"Phew!~~~"
Taking a sigh of relief, Takumi opened his eyes again. As soon as he opened them, he saw Ophis, who was looking at him intently.
Unlike her previous calm, Ophis's eyes were now full of interest.
She felt that her purpose in coming to the human world had been achieved.
"You... are not human?" Ophis said to Takumi.
"Cough, I feel like I'm still human," Takumi said silently.
He has only obtained the incarnations for now, but he has not obtained a divine status or a spiritual status; he still essentially belongs to humanity.
"Are you willing to help me regain the original tranquility? If you want, I can accomplish what you want to accomplish."
Ophis put the panda next to her skirt and asked seriously.
She was much more serious than when she spoke to Cao Cao and those trash from the Old Satan Faction.
"I want to help you, but I guess not right now."
Takumi was very clear about his own situation. You could let him use the power of the ten incarnations to instantly kill middle-class devils, and there would be no problem in killing high-level devils.
There was even no problem in killing Ultimate-class devils and all existences above them.
But this would seriously deplete his origin, and once he used that method, he would directly die!
"Why?"
Ophis tilted her head. Did he feel that she could not achieve his wish? But then again, Ophis felt that this kind of person, who was stronger than herself, might not need her help.
"Because I'm still in the growth stage. Don't look at my incarnations just now as being very strong; the power I can actually use is extremely limited."
Takumi shook his head.
The strength of the incarnation depended on his own strength. His current physical strength, even with a little bit of enhancement from the fusion just now, was only at the level of a low-level devil.
Human beings are still too fragile, after all.
"Okay, then are you willing to help me?" Ophis, knowing that Takumi did not directly reject her, asked again.
"If you're willing to help me, I'll certainly be willing to help you."
Takumi continued to stroke Ophis's black hair while his hand was still on her head.
"Okay, I'm willing to help you. What do you want me to do? ... As long as I can regain the original tranquility, I can do anything."
Ophis tilted her head slightly and said those very lethal words unconsciously.
"I want you..."
Just as Takumi was about to say, "I want you to protect me," a wave of space rippled nearby!
"Sorry, Ophis, I'll tell you next time. Someone is here."
Takumi frowned.
Because of the characteristics of his own incarnations, he was aware of the fluctuations in space. No matter who was coming, he didn't feel it was a good thing for him to stay by Ophis's side.
[Fifth Incarnation: Dwarf Vamana!]
[Launch!]
A dwarf figure full of charm instantly merged into Takumi's body!
With a single step, Takumi seemed to have stepped out of the endless space and disappeared in front of Ophis in an instant!
"Wait, wait, wait..."
Ophis stretched out her hands, expressing a clear desire to retain Takumi—a feeling she had never experienced before.
"........" Ophis tightened her small hand holding the panda doll and looked in one direction.
She knew that Takumi was in that direction.
But she also judged who was arriving from the fluctuations in the space.
In a red mist, a boy wearing glasses appeared.
Georg... the descendant of Faust who made a contract with the legendary devil Mephistopheles.
Then, a man with a holy spear on his shoulder also walked out slowly.
His name was... Cao Cao! Cao Cao, the wielder of the True Longinus!
"Ophis-chan? Can you stop running around? As our leader, you just need to stay where you are."
Cao Cao sighed. Ophis liked to wander off; what could he do? He could only ask Georg, the holder of the Dimension Lost, to see where Ophis went when she ran out.
"Hmm..." Ophis nodded.
She simply understood one thing: the young man didn't want to expose himself, so he left.
"Okay, then Madam Leader? We've played enough now, and we've got what you want, so it's time to go back. Don't worry, a great achievement like killing Great Red is something I will do my best to achieve for the descendants of heroes~~"
Cao Cao spoke casually.
He saw the panda doll in Ophis's hand. Um, it must have been Ophis's power that allowed her to take it.
Although I'm a little sorry for the shopkeeper, that's just how it is; it's your honor to have an item taken by the Infinite Dragon God.
"..........."
Ophis did not speak, but a flash of reminiscence flickered in her eyes.
Compared to someone like Cao Cao, who promised to defeat Great Red from the very beginning, she felt that the young man was much more reliable.
But for now...
According to the teenager, he needed more time.
She was willing to wait; time didn't mean much to her.
"Come on, Georg, go back."
Under Cao Cao's order, Georg activated his Balance Breaker, Abyss Side of Crimson Fog, shrouding the three of them together.
"By the way, Leader, when you were in the Far Eastern Islands, did you see any powerful Dragon Gods? A lion-masked man? A big fish or something like that?"
Cao Cao asked in passing.
Ajuka Beelzebub was able to calculate the location of Kuoh Town only because he had reached the pinnacle of formulas and programming, while others could only pinpoint the Far Eastern Islands.
"No..."
Ophis said lightly.
"Okay. Maybe our plans will change next... Those incarnations looked absolutely no less powerful than Great Red!"
Cao Cao was even a little excited.
As descendants of heroes, they were born to build heroic deeds! To transcend all life as a human being—this was Cao Cao's obsession!
Dealing with various gods, enhancing one's own strength, kidnapping important personnel of major forces, enshrining Ophis as the leader... and so on, whether it was the right way or the evil way, he would use it.
Everything was for the ambition in his heart!
Or perhaps, there's nothing wrong with calling it a dream.1
Humans, who are born weaker than gods and Buddhas, can only be called heroes if they do things to the extreme and maximize their abilities!2
The Hero Faction gathers such a group of hum3ans who want to do great things.
.......
When Cao Cao returned to the base of the Khaos Brigade with excitement, Takumi also returned to his home.
"Phew!~~~"
Takumi looked toward the place where Ophis had been. If possible, he wanted to ask Ophis for her "snake" or something more advanced as a life-saving trump card.
But for now... there was no other way; I have to try my best first.
"First of all, let's get acquainted with my own power."
When integrating the power of the ten incarnations, as the spiritual energy of the world surged, a part of that energy also entered his body. Now, his physical strength was much stronger than before.
Although I already understand the essence of the incarnations and how to use them, I still have to test them myself to feel more at ease.
Just as he was about to find a place to test his strength, two voices rang out at the same time.
"Knock, knock, knock!~~" This was the sound of someone at the door.
[Ding!]
[Congratulations to the host for signing in at a trigger location! Sign-in level: Silver!]
[Sign-in location: The cat tail of Koneko Toujou!]
[Check-in time limit: 3 hours.]
[Remaining time for check-in: 3 hours.]
This was the sound of the system.