmosphere and shook the hull.
"Anyway, you all came to seek strong enemies. If that's the case, I welcome it wholeheartedly!"
Vatler opened his arms, and the surging magical power on his body had already caused the people around him to retreat as if struck by lightning.
"Let me be your opponent!"
"Faux Angel!"
"Boom..."
Accompanied by the explosion of immense magical power on Vatler's body like a raging storm, the entire luxury cruise ship began to tremble, causing the roar to reverberate through the air.
Vatler, with a mixture of joy and a somewhat sinister expression, unrestrainedly released his magical power, causing the atmosphere to tremble.
If someone were to observe from the outside, they would even notice that the ocean around the luxury cruise ship was also roiling, becoming somewhat turbulent.
The scene was as if a storm was about to arrive, making the heavens and the earth extremely oppressive.
Faced with such a magical storm, Rozen and his companions around Vatler were all forced back.
"Lord Ardeal!"
Yukina, while holding her silver spear in front of her, emitted divine vibration waves to counter the incoming immense magical power, while shouting at Vatler.
"Lord Ardeal! Please stop this!"
As the one monitoring Vatler, Sayaka was even more prepared to step forward to stop him, but she was intercepted by the terrifying magical storm and could only wield her giant sword, creating spatial ruptures to protect herself.
After all, behind Sayaka stood La Folia.
"My knights hasn't arrived?"
Protected by Sayaka, La Folia scanned her surroundings, looking around the venue and the entrance, and after finding no signs of anyone breaking in, she finally resigned herself.
Since La Folia Rihavein, a member of the Aldegyr royal family, had come to the enemy's ship to attend the party, it was natural for her guards, the <Knights of the Holy Ring>, to accompany her.
But with such a clear anomaly happening and the knights not coming to guard her, it could only mean one thing.
That is, the knights had already been defeated by Kanase Kensei and the others.
"We can only rely on our current strength to find a solution."
La Folia's gaze almost subconsciously fell on the young man standing beside her.
Her gaze shifted to Rozen, who had been watching Kanase Kanon's direction behind Sayaka all along.
Seeing Rozen's performance, La Folia immediately turned her head to look.
The next moment, La Folia saw it.
"So the first opponent is the vampire noble closest to the Primogenitors?"
Holding a remote control in his hand behind Kanon, Kanase Kensei, as if extinguishing all emotions, spoke softly.
"Then let's begin, Kanon, this is the final ceremony."
After saying that, Kanase Kensei pressed the button on the remote control in his hand.
"Zing..."
Magical runes suddenly appeared on Kanase Kanon's body, flowing and flickering like circuits, emitting light.
Kanon suddenly lifted her head.
"Kyriiiiiiiiiiiii————!"
From the girl's mouth, an extremely sharp scream resounded.
It was a sound that human vocal cords could never produce.
A sound full of despair, sorrow, and weeping-like emotions.
Under such a sound, the girl named Kanase Kanon slowly floated into the sky.
Her pair of eyes started to bleed.
Her delicate body radiated brilliance.
Three pairs of beautiful wings formed behind her, glowing and pulsating with what seemed like life.
Then, on the surface of each of the three pairs of wings, a huge eyeball opened, revealing a total of six eyes behind the girl.
After that, waves of holy, solemn, and pure fluctuations emanated from the girl, spreading across the bodies of everyone present.
In this instant, not to mention the others, Vatler's skin felt a burning pain.
Because that was the power specifically purifying demons.
"So, this is 'Divinity'?"
Feeling this pain, Vatler, instead of being shocked, became even more delighted.
The power of "Divinity," surpassing both magic and spiritual power.
This power made Vatler, who longed for formidable opponents, feel satisfied.
Vatler had reason to believe that once he endured an attack imbued with divinity, even with his regeneration ability closest to the Primogenitors, his body would evaporate on the spot, unable to recover.
But...
"This is worth going all out for!"
The magical power on Vatler's body increased instead of decreasing, rising madly.
Thanks to this, Vatler's eyes turned crimson, and fangs appeared in his mouth.
This belligerent noble had already revealed his true nature as a vampire.
Trying to stop him was already impossible.
"<Sagara>!"
Vatler finally summoned his beast vassal.
It was a sea serpent resembling a dragon, with a body size of over ten meters, as massive as a dragon.
Dimitrie Vatler had a total of nine beast vassals, all of which were serpentine, hence he was called "<Snake Charmer>."
Now, what he summoned was a sea serpent capable of manipulating water and air pressure, with its body composed of ultra-high-pressure water flow and the surrounding space crushed into a vacuum, rendering the heavens and earth silent.
The ferocious sea serpent roared towards the angel in the sky.
With this roar, the pressure around Kanase Kanon's body turned into substantial force, continuously acting upon her.
If Kanase Kanon were an ordinary person, she would have been crushed to death long ago, as if thrown into a meat grinder.
However, Kanase Kanon was like a mirage, swaying, completely unaffected.
"It's useless."
Kanase Kensei spoke coldly.
"Now, Kanon is already an existence in a higher dimension. Attacks from lower dimensions cannot touch her. Only she can utilize the continuous flow of divine energy from the higher dimensions to eliminate all demonic existences."
This statement from Kanase Kensei was immediately confirmed.
"Kyriiiiiiiiiiiii————!"
Once again, Kanase Kanon emitted a mournful scream, and the six eyes on the three pairs of wings behind her suddenly moved, staring at the massive sea serpent.
Flashes burst out from each of those eyes.
It was like beams of light, condensed from divine energy.
"Boom————!"
With a muffled explosion, the flashes pierced through the body of the huge sea serpent like a thunderbolt, tearing it apart.
The vampire noble's beast vassal, hailed as the closest to the Primogenitors, was instantly defeated under the angel's attack.
"<Manasvin>!"
"<Utpalaka>!"
However, Vatler was not surprised but delighted, continuing to release his beast vassals.
Behind Vatler, two large serpents soared into the sky.
One was a black serpent like a raging sea, and the other was a blue serpent resembling a frozen water surface.
Summoning two beast vassals simultaneously, Vatler further unleashed his magic.
In the next moment, the two soaring serpents did not attack the enemy but suddenly intertwined with each other.
Then, they fused.
Like water merging with milk, the two large serpents entwined and merged, eventually transforming into a huge dragon.
"Roar————!"
The dragon roared.
Terrifying magic power surged on its body, like a natural disaster, stirring up winds and clouds.
This beast vassal could actually rival a natural disaster.
That's the strength only a beast vassal at the level of the Primogenitors could possess.
But Vatler, by fusing multiple beast vassals, was able to wield the power at the level of the Primogenitors.
This was a special ability that only Dimitrie Vatler could use so far.
"Fused beast vassal..."
Rozen's attention finally shifted from Kanase Kanon to Vatler.
Looking at the ferocious dragon-shaped beast vassal, Rozen narrowed his eyes.
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