Such Powerful Regeneration!

Prompt: Sacred Gear · Sephiroths Cup can be recycled for 8,600 Crystals. Recycle?

"It's actually worth 8,600 Crystals. Is this what a Sacred Gear is worth?"

As expected of a Sacred Gear—its price alone was this high.

The reward for the S-rank Collection Bounty, Sephiroths Cup, was only 2,300 Crystals. Selling this Holy Grail was equivalent to an SS-rank bounty.

And it would have to be a fairly high-ranking one at that...

In that case, could the SS-rank Collection Bounty, Twilight Holy Spear, the strongest Sacred Gear, itself be sold for 10,000 Crystals? Equivalent to an SSS+ bounty?

For collection-type bounties, gathering all Sacred Gears only amounted to SSS+.

SSS+, when converted to challenge-type bounties, required killing or subduing beings at the Transcendent, Dragon God, or Evil God level.

"Don't recycle it."

Although 8,600 Crystals were tempting, the girl still had no intention of selling Sephiroths Cup. Its inherent value far exceeded 8,600 Crystals.

There were plenty of ways to earn Crystals in this world anyway. There was no need to kill the goose that laid the golden eggs.

Using it to improve her own strength was undoubtedly the better choice.

As Miss Moonlit held Sephiroths Cup and prepared to turn it into her own Sacred Gear, Ai-chan suddenly popped out.

Boss, do you want to perfectly master this Sacred Gear?

"Perfectly master it? What do you mean?"

Looking at Ai-chan, who had suddenly appeared with a beaming smile, the girl felt that her grin harbored ill intent.

For only 1,000 Crystals, you can perfectly master this Sacred Gear. Excellent value for money.

"What? 1,000 Crystals? Are you robbing me?"

A thousand might not seem like much in a game. A Monthly Card cost thirty yuan, and one month would give 3,100. But in reality, how hard would she have to work to earn 1,000 Crystals? And Ai-chan wanted to scam her out of them?

Impossible.

She could master this Sacred Gear herself. There was no need for Ai-chan at all.

How could you say that about Ai-chan? Ai-chan is doing this for your own good, Boss.

For only 1,000 Crystals, you can perfectly master the Holy Grail. It is absolutely excellent value for money! After perfect mastery, the moment you fuse with the Sacred Gear, you can activate Balance Breaker. Your compatibility with the Sacred Gear will also be higher, making it easier to accommodate other Sacred Gears.

"...Accommodate?"

Hearing Ai-chan's explanation, Miss Moonlit hesitated.

If it was only about entering Balance Breaker the moment she awakened the Sacred Gear, she would not have cared too much, though for the vast majority of Artifact Wielders, that was absolutely unimaginable.

The ultimate realm of a Sacred Gear was "Balance Breaker," meaning a forbidden and ominous external art.

Only when an Artifact Wielder who could fully wield their Sacred Gear underwent a drastic mental change due to some event could they reach this realm.

Joy, sorrow, happiness, grief, fear, and all kinds of emotions born from that drastic change became the driving force that pushed the Sacred Gear to its utmost limit.

It changed into other forms according to its user's will. Since using it was like "destroying the balance of the world," it was called "forbidden power." Furthermore, Balance Breaker also had "subspecies forms," meaning it came in many varieties.

Very few could reach that point.

But some geniuses simply defied reason, such as the current White Dragon Emperor.

This White Dragon Emperor, Vali Lucifer, reached the Balance Breaker level not long after awakening his Sacred Gear, Diving Dividing, the White Dragon Emperor's Light Wings.

Even more terrifyingly, his magical power was unimaginably vast. From the very beginning, he could maintain Balance Breaker for an entire month.

Later, he could even use magical power in place of life force to activate the Two Heavenly Dragons' Sacred Gear Tyrant Beast Form, "Juggernaut Drive."

That was why he was known as the strongest White Dragon Emperor in history.

His human bloodline had granted him a Sacred Gear, while he had also inherited the Demon King Lucifer's bloodline, giving him unimaginable magical power.

Miss Moonlit was confident that she could do the same. The current her was absolutely no weaker than Vali.

But Ai-chan's mention of compatibility made her hesitate...

She wanted more than just this Holy Grail Sacred Gear. She also wanted other Sacred Gears. If she gathered too many Sacred Gears within one body and something went wrong, it would indeed be troublesome.

After thinking it over, the girl decided to do as Ai-chan said and spend the Crystals...

That's more like it!

Seeing that the girl had agreed to her plan, Ai-chan swiftly deducted 1,000 Crystals from her.

Only then did Miss Moonlit formally fuse with Sephiroths Cup.

The Holy Grail turned into a stream of light and entered the girl's body, actively merging with her...

Perhaps due to the system's perfect mastery, this Sacred Gear seemed to possess a will of its own and eagerly responded to Miss Moonlit.

Without any commotion, Miss Moonlit swiftly adapted to the Sacred Gear. It was even easier than she had imagined.

Thinking of the Sacred Gear's nature, it fed on its holder's feelings, constantly changing and evolving, growing stronger and stronger.

As long as it had manifested once, it could afterward be activated anywhere through one's own will.

Feelings?

Then... would ten thousand years of longing be enough?

The girl did not possess Miss Moonlit's memories, but this body always influenced her inadvertently. Her love and longing for that person, the Captain, were absolutely unimaginable.

Moonlit Oath: For Love with Heart...

The lingering echoes of ten years, the reverberations of a hundred years, the solitary journey of a thousand years, this moment of ten thousand years.

How far was forever? It was nothing more than... ten thousand years in a single glance.

Ten thousand years of longing became nourishment for the Sacred Gear. In an instant... even Sephiroths Cup, a Sacred Gear, felt as though it was about to burst apart.

The Sacred Gear evolved wildly at an unimaginable speed.

Until...

"Balance Breaker!"

Yet it was not over. It could become even stronger. But while Miss Moonlit herself did not feel much, Sephiroths Cup within her body began continuously conveying a message to her.

It was too full. Its belly had swollen; it could not hold any more.

It was about to overflow...

Enough, enough! It really could not hold any more. It was about to break!!

It was going to break despite being a Sacred Gear!

Don't give it any more.

"???"

Miss Moonlit was speechless.

And this was supposed to be a Sacred Gear? It was already done for? They had not even started yet.

Trash~ trash~~

But...

"This power..."

Feeling Sephiroths Cup's true power, Miss Moonlit was still somewhat astonished, even though she knew its abilities.

Magical power that seemed inexhaustible, endless laws of life, and the boundary between life and death...

Such Powerful Regenerative Ability

After completely mastering the Sacred Gear Holy Grail, Miss Moonlit had a feeling.

She could now resurrect the dead, but this was only the beginning...

If she could develop the Sacred Gear's power to its limit, then as long as traces of someone remained, she could resurrect him even if he had died long ago.

Miss Moonlit had originally been a long-lived vampire with astonishing regenerative abilities. Now that she possessed Sephiroths Cup, those abilities had reached an astounding level.

The girl grabbed her right arm and, under Gasper's terrified gaze, tore it off. Blood splattered everywhere...

Yet before Gasper could even scream, in less than the blink of an eye, Miss Moonlit's arm had completely regenerated, as though nothing had happened.

"Is this the regenerative power the Holy Grail gave me?"

Brilliant colors appeared in Miss Moonlit's crimson eyes. She now possessed not only nearly inexhaustible energy, but also almost immortal regenerative abilities.

Moreover, in her Balance Breaker state, she could not only grant others immortality and resurrection on a small scale.

She could even heal an entire city's injuries at once, or the wounds of a hundred thousand people, turning an army of one hundred thousand into an "undying legion."

And this was merely one of Balance Breaker's basic abilities...

"This is Sephiroths Cup, the strongest healing-type Sacred Gear!"

In terms of healing and support, Sephiroths Cup was absolutely one of the strongest Sacred Gears.

However...

"Why are the abilities Sephiroths Cup displays different from what I know?"

In the girl's memories, although she did not know much about Sephiroths Cup, it did not seem as though it should perform like this in her hands.

The Holy Grail could indeed overturn the laws of life, reversing or twisting life itself, but such effects had not appeared in the original work. Even its method of healing was somewhat different.

Isn't that simple? Boss, don't you already know? The same Sacred Gear manifests differently and possesses different abilities in different people's hands.

Even Balance Breaker was not fixed to a single form. Instead, it possessed many subspecies. The differences in a Sacred Gear's Balance Breaker stemmed from its master's different understanding of it and different feelings toward it.

Ai-chan's voice sounded beside her ear, seriously helping explain things. She actually looked somewhat like an AI assisting its host.

"Uh, right..."

Hearing that, Miss Moonlit came to her senses.

She had overthought it. Sacred Gears in this world differed from ordinary weapons; what they became and how far they grew depended on their users.

There were many kinds of Balance Breakers. Being different was normal.

It was worth mentioning that although Balance Breaker was publicly considered the strongest realm, it was actually only the beginning. Truly promising holders could go even further.

Beyond Balance Breaker, one needed to choose the path of Tyranny or the path of Kingship—that was, Tyrant Transformation or King Transformation. Beyond that, there was even the possibility of evolving toward Dragon God Transformation...

Humans had a weak foundation in this world filled with gods, demons, and monsters. They were inherently unremarkable, even comparable to ants.

But because God of the Bible gave humanity the gift of "Sacred Gears," weak humans gained power that surpassed gods and demons, even the possibility of reaching the Two Dragon Gods, the strongest beings in the DxD World.

In short, with an almost immortal body, Miss Moonlit would be very difficult to kill even if she simply stood there and let others slash at her.

However, her immortality was not absolute. This world still possessed powers that could ignore immortal abilities, not to mention other worlds...

"My lady..."

Valerie had recovered by then. Looking at Miss Moonlit before her, she felt that something about her had changed, yet she could not put it into words.

It was as though her level of life had evolved, and yet she also seemed to have become holy.

Rather than a vampire, she seemed more like an angel.

"Wait."

Miss Moonlit reacted, placing her hand on Valerie's head. Holy radiance emerged from her palm and flowed into Valerie's body.

It thoroughly healed her body from head to toe...

"How do you feel now?"

"I feel very well."

Her body felt warm and comfortable. All her previous pain had been completely forgotten. Valerie seemed a little embarrassed and hurriedly stood up.

"Was that the ability of the Sacred Gear inside me just now?"

After hesitating for a moment, Valerie could not help asking curiously.