Collapse, Traveling from the Moonlit Oath

She still didn't know what the Divine Artifact inside her had been until now. Although she hadn't paid much attention to Divine Artifacts, Gasper's experience made her feel that possessing one wasn't necessarily a good thing.

"Yes, this is the ability of the Sacred Gear, Sephiroths Cup..."

Her blood-red eyes stared at the little girl before her. Moonlit displayed the holy radiance of the Holy Grail. All three True Sacred Gear artifacts retained the power of the God of the Bible.

Especially the Holy Grail, which had once contained the blood of God.

Therefore, it possessed the holy power exclusive to the God of the Bible and had extremely strong restraint capabilities against Demons, Shinigami, and Vampires. After all, if Vampires and Demons could restrain the power of light, then a higher level of holy power was even more so.

But at this moment, in Moonlit's hands, the holy radiance did not make Valerie and Gasper, who were Vampires, uncomfortable. This was Moonlit's control over this Sacred Gear.

"Sacred Gear... Sephiroths Cup..."

Valerie was greatly shocked upon hearing this. She knew what Sacred Gear was. They were the most powerful Divine Artifacts, capable of killing gods and Demon Kings!

The Divine Artifact she had possessed within her was actually such a powerful Divine Artifact?!

She had thought that even if she possessed a Divine Artifact, it would only be an ordinary one.

"What? Regretting it?"

Moonlit stared at Valerie with a half-smile. She didn't intend to hide this matter; she just wanted to see Valerie's reaction upon learning about the existence of the Sacred Gear.

This would determine her attitude towards the little Vampire from now on.

"No, I'm just surprised that my previous Divine Artifact was a Sacred Gear."

Valerie quickly shook her head. She wasn't upset about losing Sephiroths Cup, only genuinely surprised that her Divine Artifact had been a Sacred Gear.

She didn't seem to harbor any animosity towards Moonlit for taking away the Sacred Gear "Sephiroths Cup" that originally belonged to her.

"Just that?"

Moonlit's gaze was fixed on Valerie's eyes.

Chapter 28: Evil Eye of World Stoppage

"Mhm."

"Even though it's a Sacred Gear, it might not have been a good thing for me. Perhaps it's better that you took it, Master. Moreover, you went through so much trouble to bring us out, so you should receive some reward."

"That thing never helped me with anything..."

Without any concealment due to Moonlit's gaze, Valerie looked at Miss Moonlit's beautiful blood-red eyes before her and very seriously expressed her thoughts.

"Alright, I believe you."

After looking at Valerie very seriously for a while, the girl couldn't detect any dissatisfaction from her; it seemed she truly had no regrets.

She no longer doubted, and with a smile, she patted Valerie's head.

Even if there were any complaints, it wouldn't matter. Moonlit believed in her own strength.

"Master, since you can transfer Divine Artifacts, why don't you take my Divine Artifact as well!"

At this moment, Gasper, standing beside them, excitedly spoke to Miss Moonlit, requesting her to do so. He didn't think there was anything wrong with Moonlit taking Valerie's Divine Artifact; instead, he hoped the girl would take his as well.

He didn't want this power at all; he didn't want this Divine Artifact.

Only someone like big sister Moonlit could control such dangerous power.

He couldn't do it, so it was better to give it to big sister Moonlit.

This way, he wouldn't go berserk anymore, and everyone wouldn't hate him.

Although he had left the Vampire territory now and could start anew outside, as long as that unstable Divine Artifact remained, he might still be disliked by his new neighbors!

"Uh..."

Hearing Gasper suddenly say that, Moonlit was very surprised. She hadn't even spoken, and he was proactively requesting to have his Divine Artifact taken away!

But thinking about it, it was within reason. He had always been repulsed by the Divine Artifact within him.

However...

Moonlit did want to take Gasper's Divine Artifact, but considering the future Sacred Gear, if she took the "Evil Eye of World Stoppage" now, it would be a huge loss if the Sacred Gear "Evil Eye King of Time-Space Domination" didn't appear later.

A decent Divine Artifact versus a Sacred Gear...

Moonlit knew which was more appealing.

It would be a huge loss to miss out on something better for a temporary gain.

It was like losing a watermelon to pick up a sesame seed.

Therefore...

"Not for now."

Moonlit refused. Gasper's situation was too complicated, and the other Divine Artifact hadn't fully formed within him yet. Otherwise, why would it be so troublesome?

"...Why... why?"

Gasper's expression stiffened when Miss Moonlit refused him.

The Moonlit elder sister before her was willing to go through great trouble to bring them out of the ancient castle for Valerie's Divine Artifact, yet when she offered it to the Master herself, it was refused.

"As I thought, even the Master dislikes this unstable power?"

Gasper sat on the ground, feeling miserable, hating his cursed power even more.

He couldn't even give it away.

"It's not for that reason, it's just not the right time..."

Moonlit didn't dislike the Divine Artifact at all. Even if the current [Evil Eye of World Stoppage] wasn't a Sacred Gear, it was still an incredibly powerful Divine Artifact.

(The World! Stop time!)

Stopping time, who wouldn't like that?

"Not the right time?" Gasper couldn't understand.

[In fact, Master, your worries are unnecessary. Even if you took his Divine Artifact now, the power of that Demon God within his body would still transform into another Divine Artifact.]

Ai-chan spoke up again, saying something that surprised Moonlit.

"It won't affect anything if I take the [Evil Eye of World Stoppage] now? How is that possible?"

The girl couldn't understand. Gasper's situation was completely different from others. His Divine Artifact wasn't due to the God of the Bible, but his past life.

The Norse evil god, Balor!

It could be summarized like this: Balor reincarnated as Gasper, and then transformed his authority and power into a Divine Artifact, allowing his reincarnated body to inherit his past life's power.

And the [Evil Eye of World Stoppage] was the key for Gasper to inherit his past life's power.

[There's nothing impossible about it. No matter what he goes through, Gasper will inherit Balor's power. Even if some of it is taken beforehand.]

[Of course, because Gasper's situation is special, it's troublesome to forcefully strip the Divine Artifact beforehand. Even Fallen Angels with this kind of technology would find it difficult, but the system can do it.]

[It only costs 500 Crystals to resolve any potential after-effects.]

"..."

As expected, she knew this Ai-chan was too kind, it turned out she was after her Crystals!

She really intended to drain all her Crystals.

But Moonlit couldn't help but be tempted. 500 Crystals was less than two supply cards, and this was enough to master the power to stop people and things.

Although it wasn't a complete stop of time, but rather stopping the time and actions of everything in front of her eyes, it was still an incredibly valuable power to possess.

It's just...

"I remember that there's an 'awareness fragment of Balor' residing within the [Evil Eye of World Stoppage]..."

[Don't most truly powerful Divine Artifacts have the consciousness of Dragons, Gods, Magical Beasts, Demons, or Angels residing within them? You just mastered the Holy Grail, and the most powerful Sacred Gear, the 'Twilight Holy Spear,' also has residual consciousness of the God of the Bible within it.]

"That's true..."

Moonlit remembered that for a Divine Artifact to advance further beyond the Forbidden Unleash, it required the recognition of the consciousness within the artifact.

The Holy Grail and the Evil Eye only had slight residual consciousness, while most other Sacred Gears contained the complete consciousness of Heavenly Dragons, Evil Dragons, Magical Beasts, and Dragon Kings!

Since that was the case, there was nothing to hesitate about.

Currently, the [Evil Eye of World Stoppage] was with Gasper, and he couldn't control it. Instead, it was an unstable factor. It would be better to hand it over to her.

"Gasper, are you really willing to give me the Divine Artifact inside you?"

Looking at Gasper before her, Moonlit asked him very seriously.

"Master, you agree? Of course, I'm willing."

Gasper was stunned, not understanding why Moonlit had changed her attitude and decided to accept it! But he quickly nodded, choosing to give up the Divine Artifact without hesitation.

"Then that's fine. I hope you won't regret it!"

Since that was the case, Moonlit didn't say anything more.

She once again performed the Divine Artifact stripping on Gasper. The next second... under Valerie's nervous gaze, Gasper let out a scream of pain.

However, having gone through it before, both Vampires understood that this was an unavoidable process.

Before long, Moonlit successfully obtained Gasper's Divine Artifact. Perhaps it was because the system had taken the money and done its job, but the process was very smooth, and nothing went out of control.

One had to know that Gasper's Divine Artifact was not like others; it was quite unstable.

It was worth spending the 500 Crystals for such a smooth process.

Chapter 29: Time, Stop!

Moonlit stood in the hotel living room, picked up a crystal cup, and threw it into the air. The next moment, her pair of crimson eyes flashed with an evil light.

The cup, which was about to fall to the ground, was now quietly suspended in mid-air.

This wasn't levitation through telekinesis, but time had been stopped.

But it was very strange, because everywhere else was normal, only the cup's movement stopped.

Before long, Moonlit canceled the power of the Evil Eye, and the cup fell again, landing on the soft carpet without breaking.

"You're amazing, Master."

Beside her, Gasper couldn't help but exclaim.

As expected of Master Moonlit. Divine Artifacts are prone to going berserk and becoming uncontrollable when on one's person. But on Master Moonlit, she could already control it freely in such a short time.

It was indeed the right choice to entrust this power he disliked to Master Moonlit.

Now that the Divine Artifact was gone, he didn't feel uncomfortable anywhere. Instead, he was much more relaxed, no longer having to worry about the Divine Artifact going berserk.

He had become much more confident…

Perhaps in the future, he wouldn't become the shut-in, cross-dressing otaku who only dared to hide in boxes, as in the original story.

"Not bad…"

This way, she had gained another trump card.

The power of this Divine Artifact was far from just this. As long as it was developed properly, it could stop the flow of time for the entire world.

Achieving true time stoppage…

Although Gasper in the original story, even as a Transcender, couldn't stop the entire world, it didn't mean she couldn't.

The world referred to here was Earth, not the entire universe.

The so-called DxD World was fundamentally an Earth-based world. Exe was another planet, also a different dimension…

However, the DxD World did have parallel worlds and alternate dimensions, and some Sacred Gears needed to be obtained by traveling to parallel worlds, not on this Earth.