Hearing this, Azazel's heart raced.
He was genuinely interested.
The Mechanical Evil Gods from the other side – just the name alone sounded incredibly valuable to research. Who knows, he might gain inspiration and advance his research on Sacred Gears?
At the very least, he could understand what the world on the other side is like and see if there are any solvable solutions.
For example, whether it's possible to research some kind of virus or similar. This is far better than knowing nothing about the ExE world except for the Holy Son in front of him.
The only regret was that the Holy Son wasn't interested in the Fallen Angels group, although he himself wasn't too keen on them either.
He served as the Governor of the Fallen Angels only because he was the first Fallen Angel and felt a sense of responsibility towards the other Fallen Angels.
If possible, he'd even want to step down.
This offer, he truly found it hard to refuse.
"This matter..."
"Plus the magic technology from my home world."
Aslan cut off Azazel's words and raised the offer again.
Azazel looked up, gazing with slight surprise.
"Although the magic technology in my world isn't comparable to the Mechanical Evil Gods of the ExE world, it can also mass-produce powerful Artificial Deva Weapons."
Aslan looked on vaguely and said with a smile.
He decided to add a new identity to himself.
After all, isn't there the Biblical God in this world? The neighboring ExE world also has the Goddess Mother Mary.
So, is there any problem if he adds himself as the Holy Son from another world?
Of course, there's no problem!
The Biblical God, the Goddess Mother Mary, and the Holy Son can complete the Trinity. Incidentally, it can avoid the status of the One and Only God's Spirit, so he doesn't accidentally become the One and Only God, which would be very embarrassing.
"How about this price? More than enough for you to work part-time at my place, right?"
Aslan smiled towards Azazel, waiting for his answer.
"This..."
Azazel's expression was very unnatural.
Magic technology from another world, Mechanical Evil Gods from the ExE world – he was genuinely interested.
But the price offered... was a bit high...
He worried that Aslan was also an invader like the ExE world.
Azazel narrowed his eyes, looked at him with a serious tone and said.
"I wonder what your true purpose is for coming to this world."
The implied meaning of his words was that Aslan came to this world for no reason and offered such a high price, which made him very worried.
Especially since Aslan was no weaker than the Infinite Dragon God.
When Aslan spoke of uniting this world's forces to fight the ExE Evil Gods, he was already suspicious.
Aslan isn't from this world, why is he so dedicated to it.
Aslan narrowed his eyes and said with compassion.
"I only came to save the world! I don't want my world to be attacked or targeted by them as well."
"I understand."
Azazel sighed.
Not the best outcome, but not the worst either.
In his opinion, Aslan probably wanted to use this world as a battlefield to gather experience in fighting the ExE world. Of course, it would be even better if the Mechanical Evil Gods from the ExE world could be repelled in this world.
"I agree to work part-time at your place, but at the same time, I also hope to take the technology I develop back with me."
Azazel said this, stood up, and said with a serious face.
"That's natural. As long as you are willing to cooperate, everything is open for discussion."
Aslan showed a bright smile, picked up his wine glass, and toasted with Azazel.
This symbolized that an agreement had been reached and a pleasant cooperation.
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At the foot of the shrine steps.
After reaching a friendly mutual aid agreement with Aslan, Azazel, carrying a memory card containing countless magic technologies and several Mechanical Evil Gods ranging from weak to strong equivalent to Transcendent, was slightly dazed.
"What was my original purpose for coming here? Wasn't it to greet the Holy Son and ask him to look after Baraqiel?"
"Why did I end up becoming his subordinate instead? And even added a lot of burden on myself... Really, having to complete the analysis of the Mechanical Evil Gods in the next few months..."
"How could I promise something so big..."
Azazel thought for a moment and felt that this Aslan was somewhat wicked. Can a normal person make him fall into a trap with just a few words? Moreover, he was willing to do so.
Azazel scratched his head with a strange expression, turned and looked towards Yasaka Shrine on the mountain.
"Forget it, let it be. I'd better go study the magic technology first."
"Mass-producing Mechanical Gods at the Transcendent level, the Holy Son truly dares to dream big."
Azazel paused, thinking of one of the Four Great Devil Kings among the Devils, Beelzebub. The other's research ability was far above his.
He could only say that he had achieved some minor accomplishments in the field of Sacred Gears, but Beelzebub had researched Evil Pieces, which can turn ordinary humans into Devils.
He had always wanted to decipher it but hadn't succeeded.
He estimated that the Holy Son most likely wouldn't let go of the Devil King Beelzebub, Ajuka Beelzebub.
"If only God were still alive..."
Black feathers fell, and Azazel's figure disappeared at the edge of the sky.
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Inside the shrine, the squatting Kuroka was shocked, looking at the wide-open door and Aslan sitting there eating the leftover snacks.
"Is God really dead? The supposedly omniscient, omnipotent God who created Devils and Angels is really dead?"
If it weren't for Azazel's direct admission, Kuroka would have thought it was just a joke.
The death of the Biblical God shocked her even more than the invasion of the ExE world.
"What do you think? If the Biblical God were still alive, would I need to work so hard like this?"
Aslan finished the leftover snacks, then put down his chopsticks, picked up the napkin on the table and wiped the corner of his mouth.
"But who said the Biblical God is truly dead? Even if she died, can't she be resurrected? She doesn't die that easily."
Aslan said this, glancing sideways at the True Longinus he placed beside him with the corner of his eye.
The will of the Biblical God is hidden within the True Longinus.
The stronger the power, the harder it is to die, or the more ways there are to survive when facing danger.
Aslan didn't believe that an existence who created the system, Angels, and Devils with her bare hands, and exhausted her energy after sealing the Beast of Apocalypse.
But in such a situation, still managed to take down the Two Heavenly Dragons and the Four Great Devil Kings, simultaneously turning Ddraig and Albion into Sacred Gears, would just die like that?
Did the Biblical God not prepare any backup plans at all?
Rather than dead, Aslan believed he was only pretending to be dead, preparing for something big.
"Uh..."
Kuroka opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but ultimately remained silent.
She agreed with Aslan's words in her heart. If the Biblical God is dead, can't he just be resurrected?
But is resurrection that easy?
She looked at Aslan, seeing his confident expression; it seemed it really wasn't difficult for him.
Thinking this, Kuroka's mood became complicated.
However, just at that moment.
A meow escaped from her mouth.
Aslan grabbed Kuroka by the scruff and lifted her up.
Instantly, Kuroka's body went limp.
A cat's weak spot is often the scruff, as that's where mother cats bite when moving their young kittens.
When the scruff is held, for a cat, it's equivalent to being bitten by their mother, instinctively feeling safe, and automatically becoming obedient.
Faced with this innate nature, Kuroka was, of course, no exception.
Her whole body went limp, unable to resist Aslan's large hand.
"What do you want to do?"
Kuroka asked panickedly.
"Hug the cat!"
Aslan answered honestly, holding Kuroka in his arm, then slowly walked out of the side hall.
"What do you want to do? Where are you taking me?"
Kuroka's heart was full of panic. Could it be that this man was going to attack her?
She didn't want to... wait a moment, if something really happened with him, wouldn't that give birth to quite powerful offspring...
Kuroka's thoughts suddenly shifted towards having children.
After all, before her mother died, she asked her to pass on the Nekomata clan.
In this world, to continue the race, one definitely needs strong children, so of course the husband must also be very strong.
"Wait, what am I thinking? Why, just because I'm being hugged, am I already thinking about the problem of having children!!"
Kuroka panickedly covered her cat face and didn't notice that Aslan had brought her to the backyard.
"Yasaka, what are you doing here?"
Aslan held Kuroka with one arm and stroked the large fox (Yasaka) with the other hand, showing a smile, and asked curiously.
To be honest, the worldview of High School DxD in a sense has some similarities with the worldview of Nanatsu no Taizai.
That is, the female figures in both these worlds are very exaggerated, and the texture is also quite good.
Yasaka sighed and said with a bit of guilt.
"Someone asked me to speak with you."
Yasaka also felt very embarrassed, but who told her she owed that person a favor?
However, the owed favor only allowed her to mention it. Anything more than that, better not.
"I owe her a favor that's not too big or too small, and the other party's current identity is somewhat..."
Yasaka lowered her head and said with a bit of shame.
Aslan heard this, smiled and reached out, pulling her ear.
"Alright, isn't it just a meeting? I happen to have nothing to do, let's see."
"Thank you, Your Holiness."
Yasaka lowered her posture, bowing slightly to show her apology.
The other party's identity is the prospective head of the Himejima Family, one of the Five Principal Clans, Himejima Suzaku.
Previously, Yasaka had asked her to contact Rias Gremory, seeking Rias's protection for Kunou.
Although later, after confirming Aslan's strength and status, it was no longer necessary, the favor was still owed.
Now the other party asked her to get a chance to speak with Aslan, even if just to try.