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"Good morning, Governor."
Downstairs in the apartnt lobby, Shemhazai greeted Ryo once again with a smile.
Ryo answered a little less warmly than usual before getting straight to the point, "What did the devils say?"
"Serafall Leviathan will arrive in Kyoto in one hour together with Ingvild Leviathan."
"Ingvild? Who's that supposed to be? Soone from House Sitri?"
Ryo looked puzzled.
He knew Serafall. During the last Devil Civil War, she'd sided with the reformists and later beca the new-generation Satan Leviathan after the war. Rumor had it she once competed with Grayfia for the title of the Underworld's greatest beauty. But after Grayfia beca Algol's maid, she voluntarily withdrew from the competition and ascended to an untouchable "hall of fa" level, automatically making Serafall the new number one beauty of the Underworld.
Apparently there was even an official competition and trophy for it.
Of course, every year the judges also quietly sent a separate "Most Beautiful" trophy to Algol herself. anwhile, Serafall's award was engraved with 'Most Beautiful Woman in the Underworld Beneath the Progenitor Beauty.'
Offending neither side with one move.
The judges' ability to flatter people was honestly impressive.
"She isn't from the Sitri family."
Shemhazai shook his head before explaining, "Ingvild Leviathan is a direct descendant of the original Leviathan bloodline, and she's a human-devil hybrid."
Pausing briefly, he added in a serious tone, "She is also the possessor of the Longinus Nereid Kyrie, the Poem of Endless Green Sea."
"Oh!"
Now Ryo rembered who she was and beca very interested.
After all, the first example that ca to mind when combining "original satan descendant" and "Longinus wielder" was Vali.
That kid had the potential to reach the four-digit level. Definitely the kind of important talent worth nurturing.
Shemhazai continued, "According to information from the devil side, Ingvild Leviathan's magical power quality appears to surpass even the previous generation Leviathan."
"Oh?"
Ryo's interest instantly deepened.
The phrase magical power quality surpassing the previous Satan was sothing he'd only ever seen in Sirzechs's files.
And Sirzechs was classified as a Super Devil among devils—or Transcendental Being— soone who had exceeded the racial limits established by God.
In the High School DxD world itself, that mostly translated into things like superior magical power quality or special abilities. But in Little Garden, it would an sothing entirely different.
To put it simply: in DxD, the essence of this lifeform has transcended the limits established by God.
In Little Garden, at the spiritual level, the principle worked similarly.
The result was gaining "power" by piggybacking on another existence's achievents.
And the phrase above was exactly that kind of achievent.
Even if soone brought into Little Garden couldn't imdiately surpass Angels or Devils in raw power, simply having transcended God's established limits would still grant them a high Spirit Rank with enormous potential.
Which was why Ryo was extrely interested in Transcendents.
Every Transcendent represented another ready-made high-tier subordinate he could recruit for free.
Sirzechs alone likely had the potential to jump directly into the four-digit ranks after adapting to Little Garden.
And now another Ingvild had appeared.
Ryo wasn't exactly ecstatic, but his mood definitely improved.
"How much influence does the Devil Council have over her?"
If it was significant, he'd just kill the devils backing her.
They weren't his people anyway, so he wouldn't feel bad about it.
"Not much. Or rather… it's manageable."
Shemhazai carefully chose his wording. "She was born during the Devil Civil War. The Devil Council only discovered her existence a few days ago due to a report regarding Ophis from the head of a family loyal to Leviathan."
"The Council itself was extrely surprised by her appearance."
"Ajuka interrogated Katerea Leviathan overnight and discovered that even she knew absolutely nothing about this blood relative."
"I see."
Then Ryo paused. "Wait. You said they were discussing how to handle Ophis? The Devil Council seriously debated that?"
An amused expression spread across his face.
A bunch of people who barely qualified as five-digit beings trying to "handle" a four-digit Dragon? And a pure-blood True Dragon at that?
In Little Garden, people would laugh themselves to death hearing that.
Sure, five-digit beings defeating four-digit ones in Gift Gas wasn't unheard of.
But those victories usually relied on exploiting rules and intentionally restricting the stronger side.
In an actual life-or-death fight? Unless they were rule-breaker-class monsters, a five-digit trying to challenge a four-digit was pure fantasy.
At the very least, light-speed movent, which was considered the dream of five-digit capability, was rely basic functionality at the four-digit level.
That wasn't even ntioning the difference in authorities, physical strength, or spirit rank itself.
In Little Garden, if your rank was one digit lower than your opponent's, fighting head-on was basically impossible.
This was exactly why rule-breaker-class individuals held such terrifying status. But even that applied mainly to four-digit rule-breakers. Five-digit rule-breakers were special, but not truly terrifying.
As for three-digit rule-breakers, there was only one in Little Garden—and that was Queen Halloween.
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Seeing the amusent on Ryo's face, Shemhazai gave a bitter smile.
"Well… most of them have spent too long sitting in positions of power. Actual life-and-death combat is sothing they haven't experienced in ages. And since Ophis has never directly conflicted with the devils before, ignorance is understandable."
After saying that, he paused again before adding with a strange expression. "Honestly, if you replaced Ophis with God, the Council wouldn't be discussing 'how to handle Him.' They'd be discussing escape routes. Specifically escape routes to another world."
"I guarantee the vote would reach unanimous approval within ten minutes instead of endless arguing."
Ryo couldn't help feeling speechless.
So they were just bullying the weak and fearing the strong.
Because Ophis had never slaughtered devils before, they weren't scared of her.
But the mont it beca God, who'd dragged four Great Satans and half the pure-blood devils into the grave with Him despite being mortally wounded, they'd panic instantly.
Honestly… pretty realistic.
"Ok continue, what else?" Ryo asked curiously.
"Ingvild Leviathan's Longinus allows her singing voice to control dragon species and manipulate the seas. According to available information, even in its incomplete state, it can already influence dragons at the Heavenly Dragon level."
Shemhazai glanced at Ryo before adding, "Oh, and Ingvild is a beautiful woman."
Ryo's mouth twitched. It seed his image in Shemhazai's mind might be even worse than Azazel's.
But he felt there was no way to clear it anymore… because it wasn't good to begin with. It might even be the correct one.
"When will my train arrive in Kyoto?" Ryo asked with a smile.
"Roughly around the sa ti as theirs."
"And Ryo-san... considering your status and the sensitivity of this eting, I believe you require a suitable bodyguard at your side."
Shemhazai smiled as he looked directly at Lavinia behind Ryo without bothering to hide his intentions at all.
"I strongly recomnd Miss Lavinia. As another Longinus user, her Absolute Demise is the absolute natural enemy of abilities involving sea manipulation."
"I'm certain her companionship will make you feel warm… ah, no, I an, extrely safe."
"..."
Everyone present fell silent simultaneously.
Finally, Ryo patted Shemhazai on the shoulder and spoke earnestly, "Shemhazai."
"Yes!"
"If you don't beco a pimp soday, your talent will truly go to waste."
"…May I take that as praise?"
"Interpret it however you want. Just rember to arrange transportation for . Oh, right. Go call Ophis back too."
"Understood."
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