Sacred Gear Omnitrix Ch. 9

Chapter 9: The Voice Among the Stars.

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Everything felt cold.Not the kind of cold that brushed lightly against the skin—but the deep, hollow chill that seeps into your bones and steals away the last warmth your body can muster.

My breath came out shallow, my strength fading as blood poured from my chest in thick, hot streams.

I could feel life leaving me… slipping away drop by drop.

“Oh, shit… I should’ve been more careful,” I thought weakly, trying to keep my eyes open.

Voices echoed faintly around me—people calling my name—but the sounds were distant, muffled, like they were trapped behind a wall of fog.

I tried to lift my head, to at least catch a glimpse of the battle still raging before me, but my vision blurred.The world dimmed, the light fading into an endless shadow. My eyes grew heavy.

And then—everything went dark.

An empty void surrounded me, vast and silent. The blackness stretched infinitely, broken only by pinpricks of light—stars scattered like diamonds across the void.

I floated there, confused, until I noticed the stars begin to move. Slowly, they gathered together, forming the shape of something massive… something alive.

A towering figure took form above me, its body made of swirling galaxies and blazing constellations.

The sheer size of it made me feel microscopic—like a grain of dust before a mountain.

“Whoa! You almost scared me, doofus!” I blurted out instinctively, trying to mask my fear with humor. But the being said nothing—it only stared, its cosmic eyes unblinking.

Then, as if realizing something, I froze mid-sentence.

“Wait… are you—”

I stopped, unable to finish the thought. The idea was too impossible.

“No… it can’t be,” I whispered.

The figure began to shift. A blinding light radiated from it, washing away the stars until only white remained.

When the glow dimmed, the form had changed—it now resembled me. A mirror image, yet radiant and endless, its body still faintly shimmering with celestial energy.

I took a step back in awe.

“No way… a Celestial Sapien,” I said, my voice trembling.

“You have surmised correctly,” the being replied, its tone calm and vast echoing like thunder in a canyon. “I was right to place you in my universe.”

I blinked.

“Wait… you mean you created the DxD world?” I asked, half laughing. “Pfft—yeah right. You gotta be joking, or this is some kind of cosmic prank.”

“You may not believe it,” he said simply, “but I am its creator. I made this universe—at first, out of curiosity. But I never expected to fall in love with my creation.”

His gaze drifted downward, the light around him dimming with sorrow. “That… was my first mistake.”

I could sense the weight behind his words. He wasn’t just some god. He was something far older—something infinite.

“I was an oddity among my kind,” he continued. His deep voice rolled like an ancient storm. “A Celestial Sapien born with a single personality. To my species, that was an abomination—a flaw. A voice of love without the balance of compassion.”

I listened silently. The Celestial Sapiens—creators, thinkers, cosmic architects—were supposed to be perfect. Yet even perfection, it seemed, could fear what it didn’t understand.

“They feared me,” he said. “Feared what I could become. So they cast me out—from the Forge.”

He paused, eyes shimmering like twin stars.“I found solace in creation. I crafted life, watched it grow. But then came war. Division. My world tore itself apart. My loved ones were lost to chaos.”

He looked at me again.

“So I built the Omnitrix—to unify my creations under one will. To bring balance to what had fallen apart.”

I stood quietly, letting his words sink in. And then, something in me snapped.

“Then why the hell does your so-called all-powerful weapon keep screwing me over?” I shouted. “If it’s supposed to bring balance, why does it always fail when I need it most?”

The Celestial Sapien only said faintly.

“Because you haven’t unlocked it yet.”

He reached out and touched my forehead. Instantly, my mind exploded with light—knowledge, energy, entire system of how the Omnitrix worked flooding into me all at once.I gasped, seeing visions of infinite possibilities, each one branching and collapsing within seconds. My body trembled, but my mind—my mind felt awake.

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Outside, the world still raged in chaos.

Asia knelt beside my body, her hands glowing weakly as she poured what little energy she had left into healing me. She had already helped Rias and the others stand again, but Kokabiel was still a monster among them—his power dwarfing theirs completely.

Kiba clashed with Freed, sparks and steel cutting through the air, but even their combined effort wasn’t enough.Issei tried desperately to summon the Boosted Gear’s armor—the Scale Mail form—but his body was too drained to sustain it.

Asia’s magic faltered. Her hands shook.Tears welled in her eyes as she looked down at me—unmoving, pale, blood staining the ground beneath me.She had given everything… and it still wasn’t enough.

Then, the Omnitrix beeped.

A soft, steady sound at first.

Then louder. Stronger.

A green light pulsed from the core, reacting to my life-threatening state. The device glowed intensely, scanning and rewriting—analyzing a dormant DNA signature it had collected within its code suitable for the host.

Asia gasped as she saw my body start to change.The wound on my back began to close, the torn flesh mending rapidly. Then, from my shoulders, bright green light burst outward—and devil wings emerged.

“W-what’s going on?” Asia stammered, her voice trembling.

The battlefield fell silent.

Even Kokabiel paused mid-attack, turning toward the brilliant light erupting from the center of the field.

When the glow finally faded, I opened my eyes.A deep breath escaped me—and I stood.

Everyone froze.

It was impossible. No one had ever survived a direct hit from Excalibur. Yet here I was—alive, glowing with energy that felt limitless.Knowledge from the Celestial Sapien’s touch still burned in my mind. I felt stronger like every cell in my body had been rewritten by creation itself.

Freed stared at me in disbelief.

“H-how… how are you still alive?” he demanded, his manic grin faltering.

I met his gaze, my fury smoldering beneath the calm. That lunatic had stabbed me in the back—like a coward.

And now, he would pay for it.

A chill ran down Freed’s spine. Even Kiba, who had been locked in combat with him moments ago, could feel the sheer pressure radiating from me.

But Freed, being Freed, just laughed.

“Heh! You think you scare me? Don’t look down on me, maggot!”

He shoved Kiba aside with raw force and turned toward me. His sword pulsed with light—three Excalibur fragments fused into one, a weapon brimming with divine energy.

He sprinted forward, the ground cracking beneath his feet.

“I’m gonna cleave you in two!” he shouted, raising his sword high.

But I didn’t move.

I simply stood there, silent, watching him come.

Everyone yelled for me to dodge.

“Levy, move, you idiot!” Akeno cried, trying to rise, but Kokabiel’s earlier attack had left her barely able to stand.

Freed’s blade descended—his grin wide, his eyes crazed.

And then—everything slowed.

I took one calm step back, pressing my hand down without even touching the Omnitrix.

In an instant, fire erupted around me.My body ignited, transforming into Heatblast.

The explosion of energy was so sudden, Freed didn’t even have time to react. A torrent of hot flames engulfed him, swallowing his scream as the inferno reduced both him and the Excalibur to ash.

When the fire cleared, only scorched earth remained.

I stood there quietly—flames flickering around me—eyes locked on the fading smoke.