Chapter 277: You Were Caught by That Blond Guy, Weren’t You?

Decoding the Holy Grail is equivalent to analyzing the rules of the entire world.

In addition to that, takumi made another surprising discovery:

The Holy Grail is connected to the Spirit Corridor.

Certain races use the Spirit Corridor to cast magic.

All the magic they've cast is recorded within it—

Much like the Root.

Additionally, even the technological advancements of the Dwarves are recorded.

Because many aspects of this world rely on the Spirit Corridor.

With the Holy Grail, takumi has essentially obtained all the knowledge of this world.

This revelation greatly delighted takumi.

Isn't this wonderful?

At this point, takumi was feeling extremely satisfied.

He decisively absorbed all of this world's knowledge.

At the same time, he gradually came to understand what "Divine Essence" truly is.

When takumi comprehended it all, a strange gleam flashed in his eyes.

"Now I can not only create Herrschers, but even Gods themselves?"

Indeed, with the Holy Grail, takumi now has the ability to create Divine Essence.

He could use specific concepts of the world to create it.

And then, whether to give the essence to others,

or allow new deities to be born like war gods,

both are viable options.

This idea brought takumi immense joy.

If he ever chose the path of a divine realm,

he could create a horde of conceptual subordinate gods.

But takumi is not walking that path.

Unlike those gods who follow fixed paths,

takumi's situation is a bit more complicated.

His main ability is the Cocoon of the End, containing all Honkai abilities.

This came from the system.

Then there's his power from the Star Rail side—

a gift from the Imaginary Tree.

And lastly, the fusion of magical systems from various worlds.

But by now, these magic systems can be considered part of his Cocoon of the End.

In summary, with the Cocoon of the End as his core,

he continuously absorbs knowledge from other worlds to strengthen himself.

He is bound to civilizations, but those civilizations are not bound to him.

He reaps the benefits, and he will help develop the civilizations.

However, if a civilization is destroyed, takumi bears no responsibility.

Because civilizations cannot affect takumi.

Moreover, his power is now increasing to the point

that the benefits he receives from civilizations are becoming negligible.

In essence, is takumi offering charity?

That's pretty much the gist of it.

Thinking about all these things,

takumi returned to researching the Holy Grail.

Time passed slowly as he delved into it.

Eventually, other members of the chat group began completing their tasks.

Izayoi Sakamaki: [Exclusive red packet for takumi] [Here you go. Mission complete. You'd better release them quickly.] [Don't starve them to death.]

After completing his mission, Izayoi sent takumi a red packet.

Takumi, still aboard Avant, saw the message and his eyes lit up.

They already finished the mission?

takumi: [I got it.] [The mission on my side is nearly done too.] [Just waiting for the worlds to fuse.] [@shiroyasha, is everything alright on your side?]

Takumi couldn't help but ask how Shiroyasha was doing.

He had handled what he could on his end.

Now, it all depended on her.

Seeing takumi's message, Hakuyasha quickly replied in the group.

Shiroyasha: [Done!] [With those dragons helping out, everything is fine.] [I eliminated all unstable factors.] [They've all turned to ashes.]

Shiroyasha isn't exactly what you'd call gentle.

She can certainly "reason with you"—

Though you may end up as ashes by the end of it.

She's quite easy to talk to, really.

Although a problem child of Little Garden,

she's actually very kind; when she kills you, it won't even hurt.

You'll just black out and turn to ash in an instant.

takumi: [Cool, then there's no problem!] [Now we just need to wait for the world fusion.] [@Fujiwara Chika, how's it going on your side?]

As he asked, takumi also released the loli True Ancestors that Izayoi had sent over—

including the still-slumbering Avrora-chan.

Eleven identical lolis were released.

They all stared blankly at takumi.

Then... several of them turned their eyes toward Avrora.

From her, they sensed the presence of the original essence.

Takumi glanced at the lolis before speaking:

"From today onward, you belong to me."

"That blond kid probably told you, right?"

"He's the one who snatched you away."

With a smile, takumi looked at them.

That guy Izayoi definitely forcefully grabbed them—

Then sent them over to takumi.

The girls looked at each other in confusion.

That blond guy... was it the one who brutally overpowered them?

He'd pinned all the True Ancestors to the ground and thrashed them.

Even Cain showed up afterward due to the commotion.

But he still got wiped out.

It was said that the two worlds had fused.

They didn't know what happened afterward.

Once Izayoi locked onto them, they were imprisoned in a special space.

Now it seemed they had been gifted to someone else?

Takumi gave them time to digest this and walked over to Avrora's coffin.

He gazed at the quietly sleeping Avrora.

Raising his hand, he wiped away the ice covering the top.

Then, placing his fingers on her forehead,

he activated his power and erased the original soul.

Leaving all the power to Avrora alone.

After settling all that, takumi finally woke her up.

Avrora emerged from the coffin, dazed.

"I..."

She stared blankly at takumi.

In her flame-like pupils, confusion swirled.

Where was she now?

And where was the original soul?

"From now on, you will listen to me."

"Understood?"

Takumi stared at Avrora as he spoke,

releasing a trace of his power.

As soon as they felt takumi's aura,

all twelve lolis began trembling.

So scary!

Each of them had inherited the familiars of the Fourth Progenitor.

Their senses were sharp.

The moment takumi released his power,

they felt it instantly.

This kind of power was terrifying!

Something they could not possibly contend with.

Even in their complete forms, they would be no match.

Takumi looked over the lolis:

Blot, Toritos, Tettaltos, Ponptos, Enatos...

Twelve lolis with ten familiars.

Looking at these girls,

takumi considered granting them the Thousand Herrscher Authority.

Then each one could display their full power.

Twelve familiars—they're really quite decent.

Their abilities are excellent, and if raised properly,

they could be a formidable combat maid force!