Gilgamesh in DxD

Chapter 184

Sacred Gears is not designed to grant its wearer powerful abilities, it is in fact totally incapable of doing so. The true purpose of Sacred Gears is that of a vessel. They are designed to contain the powers and souls of powerful beings. From an all-powerful dragon to a tiny fairy, a Sacred Gear will trap them within its shell. The abilities they are famous for granting are merely a consequence, nothing more than a side effect of housing these beings.

For example the [Boosted Gear] with Ddraig, if the Celestial Dragon was not sealed within it the Sacred Gear would be nothing more than a useless gauntlet.

The same was true for the [Regulus Nemea], Gilgamesh might be able to copy Regulus' axe but he wouldn't have his abilities due to Regulus granting it to Sacred Gear.

But that didn't mean it was impossible, Gilgamesh was able to create vessels so he only needed the necessary souls to seal into them and grant them power.

However the [True Longinus] is a somewhat special one, it was the spear that pierced Christ as he lay on the cross and thus was blessed by his blood becoming a sacred weapon that was enhanced by the power of the Biblical God that dwelt in Longinus.

Gilgamesh would be able to create a copy of the [True Longinus] with the same abilities as the original the difference is that Gilgamesh's could not perform Balance Breaker and [True Idea], other than that its power would still be useful against dark beings.

Cao Cao smiled at Gilgamesh's speech.

"Yes. My name is Cao Cao, a descendant of the original Cao Cao, the Warlord of the Age of Three Kingdoms. I am the Leader of the Heroic Faction of the Khaos Brigade and possessor of the Supreme Longinus, the strongest of the Thirteen Longinus the [True Longinus]" said Cao Cao smiling.

"So what does the wielder of [True Longinus] want with me?" asked Gilgamesh although he already knew what it was.

"My companions and I want to talk to you" said Cao Cao smiling.

Then the mist around him cleared a bit before revealing five other people.

First out of the mist to Cao Cao's right is a young man with black hair and glasses. Like Cao Cao, he wears a combination of Japanese school uniform (more specifically, the gakuran is worn by Japanese students in the fall) and wears a mage-style tunic over his uniform with a feathered cape.

Gilgamesh acknowledged that he was Georg is the sub-leader of the Heroic Faction and possessor of Longinus: Lost Dimension. He is a descendant of Johann Georg Faust, the man who made a pact with the legendary Devil, Mephisto Pheles.

At Georg's side came a man six feet tall, with a well-built body and shoulder-length gray hair. He wears what appears to be a Japanese school uniform (more specifically, the gakuran uniform usually worn by Japanese students in the fall), covered by what could be Greek-inspired armor.

It was Heracles a member of the Heroes Faction, who carries the spirit of the mythological Greek hero Hercules, as well as user of Sacred Gear [Variant Detonation].

Next to Heracles appeared a short, dark-skinned boy with grayish blue hair and purple eyes. Like other members of the Heroic Faction, he wears a gakuran with a long coat over it.

He was Leonardo a member of the Heroic Faction and carrying one of the high-level Longinus the [Annihilation Maker].

Already on Cao Cao's left side appeared two people that Gilgamesh recognized.

The first was handsome young man with silver-white hair and red eyes. He, like other members of the Heroic Faction, wore a gakuren and, over it, a priest's coat, similar to Freed Sellzen. He also wore a belt that held his five Demon Swords and a Sword of Light, which was around his waist and legs, forming a sword skirt.

He was Siegfried the descendant of Hero Siegfried and also a member of the Heroes Faction and wielder of the strongest demonic sword, Gram and considered a swordsman on Arthur's level, also being known as "Chaos Edge Sieg".

Beside Siegfried appeared a beautiful young foreign girl with blonde hair and sky-blue eyes. She wears a gakuran girl, with armor on top of her.

She was Jeanne a member of the Faction of Heroes. She carried the spirit of the Maiden of Orleans, Joan of Arc and carries the Sacred Gear [Blade Blacksmith].

Gilgamesh's eyes grew sad as he saw the last two who were great friends of his.

When Gilgamesh worked with the Church he led a team consisting of himself, Siegfried and Jeanne.

They all did the most dangerous missions for the Church, be it from exterminating demons the evil beings to search and rescue missions.

Gilgamesh worked and fought for a long time alongside both of them, so he could not help but get close to them.

Siegfried was like a troublesome friend who always got into messes that Gilgamesh had to pull him out of, he always went at his opponents without caring about anything and always ended up with Gilgamesh saving them.

Jeanne was the opposite, she always listened to Gilgamesh and was close to him, Gilgamesh knew this was due to her having a crush on him.

The three trained together, fought together and shared joys and sorrows, Gilgamesh had even trained them both and made them extremely stronger than they were.

Both had left the Church before Gilgamesh, in fact they had been expelled.

Siegfried and Jeanne had found out about God's death and were excommunicated from the Church.

Gilgamesh was extremely angry with the Church and tried everything to find his friends, but they were already gone.

It took the Four Great Seraphim together with Enkidu and Sebas to contain the anger of Gilgamesh who was one step away from invoking Ea and destroying everything.

This had been one of the main reasons that made Gilgamesh leave the Church.

And now they were, here with the Faction of Heroes, Gilgamesh knew they would have to meet again, but he didn't want it that way.

Siegfried gave Gilgamesh a look full of battle thirst, just like Heracles.

Siegfried always made it clear that his desire was to fight and defeat Gilgamesh one day.

Jeanne had a look of longing and sadness, as well as love in her eyes.

Cao Cao had the same confident look, and Georg had an indifferent look.

But the look that surprised Gilgamesh the most was Leonardo's.

The boy's gaze was completely emotionless, it was as if he was only a puppet.

"It's been a long time Gilgamesh" Siegfried said with a small smile.

"It's been a long time Gil" spoke Jeanne with a smile and a small blush on her face.

"Siegfried, Jeanne it's been a long time" said Gilgamesh with a serious look.

Cao Cao then gave a smile and caught Gilgamesh's attention.

"After so long an exciting reunion" said Cao Cao smiling.

"So you are the famous Paladin, huh, you don't look like much to me, you are much weaker than I thought you would be" said Heracles smiling.

Gilgamesh simply narrowed his eyes at him.

"And who are you?"