After that, Tatsuma took Valerie back to the Carmilla Faction's territory.
Walking into the palace, he followed the aura and met up with Rias and the others.
"Tatsuma, are you alright?" Rias was the first to greet him and ask.
Tatsuma shrugged, "Of course I'm fine. What could happen to me?"
Rias visibly sighed in relief, "That's good. By the way, what exactly happened just now?"
After separating from Tatsuma, Rias and the others immediately entered the palace to rescue Queen Carmilla. However, before they could reach their destination, they felt a terrifying, unfamiliar aura from the battlefield.
After that, Tatsuma used the one-time barrier to set up a battlefield to deal with Rizevim and the others.
Because they didn't know the exact situation, from Rias and the others' perspective, it was as if Tatsuma had been ambushed and attacked by enemies, which was very frightening.
"Was the enemy who appeared later a new Evil Dragon?"
"Not an Evil Dragon, it was Rizevim."
Tatsuma shook his head slightly and generally explained what had happened after they separated and he encountered Rizevim.
"Rizevim?!"
Rias's eyes widened, showing a surprised expression.
As the heiress of the Gremory clan, she had, of course, heard of Rizevim's name. In Rias's opinion, Rizevim, as a transcendent, was an existence equivalent to her brother.
If Tatsuma could defeat Rizevim, didn't that mean he had the ability to defeat Sirzechs?
"Tatsuma, how strong are you now?"
"I'm not sure of the exact details, but there's still a certain gap with Dragon God Level powerhouses."
After truthfully replying, Tatsuma introduced Valerie to Rias and the others.
Because of the previous incident of defeating Rizevim, Rias and the others' acceptance had increased significantly.
Even upon learning that Valerie was the holder of the Sephiroth Graal, they weren't too shocked.
After some conversation and getting acquainted, Tatsuma turned to look at Elmenhilde in the corner.
She was standing next to a woman with a crown and golden hair.
Noticing Tatsuma's gaze, the golden-haired woman proactively walked over.
"Nice to meet you, Tatsuma-san. I am Dailina Carmilla, the Queen of the Carmilla Faction."
"Thanks to your help this time, we were able to overcome the crisis and survive."
"Please allow me to offer you the most sincere gratitude on behalf of all members of the Carmilla Faction."
"It's just a transaction, no need to be so polite."
Tatsuma raised his hand and snapped his fingers, summoning a projection of the Tepes Faction's territory in mid-air.
"When I went to rescue Valerie just now, I conveniently dealt with the Tepes Faction's vampires."
"Send someone to check the situation there. If there are no issues, I'll consider the commission concluded."
"This…"
Dailina froze in place.
Looking at the Tepes Faction's territory in the projection, which had turned into ruins and was no better than the Carmilla Faction's territory, Dailina's expression became complex.
This isn't right, is it?
She had indeed commissioned Tatsuma, wanting him to handle Valerie's problem.
But wasn't he a bit too brutal?
Not only did he abduct Valerie, but he also destroyed the Tepes Faction's territory before leaving. He held nothing back, clearly aiming to wipe out the Tepes Faction.
"Don't misunderstand, the town has nothing to do with me."
As if seeing through Dailina's thoughts, Tatsuma's voice sounded again.
"Just like the Carmilla Faction, the Tepes Faction was also attacked by the Evil Dragon."
"If it weren't for my help, what you see now wouldn't be just ruins."
"By the way, the Tepes Faction's vampires are not dead. I just gave them a small lesson."
"That's good."
Dailina breathed a sigh of relief.
The conflict between the Carmilla Faction and the Tepes Faction mainly lay in their governing philosophies. If the Tepes Faction's vampires were completely wiped out, it wouldn't be a good thing for the Carmilla Faction.
"Tatsuma-san, thank you again for your help. Once the situation within the territory is handled later, I will personally go to the Underworld to discuss cooperation with the Satans."
"I understand."
Tatsuma nodded slightly in response, then discussed some cooperation matters with Dailina.
Not cooperation between vampires and the Biblical Alliance, but cooperation between vampires and the Akatsuki.
Although their combat capability was limited, the Carmilla Faction vampires had their own advantages.
If the vampires were willing to cooperate with the Akatsuki, the Akatsuki's scale could be further improved, allowing them to capture more terrorists.
The more terrorists captured, the more traits Tatsuma could obtain.
Accumulating little by little, it was also a considerable income.
"Queen Carmilla, what is your intention?"
"Please allow me to confirm again, do our Carmilla Faction vampires only need to help capture Cursed Spirits, evil spirits, and terrorists?"
"Yes."
"If that's the case, then there's no problem."
Dailina nodded and agreed.
After the Evil Dragon attack, both the Carmilla Faction and the Tepes Faction were severely weakened. To avoid being exploited by a third-party enemy, finding a backer was a very important matter.
Establishing contact with Tatsuma through this cooperation seemed like a surefire profitable deal to her.
"The official start time for cooperation will be set for one month later. The Carmilla Faction vampires need some time to rebuild their territory."
"One month? That's a bit slow."
Tatsuma was not too satisfied with this. He had finally acquired a batch of workers, he needed them to start working as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, a vast Time energy surged from Tatsuma, covering the Carmilla Faction's territory.
"Tatsuma-san, what are you doing?" Dailina asked in confusion.
"Helping you rebuild your territory." Tatsuma replied concisely.
Seeing this, Dailina became even more confused, completely failing to understand what he meant.
However, just then, Elmenhilde, who was standing behind, let out a gasp.
"Queen, come and see!"
"What is it?"
Dailina walked to the window.
The next second, she, like Elmenhilde, widened her eyes and gasped.
The burning flames flew into the sky and disappeared, and the remnants of buildings reconnected, joining back together.
Gazing at the miraculous scene before her, even the experienced Dailina couldn't help but be shocked.
"Tatsuma-san, what did you do?"
"Nothing, just reversed time."
Tatsuma replied, then looked at his hand, which wrinkled and then quickly turned back to normal.
Such a large-scale time reversal placed a burden for him. However, with Gold-level Senjutsu and Indestructible as assistance, his overdrawn body would quickly recover as good as new.
Relying on this nearly bug-like method, Tatsuma continuously performed super-overload consumption. In less than a minute, the Carmilla Faction's territory, destroyed by the Evil Dragon, was restored to its original state.
"Done."
Tatsuma stopped the time reversal and looked at Dailina.
"The territory has been repaired, so the Carmilla Faction can now start cooperating with the Akatsuki earlier."
"..."
You caused such a big commotion just to get the Carmilla Faction's vampires to start working sooner?
Dailina's mood was a bit complex. She actually wanted to say that the one-month buffer period was not only for rebuilding the territory but also for the vampires to recover from their injuries.
However, recalling the terrifying aura Tatsuma had just emitted, she ultimately didn't dare to say that sentence and instead nodded very obediently. "I will… I will contact the Akatsuki's representative immediately to discuss the cooperation."
"That's good."
Tatsuma showed a satisfied expression.
After the discussion on cooperation concluded, Tatsuma returned to Rias and the others.
After some discussion, Rias chose to stay behind to clean up the battlefield and report to the Underworld on Tatsuma's behalf. Naturally, Tatsuma had no objections to this.
After leaving a Teleportation Magic Circle in the palace for Rias and the others to return easily, he took Valerie, who needed a physical examination, and teleported back home.
Walking all the way to the fourth basement level, Tatsuma and Valerie entered the Material Room.
Compared to when they left last night, the place had undergone tremendous changes. Not only had the overall space expanded nearly ten times, but the room was also filled with a large number of machines, looking as magnificent as a secret laboratory from a sci-fi novel.
"You did all this in one night?"
"Yes, they're all easy-to-make gadgets, basically didn't take much time."
Yahweh introduced the uses of these machines.
Food processing, energy collection, material purification...
From daily life to experimental equipment, the machines in the Material Room covered various fields.
Seeing this, Tatsuma once again marveled at Yahweh's creative ability, then handed Valerie over to her.
"I let her drink a little of my blood. Check if it has alleviated the burden caused by the Holy Grail."
"Wait a moment, it will take some time."
Yahweh beckoned Valerie, leading her into a cylindrical machine filled with wires.
Tatsuma had some impression of this machine. When Yahweh had just introduced it, she described it as "a machine for detecting material composition."
"That description is really brief."
After muttering a low complaint, Tatsuma's thoughts moved, and he opened the trait inventory.
It was time to organize his gains.