This was a gift God of the Bible had given humanity. Perhaps before His death, He had foreseen something—possibly the invasion of mechanical evil gods from the EXE world—and wanted to help this world survive such a great catastrophe in this way.
Artificial Artifacts, however, were different. The Fallen Angel Governor was exceptionally gifted and had always wanted to create Artificial Artifacts on the level of Sacred Gears.
Over the years, he had researched and collected an unknown number of Sacred Gears, gaining an in-depth understanding of all kinds of them.
It could be said that he was familiar with most of the Sacred Gears in existence and was an enthusiast of them. The Artificial Artifacts he replicated were not without advantages; at the very least, many of them did not restrict their users by human bloodline.
Seeing the Fallen Angel struggle to break free from the force field, Miss Moonlit naturally gave him no chance. Starbreaker in her hand unleashed another barrage of laser beams at him.
She kept firing until the weapon heated up, completely pulverizing the enemy before her!!
"Looks like an unupgraded weapon is still a little lacking in power."
Lowering the scorching Starbreaker, Miss Moonlit was somewhat dissatisfied. If Starbreaker had been enhanced to its maximum level, it should have killed a Six-Winged Fallen Angel outright.
There would have been no need to keep firing for so long.
Unfortunately, she did not have enough materials. She had only recently maxed out her signature weapon and a pair of dual pistols, and she was still planning to breakthrough her chainsaw to six stars before maxing it out. Who knew how many upgrade materials that would take?
She would have to pull supplies too...
Putting away her weapon, Miss Moonlit walked over to the enemy's remains. Looking at the Artificial Artifacts scattered across the ground, her eyes lit up. Equipment drop!
"One, two, three... eleven!"
"So many? That Fallen Angel really went all out just to deal with me!"
Looking over the Artificial Artifacts she had collected, she discovered that every one of them could be recycled for more than three or four hundred Crystals. That was despite the fact that most of them came with severe side effects.
One could only imagine how powerful they would be without those side effects.
The few Artificial Artifacts the Fallen Angel had carried did not have any side effects, nor did they restrict human bloodlines. Their recycling prices reached around 600 Crystals.
Most orthodox Sacred Gears were only worth two or three hundred.
"I wonder how many Crystals I'd get if I robbed all the Fallen Angels' Artificial Artifacts?"
Having tasted the benefits, the vampire girl had begun setting her sights on the Artificial Artifacts made by the Divine Child Overseers.
The Divine Child Overseers had yet to mass-produce Artificial Artifacts, but their numbers were definitely not small.
The materials needed to create Artificial Artifacts and Sacred Gears were actually quite precious, especially for top-tier Sacred Gears and Artificial Artifacts. Their core lay in the souls within them.
Even the Sacred Gears made by God of the Bible drew their true power from the consciousness within, accepting the will, conviction, and feelings of the host they recognized.
In theory, mass-producing top-tier Sacred Gears and Artificial Artifacts required killing vast numbers of creatures at the Quasi-Demon King level or above.
Use Quasi-Demon King-level magical beasts, Evil Dragons, Dragon Kings, Heavenly Dragons, Divine Beasts... to create a top-tier Sacred Gear at a one-to-one ratio, or even one-to-many.
The true strength of Holy Relic Sacred Gears lay in God of the Bible having infused them with His consciousness and blood from before His death.
Therefore, top-tier Artificial Artifacts could never truly become widespread unless this world had an endless supply of creatures above the Quasi-Demon King level.
"Recycle them all!"
Miss Moonlit had no interest in these Artificial Artifacts, so naturally she would not keep them. They would all become Crystals and add to her reserves.
System notification: Successfully recycled... 11 Artificial Artifacts. Obtained 6879 Crystals!
"More than six thousand Crystals?!!"
Though she knew the combined total would definitely be considerable, more than six thousand still left Miss Moonlit overjoyed. That was equivalent to more than half of... no, nearly the recycling price of a Sacred Gear.
Sure enough, selling Sacred Gears directly was the least cost-effective thing to do.
Miss Moonlit seriously suspected that Ai-chan had skimmed a massive brokerage fee from the transaction.
After all, the Fallen Angel Governor had always wanted to create an Artificial Artifact comparable to a Sacred Gear. It was unimaginably difficult, and he had yet to make the slightest progress.
Even thirty years into the future, there would only be eighteen Sacred Gears in total.
Yet more than a dozen top-tier Artificial Artifacts could be recycled for Crystals at the same price as a Sacred Gear. Wasn't that just cheating people?
So she should keep Sacred Gears for herself. Even if she no longer wanted them in the future, she could give them to her peerage!
She absolutely would not sell them cheaply to Ai-chan.
Selling Sacred Gears and Artificial Artifacts below Sacred Gear level would be enough.
"I feel like I'll soon have the chance to raise Moonlit Oath: For Love with Heart to SSS!!"
The Artificial Artifacts Miss Moonlit had obtained from those Lost Priests in Europe had previously only been worth a few dozen Crystals, or even less, so she had not thought much of it.
But after seeing the recycling price of top-tier Artificial Artifacts, she could no longer suppress the thought of robbing Azazel's Artificial Artifacts.
It was just a little difficult for now. That man was extraordinarily powerful, and as the strongest of the Fallen Angels, who knew how many tricks he had up his sleeve? Even she was not completely confident she could take him down.
She would have to wait a little longer...
If she got the chance, she could lure over the Infinite Dragon God and obtain her power. That should let her grow faster.
Come to think of it, she had not contacted Jeanne in a long time.
The Order of the Fallen had quite a few members now. It could be considered their peak era, when Sacred Gears were in their hands and had not yet been taken away by Indra.
Hero Faction, representing humanity's individuals surpassing their limits and challenging the gods!
What a grand declaration that sounded like!
But in reality, they were merely Indra's pawns, and later they would simply become His dogs.
Letting the Infinite Dragon God follow them was simply a waste.
Not long after Miss Moonlit left, Rias and the others finally arrived at the place where the barrier had been after sensing the disturbance.
With the Fallen Angel's death, the barrier had already disappeared.
"What happened here?"
Koneko, dressed in a cute lolita outfit, looked at the scene before her with shock on her little face.
"It looks like there was a major battle. To think we only noticed it now..."
Rias's expression was somewhat grim. Something like this had happened on her territory, yet she only discovered it after it was over. It was practically a slap in her face.
"It seems to have involved Fallen Angels..."
Sona seemed to have spotted something.
"Fallen Angels?"
"Rias, look..."
Walking a short distance ahead, Sona picked up a black feather from the ground. It still carried traces of the power of light, clearly left behind by a Fallen Angel.
"These bast... these Fallen Angels, are they trying to stir up trouble?"
After confirming it was a Fallen Angel's feather, Rias's expression turned extremely ugly. She had been about to say something, but when she saw Akeno Himejima, she quickly changed her words.
Fallen Angels did indeed exist in Koma Village. As long as they did not do anything, Rias had not paid them much attention.
But something like this could not be tolerated. They had to provide an explanation.
"More than that, I'm curious who fought the Fallen Angel. I wonder whether they won or lost. This kind of power of light isn't something an ordinary Fallen Angel could possess!"
Sona examined the feather in her hand. Based on what she knew about Fallen Angels, the concentration of power on this feather definitely belonged to someone at the officer level.
The appearance of someone like that in Koma Village was bound to cause concern.
After all, Rias had received no notice that a Fallen Angel higher-up was coming. What concerned Sona even more was the opponent who had fought a Fallen Angel higher-up...
If she and Rias faced a Fallen Angel at that level, they probably would not stand a chance at all...
They would need the people behind them to intervene.
"A High-class Fallen Angel!!"
Taking the feather from Sona's hand, Rias's expression worsened. Someone like that was no less distinguished than her, a descendant of a Demon King!
"..."
Akeno Himejima's expression changed slightly when she heard the words High-class Fallen Angel. No one knew what she was thinking.
"Judging from the traces left on the ground, that Fallen Angel might not have been the winner. Even if he did win, it could not have been easy."
Koneko analyzed the state of the battlefield and gave her conclusion.
"Heh. It would be better if he were dead."
Upon hearing that, Akeno Himejima abandoned her usual image and revealed a mocking expression. Her dissatisfaction with Fallen Angels was obvious.
This surprised Koneko and the others. Only Rias, who knew her well, hesitated and opened her mouth, unsure how to comfort her.
Akeno Himejima had half Fallen Angel blood. Her father was Baraqiel, a Ten-Winged Fallen Angel and a high-ranking officer second only to the Fallen Angel Governor.
But what had happened in her childhood, as well as her mother's death, had made it impossible for her to forgive her father.
"..."
After a few seconds of silence, Sona changed the subject. "Rias, do you think the person who fought the Fallen Angel might have been the Blood Moon Princess?"
"That's very possible. But if she could fight an officer-level Fallen Angel, then this Blood Moon Princess is even stronger than we imagined!"
Some Six-Winged Fallen Angels were already low-ranking officers. They absolutely counted as higher-ups, and their strength generally ranged from high-class to Quasi-Demon King level.
Yes, even among Six-Winged Fallen Angels, there could be vast differences in strength. They could be high-class, ultimate-class, or even Quasi-Demon King level.
"Indeed."
That only made Sona want even more to make her part of her peerage.
Sona was not the only one. Rias thought of the same thing at that moment.
As far as they could tell, that beautiful vampire did not belong to any faction. If she could become one of their own, Rias would have confidence in the upcoming Rating Games!
But turning the Blood Moon Princess into one of her own would probably not be easy. A powerful person like her would not readily agree to become someone else's peerage member.
She would have to ask Kiba Yuto again after returning.
"If it really was the Blood Moon Princess, then wouldn't she be..."
After fighting an officer-level Fallen Angel, no one knew how the vampire girl was doing now. Could something have happened to her?
Thinking of this, Rias hesitantly asked the others, "Should we go check on her?"
If she was in critical condition now, wouldn't that be a perfect opportunity to make her part of her peerage?
To avoid death, being reincarnated as a devil was the method Rias had often used when recruiting peerage members in the past. It was equivalent to giving them a second life, so Rias had an excellent relationship with all of them.
That was because everyone was deeply grateful to their benefactor for giving them a second life.
"I suggest we don't. We should avoid making her misunderstand."
"Isn't she preparing to enroll? Once she arrives at the academy, won't we know how she's doing?"
Sona seemed to see through Rias's thoughts and quickly offered a different suggestion.
"Th... is that so?"
After thinking seriously for several seconds, Rias gave up on the idea. They were not even sure whether the person who had fought the Fallen Angel was the Blood Moon Princess. Going to see her rashly would indeed be inappropriate.
That vampire girl was no ordinary person. Rias was somewhat afraid of her as well.
Rias's Showdown
Morning.
The sleeping vampire girl was woken by someone.
"Lady Moonlit, Lady Moonlit... it's already morning! Time to get up. Don't forget that today is your first day reporting in!"
Tosca looked at her sleeping master, as beautiful and adorable as a sleeping beauty. Though she truly did not want to wake her, she had not forgotten her duty.
Miss Moonlit had already completed the transfer procedures over the past two days, and today she had to report in. Although her previous enrollment records in Europe had been fake, the transfer process had gone unexpectedly smoothly.
"Why do human students have to get up so early? I don't want to get up. I really want to sleep..."
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