A monstrous beast several stories tall stood beside him.
Hiro lowered his head and glanced at the cracks slowly spreading beneath his feet.
He pressed his lips together, feeling a bit helpless.
The alternate dimension created by the transcendent Beelzebub-Asmodeus wasn't just identical to Kuoh Academy in layout. Even the building materials were the same. There had been no reinforcement, no replacement.
Honestly, he was already surprised that the old school building-made entirely of wood-could withstand the weight of the behemoth next to him.
After all, even though the Laser-class BETA wasn't particularly heavy for a "long-range mage" type, that was only in comparison to other BETA.
In absolute terms, its weight was still at least ten tons, if not more.
If he hadn't prepared in advance and created an invisible "stepping stone" beneath it, the BETA would've smashed straight through the roof the moment it appeared, then kept going until it hit the ground floor.
Click~
"This turret is really heavy..."
Muttering to himself, Hiro cast anti-gravity magic on the turret beside him.
At the same time, crimson dragon-shaped gauntlets covered his right forearm. In the blink of an eye, they expanded and transformed into reddish-brown full-body armor, spreading across his entire body.
The next instant, emotionless system notifications rang out in succession.
"Boost! Boost! Boost! B-"
With the Boosted Gear already in Balance Breaker, the restriction of "power increase every ten seconds" no longer existed.
After just over ten seconds, Hiro could already feel his body nearing its limit.
Sensing this, he extended his right hand and pressed it against the behemoth's body.
"Transfer!!"
The power flooding his body vanished instantly.
In its place, the energy density within the "eye" area of the Laser-class BETA to his right skyrocketed-dozens, even hundreds of times higher than before.
The next moment, a hazy white glow lit up from the BETA's eye.
Then-
The brightness surged.
In just two or three seconds, even Hiro standing right beside it had to narrow his eyes slightly to deal with the overwhelming glare.
"Angel light is light. BETA light is also light."
"After compressing it this much, I wonder if it'll deal extra damage to devils."
Relying on his authority over the school grounds, Hiro directed the massive creature to aim at the new school building.
Riser Phenex was there.
-
Outside the alternate dimension, Grayfia Lucifer-the referee of this Rating Game-stared at the reddish-brown humanoid figure displayed on the screen in front of her.
Her eyes widened.
The expression she almost never allowed to change finally cracked, revealing pure disbelief.
This... this... this is the Longinus Boosted Gear?
And it can already enter Balance Breaker?!
What exactly is going on?
For Grayfia, Longinus such as the Holy Grail of the Underworld, the Wings of the White Dragon Emperor, or Twilight Healing were rare, but not shocking.
They didn't warrant special attention.
Even if Hiro had displayed the Wings of the White Dragon Emperor, the Holy Grail, the Sword of the Beast, or even higher-ranked Longinus like Twilight Healing, the Beast of Revelation, or the Holy Spear of Twilight-the so-called strongest Longinus-she would've only been momentarily surprised.
Nothing more.
But among the thirteen Longinus, only one held special meaning to her.
The Boosted Gear.
"Has the host of the Red Dragon Emperor changed generations...?"
"How could I not know about this?"
Grayfia stared blankly at the screen for several seconds.
Maintaining her duties as referee, she simultaneously contacted a very close friend.
"Where are you right now?"
Without any visible movement, Grayfia used a special ability to ask about her friend's location.
"Hm~~"
A thoughtful female voice answered, followed by a few seconds of silence.
"Ah? Grayfia?"
"Where... I'm in Hakone, Japan right now. What's wrong?"
A soft, alluring voice-like someone who had just woken up-flowed into Grayfia's ears.
Hakone...
That hot spring resort?
After a brief moment of thought, Grayfia pinpointed her friend's general location and felt a trace of helplessness.
She went to the human world to relax again...
"I'm officiating a Rating Game. One of the participants has the Boosted Gear."
"Most likely... the current host of the Red Dragon Emperor."
"Would you like to come take a look?"
"..."
After Grayfia finished speaking, silence followed once more.
This time, however, faint splashing sounds came through the connection.
Rustle, rustle-
Along with the soft sound of fabric brushing against skin, Grayfia received a clear reply.
"I'm coming over now."
The current host of the Red Dragon Emperor?
That Red Dragon Emperor hasn't died yet.
So where did another Red Dragon Emperor crawl out from?
A voluptuous woman with golden hair cascading past her waist walked toward the hotel entrance, speaking to the soul residing within her.
"Ddraig, do you have any younger siblings, older siblings, or other relatives that the gods turned into Sacred Gears?"
"Grayfia just contacted me. She says she's found a current host of the Red Dragon Emperor."
"Huh?"
"Host of the Red Dragon Emperor? Aren't you still alive and kicking?"
"I'm still here too. How could a second Boosted Gear exist?"
"That Lucifer must be mistaken."
The blunt response echoed in her mind.
Mistaken?
I hope so.
She muttered silently.
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