"The shame of the Transcendents?"
Hearing Rias's evaluation of Rizevim, everyone couldn't help but be a little surprised.
As members of Sirzechs's peerage, they naturally knew of Rizevim.
One could tell from the fact that there were no Sacred Gear Wielders in Sirzechs's peerage that Sirzechs was very wary of Rizevim.
However, as Sirzechs's sister, Rias was so dismissive of him, how could they not feel surprised?
If it were out of ignorance, it would be one thing, but being able to create such a magical device and reaching the realm of Transcendents just like Sirzechs, this could not be viewed as ignorance.
"Exactly."
Rias nodded and said, "The term Transcendent originally came from the First Generation Lucifer. Because of his extremely high magic quality, which even surpassed the limits of Devils, the First Generation Lucifer himself was called a Transcendent."
"Among them, Brother Sirzechs has a magic quality ten times that of the First Generation Lucifer."
This was after manifesting his Devils True Form.
Without manifesting his Devils True Form, Sirzechs's strength was slightly weaker.
"And Rizevim is twice as much."
Rias said, "Setting aside the difference in magic quality, there's combat experience, mindset, combat methods, and so on; Rizevim has never experienced a battle at the same level. If they put their lives on the line, even a mere Dragon King could kill him."
"Aside from 'Infinity' and 'Fantasy', the strongest person in the world is Shiva."
"After that, the top ten in the world are basically on par with each other."
"Vishnu, Brahma, Indra, Thor, Fenrir who is specialized against mythological life, Hades, Aten, and so on. Also, the Heavenly Dragons among the Dragon Race, including the world's top expert Shiva, all belong to the 'Transcendent' rank."
"Comparing him to Brother Sirzechs at this stage, his power is fully sufficient to rank among the world's top ten experts, second only to Shiva. But Rizevim..."
Rias concluded, "His combat power is completely out of the league. Although he is a Transcendent, he is at most at the level of the top fifty in the world."
The world's top ten experts was a relatively vague list known only to the high-level figures of various Pantheons.
As Rias said, except for Shiva, the strength of other Transcendents was mostly on par, and combat was more a matter of compatibility.
But Rizevim was different; he was just an embarrassing fellow.
He caused plenty of trouble, but his actual combat power was very low.
Of course, no matter how weak, he was still a Transcendent; a Dragon King level would have to risk their life to even possibly injure him.
However, for the current Serafall, it wouldn't be impossible to kill Rizevim if she went all out.
The enhancement from the magical device was quite good.
"This..."
Sirzechs said in amazement, "Could we be underestimating him too much... After all, he is the only son of the First Generation Lucifer..."
Rizevim was the biological son of the First Generation Lucifer and Lilith; the other Seventy-Two Pillars, as well as the Devils outside the sequence, were all created through Magic Formulas.
"In terms of pure combat power, this is a fact."
Rias shrugged and said, "I'm just making a comparison based on my own strength. For ordinary Devils, Rizevim is still very dangerous."
"By the way, let's continue the explanation."
Rias looked at Sirzechs's other peerage members.
In daily life, compared to the busy Sirzechs, Rias was closer to Grayfia and the other peerage members.
Especially with Okita Souji and the others, Rias would look for them to test her new moves.
There was also Sirzechs's Bishop, MacGregor Mathers.
He was her first 'teacher', and as a senior in the path of magic, he had given her a lot of help.
"Number Two's magical device is a power bank, it can also grow, and its released form is not yet determined; it will change according to the user's will."
Rias said.
"Oh oh oh, I like it very much, thank you."
Surtr II flashed a big smile.
Second was Surtr II, a clone of the fire giant Surtr from Norse mythology.
Because he was a clone,'Second' was added after his name, and his nickname was also Second.
After being created by the Norse gods, he went into a berserk state and was thus abandoned by the gods. When he was abandoned and about to be burned to ashes by his own flames, he met Sirzechs and became his peerage member.
He had a bold and unconstrained personality, and often acted without thinking. In the original High School DxD, when the Underworld fought against the Super Beast Oni, he was unable to participate in the final battle because he ran out of fuel at the beginning.
Precisely because of this, the magical device Rias made for him was more to make up for his flaw of being too impulsive.
In fact, in terms of strength alone, every one of Sirzechs's peerage members had power comparable to gods and demons; the power itself didn't need to be supplemented.
"MacGregor's magical device incorporates my basic Formula; it's a research-type magical device, but the Balance Breaker form is also in a blank stage, and its development depends entirely on the user's will."
"Enma's comprehensive aspects already have no flaws, so I made a space-type magical device; it should be good as a support."
Enma was a Qilin, originally a sacred creature, and now as a Devil, it had no flaws in any aspect, having the highest comprehensive strength among the peerage.
Even creating a powerful magical device wouldn't be of much use, so it was better to put some effort into the support aspect.
Finally, Rias turned her gaze to Beowulf.
"What about mine, what about mine, Little Rias~"
Beowulf looked at Rias with a face full of anticipation, like a puppy.
Although he was often ordered around to do errands, his strength was not weak.
Beowulf was a descendant of the legendary hero Beowulf; he had once challenged Sirzechs and injured him.
Even in a state without the Devils True Form, this was quite remarkable.
"Beowulf's magical device is a pair of gauntlets, which I created by studying the Sacred Gear 'Boosted Gear'."
Rias paused for a moment and said.
Sacred Gear: Boosted Gear.
Rias's crimson butterfly that had spread throughout the entire world~
With the progress of Rias's technology, those butterflies had turned into real life and could even evolve on their own.
And the crimson butterfly with the Heavenly Transfer ability was perfectly the best intelligence officer.
And all the butterflies were Rias's subordinate life forms.
Therefore, it was simply easy for Rias to get her hands on the 'Boosted Gear' whose location she already knew.
"The Red Dragon Emperor?"
Everyone exclaimed in surprise again.
The Red Dragon Emperor, who according to legend rampaged during the Great War of the Three Factions and whose soul was eventually sealed by the God of the Bible to be made into a Sacred Gear.
That was a supreme artifact that could allow a mortal to slay gods; they didn't expect it to have fallen into Rias's hands, which made people marvel at Rias's omnipotence.
At this moment, they didn't even dare to imagine what level Rias could reach in the future.
That was no longer mere expectation, but looking up.
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