(Miluno)
As expected of the largest crystal, swallowing Sirius took longer than I had imagined. Fortunately, her data was indeed flowing into the "Life Management System," so now it was only a matter of time.
Unlike the data for other life-forms, Sirius had only incomplete personality data, with no body data at all.
After all, her body was one big crystal. There wasn't any biomass to collect.
The data collection went fairly smoothly. In the end, all that remained on the little bed was a large chunk of crystal reduced to an empty shell, while Sirius's soul (data) was safely settled within the system.
But figuring out how to produce a base body next was the real problem.
I had never operated the "Life Management System," and "great blood" was shutting herself away. I couldn't even find anyone to ask...
"Maybe I could... run an experiment first?"
"Let's try using a 'Guardian' first."
After the battle ended, I had also taken great blood's subordinates, those humanoid beasts called "Guardians," back into my body. They were, in essence, great blood's familiars. As long as they stayed near her, they could fight without any fear of death. After battle, they would return to her body and be stored in the life database, awaiting their next summons.
They could level up and evolve. They were Pokémon.
In other words, these beasts, bristling with lethal weapons, existed solely for battle. There was no need to consider practicalities like survival. They didn't even need to eat, drink, or relieve themselves. Judging by what happened when I slaughtered them earlier, they couldn't even feel pain, which was why they could kill themselves without hesitation.
As for why they had evolved into female humanoids...
Maybe, after witnessing magical girls in combat, great blood had decided bodies like