"I see, that's indeed something my brother would do. He's very meticulous about some small things."
Rias thought for a moment after listening, and then asked another question, "Tatsuma, after you use these raw materials to create new Evil Pieces, are you planning to use them to recruit more Peerage members?"
Tatsuma nodded. "I have that idea."
Rias said, "If that's the case, you'd better tell my brother and the others in advance."
"Otherwise, if the number of your Peerage members is different from other Devils, it's likely to affect you when participating in Rating Games in the future."
Tatsuma thought for a moment and said, "That is a problem. I'll ask Sirzechs later."
As the most popular fighting style among Devils, Rating Games gather many powerful Devils. If he can't participate in Rating Games due to the number of Peerage members, it's a bit of a loss.
However, the most urgent task is to first make the Evil Pieces.
After greeting Rias and the others and asking them to help look after Stella and the other two, Tatsuma took Yahweh to the underground material room and placed the box on the table.
Tatsuma said, "I'll leave these materials to you. Help me make them into Evil Pieces."
Yahweh nodded. "No problem."
Tatsuma thought for a moment and added, "You don't have to make them according to the standard of regular Evil Pieces. The stronger the effect of the finished Evil Pieces, the better."
"That will take some time."
"How long exactly will it take?"
Yahweh replied, "Within a month if it's fast, two to three months if it's slow."
"That's already very fast. Is there anything you need my help with?"
Yahweh thought for a moment and said, "Let me see the other pieces you have, and also draw some blood for me."
"No problem."
Tatsuma took out the remaining Evil Pieces, then unequipped the Limitless Potential trait and cooperated with Yahweh to draw a tube of blood.
After confirming that there was nothing else to do, he left Yahweh in the material room and went to the training ground on the third underground floor.
After upgrading Time Stopper to the Rainbow level, his control over Time energy had greatly increased. In the previous battle with Stella, he even deployed Fixed Time Control on a large scale and simultaneously achieved deceleration and acceleration within the Bounded Field.
"If it were me now, perhaps I could create a semi-permanent time barrier."
A rich Time energy fluctuation rose around his body, and Tatsuma began to carve runes around the training ground.
These runes were what he had researched after reading the information related to Time energy earlier.
The effect of the runes was very simple: to carry Time energy and produce different effects according to the arrangement.
It took about an hour to walk around the training ground and carve the runes.
After ensuring there were no omissions, Tatsuma mobilized all the Time energy stored in his body. Under the infusion of a large amount of Time energy, the runes carved on the edge of the training ground lit up one after another.
A few seconds later, all the runes were activated, and a huge Time energy covered the entire training ground.
"Good luck, it succeeded on the first try."
Tatsuma released his senses and carefully felt the effect of the time barrier he had built.
The internal and external time ratio was 2:1. For every two seconds that passed within the time barrier, one second passed outside the time barrier.
"Not bad."
A hint of satisfaction flashed in Tatsuma's eyes.
The time barrier was a barrier technique he had developed based on Fixed Time Control.
Since it was the first time it was officially used, there were still many immature techniques within it. By correcting the arrangement of the time runes later, there was a high probability of further increasing the internal and external time ratio.
However...
"There is a safety issue with the time runes, and another set of formations needs to be set up for protection."
"Endurance is also a problem. I need to research a way to replenish Time energy automatically."
Tatsuma thought for a moment and went to the edge of the training ground to start a second attempt.
Just as Tatsuma began to manually create a hyperbolic time chamber to get better training—
In the deep mountains of Romania, a man with white hair walked into a town.
Ignoring the gazes of the vampires on the road, Euclid went all the way to the depths of the Tepes Faction's palace.
He raised his hand and knocked on the door in front of him twice, then said in a deep voice, "Rizevim-sama, I just received an urgent report that I need to report to you."
"Speak, what is it?"
A lazy voice sounded from inside the door.
Euclid replied, "The Red Dragon Emperor is coming."
At the moment his voice fell, the air instantly fell silent.
After a moment, a click sounded.
The tightly closed door was opened, and a somewhat disheveled man walked out.
"I think I heard something incredible. Who did you say is coming?"
Euclid repeated, "Red Dragon Emperor Tatsuma."
"Oh my. I guess I should say as expected of a young man, he's really quite active."
Rizevim scratched his head, yawned, and continued to ask, "Why would he come to the vampire territory? There must be a reason, right?"
"It's related to the Carmilla Faction."
Euclid took out a piece of information.
"Because of the existence of Valerie Tepes, the Carmilla Faction has been suppressed by the Tepes Faction recently."
"In order to defeat Valerie Tepes, the Queen of the Carmilla Faction sent envoys to the outside world to seek help."
Rizevim was still a little confused. "I understand the reasoning, but why the Red Dragon Emperor?"
Unlike the Tepes Faction controlled by him, the vampires of the Carmilla Faction have very old-fashioned ideas. In their opinion, no matter how bad the internal situation is, this is ultimately a conflict between vampires. Even if they were to seek reinforcements, they would seek vampires from other worlds like the Three Primogenitors.
How did they end up finding the Red Dragon Emperor, who has nothing to do with vampires?
Euclid shook his head. "I'm not sure of the specific reason either. My information came from a spy of the Carmilla Faction."
"According to them, Red Dragon Emperor Tatsuma will arrive in the vampire territory tomorrow to resolve the dispute."
"Alright, I understand."
Rizevim stroked his chin. "Euclid, how is the progress of the Evil Dragon resurrection?"
Euclid replied, "Currently, only Ladon and Grendel have completed their resurrection. The remaining Evil Dragons will require some more time."
Rizevim said, "That's enough. Release them and test them."
Euclid nodded. "Yes."
...
Tatsuma's house, third underground floor.
"I was wondering why there was such a big commotion above my head last night. You really created something incredible."
Looking at the barrier emitting a huge Time energy in front of her, Yahweh's face showed a hint of surprise.
However, after the surprise, she suddenly felt that this thing was quite practical, so she looked at Tatsuma beside her and asked, "Can you also build a time barrier for my laboratory?"
Tatsuma nodded. "Yes, but you have to find a way to replenish the Time energy yourself."
Yahweh said, "No problem, I'll figure out a way to build a device to collect Time energy later."
Tatsuma was stunned. "You can even build something like that?"
Yahweh nodded. "Essentially, it's an energy storage device. Finding the right materials will solve it."
"Then make one for me too."
Tatsuma felt a little emotional.
Upgrading Evil Pieces, researching enhanced Evil Pieces, creating Time energy collection devices.
Just one day after joining his Peerage, Yahweh had already brought him a lot of help.
Sufficient knowledge reserves, coupled with the fully activated Genesis trait.
At this moment, compared to her combat ability, Yahweh's hands-on creative ability was even more terrifying.
"Oh, right, there's something I need to tell you."
Just then, Yahweh seemed to remember something and suddenly spoke.
"Tatsuma, have you heard of Rizevim?"
"Rizevim? Of course I've heard of him."
Tatsuma asked, "Why are you suddenly mentioning him?"
Yahweh raised her hand and summoned a projection. "Unlike ordinary Sacred Gears, the Sephiroth Graal, as a Longinus, is one of the holy relics. In addition, it also has the function of communicating with souls."
Yahweh pointed to the girl on the projection and said, "Before the Fourth Primogenitor was sealed, I used the connection with the Sephiroth Graal and the characteristics of the soul to communicate remotely with the current holder of the Sephiroth Graal."
"I will omit the specific process and tell you a conclusion directly. Rizevim is conducting dangerous experiments using the current holder of the Sephiroth Graal."
Tatsuma was thoughtful. "You want me to stop Rizevim?"
Yahweh nodded. "The current holder of the Sephiroth Graal is named Valerie Tepes, and she is the head of the Tepes Faction, one of the two major vampire factions."
"You accepted Elmenhilde's request to go to the vampire territory today. Without any accidents, you will run into Rizevim and them. I hope you can help deal with Rizevim and save Valerie Tepes along the way."