"Pfft—"
Blood splattered through the air.
Inside the spider web, Koneko Toujou had several drops of blood fall onto her face.
"Ah—!"
A razor-sharp chain pierced straight through the spider woman's wrist.
The chain extended from the direction of Qin Xiao, who stood at the doorway.
Behind him floated a golden circular portal, from which the chain extended outward.
Even though his inheritance level was only 10%, Qin Xiao could still use the Chains of Heaven.
Because Enkidu itself is the Chains of Heaven.
For Enkidu, the strongest power has always been his original nature—
the divine weapon created by the gods to bring the "Heaven's Pact" back to the side of the gods.
However, Qin Xiao still couldn't release the true name of the Chains of Heaven.
To do that, he would need to increase his inheritance percentage.
Inside the spider web, Koneko looked at Qin Xiao with surprise in her eyes.
This transfer student senior who strangely made her feel close to him—
was actually a Sacred Gear user.
"Trying to stop me too? Then you can die!"
With a violent motion, the spider woman forcibly broke free from the chain's restraint, ignoring the hole in her wrist.
She threw a huge spider web toward Qin Xiao.
But suddenly—
Golden magic circles appeared around him.
Chains shot out rapidly.
The spider webs were instantly shredded apart mid-air.
The reason Qin Xiao destroyed the webs so carefully was simple:
He only had one set of clothes.
Other than the Kuoh Academy uniform, he had nothing else.
Until he made money, this outfit had to be protected at all costs.
"Die, human!"
The spider woman suddenly appeared close to Qin Xiao.
Her eight spider legs made her extremely fast.
Although her upper body looked like that of a naked woman, her face was twisted with madness.
There was no charm left—only something disgusting.
"Pfft—!"
Before she could attack, a chain pierced through her abdomen from the side.
And it didn't stop there.
More chains shot out.
One after another.
In seconds, the spider woman's body was pierced like a sieve.
"Th… thank… you…"
At the moment of death, the spider woman looked at the green-haired figure standing before her.
For her, death was release.
The moment she killed her master, the backlash of the contract had already transformed her into a monster.
Although she still had some awareness, most of her mind had become chaotic and violent.
That was why so many innocent people had died at her hands.
Even though she was still alive—
the moment she took revenge, the real her had already died.
What remained was merely a beast controlled by madness.
But now, in the final moment of her life, her consciousness returned briefly.
That was why she thanked Qin Xiao.
With a final collapse—
the half-human, half-spider Stray Devil died.
In her last moment, she did not feel pain.
Only relief.
Ding! Template inheritance increased by 0.1%.
Qin Xiao was stunned.
So the way to increase template inheritance was by defeating enemies.
That was good news.
But there was a problem.
One Stray Devil only gave 0.1%.
To reach 20%, he would need 100 Stray Devils.
Where was he supposed to find that many in Kuoh City?
Rip—
At that moment, Koneko tore apart the spider web and stepped out.
She looked at Qin Xiao with obvious surprise.
In the human world, Sacred Gear users were extremely rare.
Powerful ones were even rarer.
Although the fight had been short, Qin Xiao had defeated the Stray Devil with ease.
His strength was clearly not weak.
"Senpai, thank you."
"It's nothing."
Qin Xiao rubbed his nose awkwardly.
Honestly, seeing such a cute silver-haired girl, he really wanted to pat her head.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly Qin Xiao noticed something in the living room.
He walked over and picked up a black object.
After wiping the dust away and opening it—
his face lit up with a huge smile.
It was a wallet.
Inside was a thick stack of money.
After counting quickly—
160,000 yen.
For Qin Xiao, this was a pretty good amount of money.
At least he wouldn't need to worry about food for the next few days.
Koneko looked confused.
She didn't understand why Qin Xiao was so happy about such a small amount of money.
As a servant of the Gremory clan's princess, she had never worried about finances.
In fact, she even had a small territory in the Underworld under the Gremory domain.
People managed it for her.
She only needed to collect the profits.
And Rias Gremory had never treated her poorly.
For example—
She owned nearly every game available on the market.
If other gamers saw her collection, they would cry from envy.
After all, in Japan, anime and gaming culture were extremely popular—and also expensive.
"Ahem… Toujou-san, don't misunderstand. I'm not…"
"It's okay, Senpai. I'll keep it a secret."
Seeing Koneko's emotionless face yet completely serious promise—
Qin Xiao felt like crying.
A cute silver-haired junior had just concluded that he was poor.
What should he do?
Urgent! Waiting for answers!
"Well… I'll leave first, Toujou-san."
"Wait, Senpai."
"What is it?"
"Please also help keep my secret."
"…Alright. I understand. I'll keep it secret."
"Thank you, Senpai."
Koneko bowed politely.
Devils must hide their identities, especially their supernatural powers.
If ordinary humans witnessed such things, their memories would need to be erased.
That was why humanity still knew nothing about the supernatural world.
And it wasn't just devils.
This was an unwritten rule of the entire supernatural world.
For ordinary people—
Knowing too much is a burden.