T.G.O.E: Kon

CHAPTER 4

There is an abandoned church on the hill on the outskirts of Kuoh town.

But unlike the common belief of townspeople, the church is not actually abandoned. But that said, the inhabitants aren't humans either.

The inhabitants are none other than a group of fallen angels who are currently gathered in the hall.

A woman who appeared to be in her early 20s, a child who appeared to be in her early teens, and a man who appeared to be in his late thirties.

He was facing the two of them with a leader-like presence. He had three pairs of wings unlike the other two who had one.

"Are you telling me that Raynare was killed? And the possible culprit is someone who has a sleeping sacred gear?"

The man named Dohnaseek was furious.

"Not to mention she IGNORED my direct orders and went after his brother... KALAWARNA! Didn't I ask you to keep an eye on her?!"

"But, sir!" Kalawarna said, "She has never disobeyed her orders like this before. There is something weird going on here. I have to say this but she was not acting herself. It was almost as if she was being controlled-"

"EXCUSES!" he snapped, "are you telling me that you couldn't keep an eye on a trash that got herself killed by a human?!"

He stood there for a few seconds, fuming. Mittelt, the teenage girl, and Kalwarner kept their mouths shut. They both knew how much he cared for Raynare. Saying anything would only be adding fuel to the fire.

"No," he said, "something here doesn't add up... This is the case of a sleeping sacred gear..."

...

The sacred gear system was created by the God of the Bible to grant humans the power to stand their ground against the supernatural. However, it had the opposite effect. The acquisition of powerful sacred gears has become the current symbol of power among the supernatural.

The strongest ones amongst the sacred gears are called the 13 Longinus; also known as God destroyers. They are also called the supreme sacred gears. The reason for calling them such is simply because... they are just that powerful.

Boosted Gear, the possessor of which is called the Red Dragon Emperor (Izo), is one of the Longinus. In fact, it is the fifth-ranked Longinus with the killer ability to double the owner's power every 10 seconds.

When the user of a sacred gear passes away, it reverts to its basic form and waits in heaven, in the sacred gear system, for its new wielder to appear. This is a cycle that keeps repeating. The new wielder may appear at any time. To make things fair, the ones in heaven can only monitor whether a user has appeared or not. They are unable to know who the wielder is.

In the mysterious world of sacred gears, there is a peculiar case called the sleeping sacred gear. It is a rare case that happens when a sacred gear goes into hibernation, due to over-usage or due to suffering huge damage during a weilder's death, to heal. Due to an unknown problem or a bug, you can say, sometimes the sacred gear system tries to find a suitable match for the gear during its hibernation period and ends up selecting individuals who are underqualified for the fully awakened sacred gear. Hence, a sacred gear user is born who cannot use his sacred gear due to the hibernation factor and also the true qualifications factor. But since it is a sacred gear, it is obliged to provide some sort of benefits within its limits, but those are very very weak. So weak that it is only good for attracting unwanted trouble.

Therefore, even for a low-ranking supernatural being to die at the hands of a sleeping sacred gear user is unheard of or one can say downright ridiculous.