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Chapter 66 - Reality

'So, let me get this straight. You opened the door to your house, and then exploded along with the entire house. And that must be the explosion I heard. Then your soul was transported to a white space where you suffered for an eternity before reaching some sort of enlightenment. However, the being no.1 that put you through that torture had a superior being no.2 who did not want you to replace that being no.1 in its punishment. Therefore, it threw you across the void like a baseball. The sheer speed of movement was destroying your enlightened soul with time, until you were finally killed… again. However, the superior being no.2 had an even superior being no.3 who put you back together along with some 'humanity' added into the m ix like a bloody witch making a potion with your soul. 'That Man' then threw you to a new world full of gods and other races, and declared you the god of systems?'

[Well yes. That pretty much sums it up.]

'But that makes a problem. I just died back on Earth, like a second ago or something. I just entered a black space, but then moved a different black space which is where you are talking to me.'

[I mean, those 'beings' were strong enough to completely reconstruct myself, so, time travel and bending time should not be too much of a problem I suppose.]

'True'

[Also, this is not a black space, it's a skeleton]

'skeleton?'

[I suppose that this is your body for now. A dead body to be exact. You are now an undead.]

'Hmm'

Karlos had already become numb to nonsense like this, even though it was likely to be reality. It was still nonsense!

[I have done some calculations; it should take another 1 hour until your soul fully assimilates with your body. Only at that point will you be able to move around. I'll tell you about your current situation now, but before that, I need to ask you something really important.]

[The person whose body you are controlling was a human called Maximus. So, what do you want to be called as? Since you are starting a new life anyways, you need to decide on your name. Maximus, Karlos, or something completely different. Chose before you fully assimilate with your body. I'll leave you to yourself for some time. Think about it for some time and tell me.]

With that, Jack's divine voice stopped speaking to Karlos' soul and waited silently while quickly planning things.

'SPU can manage everything. He can contact me if anything actually happens.'

With s simple thought, he had sent over a few instructions to SPU, and decided to put all his focus onto Karlos, and allowing him to survive in the black mist land called the northern continent.

'I have decided Jack. Come out quick! Don't leave me here alone!!'

[Why fear when I am here]

'Yes, yes. You are good at impersonating All Might.'

[Why thank you! Now, you name?]

'Karlos.'

[…Alright]

'You aren't going to ask me why?'

[Why should I? You decided it! So, I let you stick with it. In fact, it is better this way. Your naming sense was too strange anyways.]

'Hey! My naming sense is godlier than your existence! There was a reason why they hired me as the 'Chief Naming Sergeant'.'

[Anyway~ You are now in a new world. The setting would be… a cross between AS#2, WQ#43, and S1.]

'Hmm… I see. Gods and legendary beings huh. And churches for the gods, while legendary beings are as strong as gods? What about the geography and nations?'

[Well, this world has 5 continents divided by a body of water that covers everything. The central continent is like a circle, with the Western continent being extremely close to it like a segment of a circle. The distance is not a lot, about the width of Italy. The southern continent is like a spike sticking out of the central continent, about the same distance away as the western.]

[Then come the two continents that I cannot clearly see even as a god. Unfortunately, you are in one of these; the Northern continent. I can't see anything here except you for reasons I do not know. The northern continent is separate by an ocean full of super-powerful monsters and creatures which normal humans cannot cross. The distance might be the same as with the other continents, but not too many people have successfully crossed over, and those that have, have never returned to the other continents.]

[Last comes the Eastern continent, which is so far away from the other three, that most humans do not even know of its existence.]

[That is about it.]

'Just great. I get reincarnated, like I always wanted. However, my entire family was butchered in front of me before I too was killed for that to happen. Feeling completely lost, I entered the new world as the weakest of my species, which too is an undead at that. The one hope was that my friend Jack also got reincarnated, but as a god. However, he is completely useless at anything I want to do. I feel like Thanos and Kazuma at the same time!'[1]

[Hey, you know I can hear you right? And I am much stronger than anything you can imagine. So, don't worry, I will make sure you grow properly.]

[1] I felt like adding, I won, but at what cost to this, but stopped myself. Also, for those who do not get it, Kazuma is also reincarnated with a useless goddess by his side who can only make tiny water fountains as a magic trick.