Chapter 316: That Time When I Became the King of a Dying World
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[Nowhere]
Situated Outside the Cube, at the peak of the Prime Omniverse, this was the celestial dimension where Primal Gods dwelled.
The Lord of these Primal Gods was The Supreme God, he is the same being who was titled The Voidborn, The Primordial Deity—and he is also the same man who lost his daughter just a few days ago.
In the war that happened a few days ago, Neji Hado the Gamer had killed three hundred prime gods on his own. Along with them, he killed Fotia as well, the Fire Goddess of the Prime, the daughter of Voidborn.
As revenge, Voidborn had obliterated and annihilated the Gamer with a breath of fire, opposing one of the Class-2 Abstract Entity of the Cube in the process and endangering another all-out war against Cube. Though the war was avoided, and instead the said Abstract was punished to keep things suppressed, Voidborn was not satisfied at all with the result of things.
He began to search for the five females that the Gamer had managed to teleport away right before the war had started—Voidborn wanted them, along with any other person related to the Gamer, to die the worst possible death.
"My daughter," The Primordial God growled as he glared at the starry universe seen from the window he was standing beside. "I will avenge you, no matter what happens."
His cute little daughter who was once so kind was broken down and ruined by the 1st Gamer. But at the very least, she was alive—but this time, the 2nd Gamer didn't hold back, he killed Fotia.
Voidborn recalled how that rascal, the 1st Gamer, had threatened him before his death—that the next gamer would take revenge for him. That's exactly what had happened, and Primordial couldn't be more frustrated because of missing the chance to take down the 2nd while it was still possible.
"My King," a gentle voice suddenly said, but Voidborn didn't turn to respond. A second later, a hand fell on his shoulder, squeezing him gently, as the same voice spoke again. "I have a report from the search team."
That did make Voidborn turn his head to look at the woman beside him, who looked like a contrast to himself, with blazing red hair and pale-white skin, whereas he had white hair and red skin.
That was his wife, the mother of Fotia, the Goddess of Creation named Eurynome, she was as heartbroken as he was by their daughter's death.
"...Eury," Voidborn smiled for the first time in days, wrapping one of his hands around his wife's waist. "What is the report? Did they finally find someone?"
"No," Eury slowly shook her head. "Those five females seemed to have been teleported in a manner that messes with our search, possibly done by the Cube's Will. However, the news I have should cheer you up more."
Though the Primordial's mood soured once again when she spoke, her last line made him frown in expectation. What might be the thing that would cheer him up even in this situation?
"We have found signs that say the Gamer is alive and well," Eury said while his eyes widened. Eury watched as her husband's lips quivered, and before long a wide demonic grin was plastered on his face.
"He…hehaha." The Primordial God laughed. "Is that so? He survived after all of that, that little cockroach?"
"Do not be so hasty, my King," Eury squeezed his shoulder once again, trying to calm him down, as he stopped laughing and looked at her while trying his best not to glare. "Listen to what I have to say."
"...Speak, Eury."
"We mustn't kill him, at least not by your hands." Eury held both his shoulders with her hand to make him face towards her, smiling at his frown while she suggested her idea. "Let me handle him this time. As the Creation Goddess, I think I have a way to use him… and revive Fotia through his dead body."
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[Dimension of Manifestations]
Neji spent a few hours with Luck, finishing up their deed and taking a shower in that time before Luck deemed it time for Neji to leave for his journey once again.
"I want to spend time with you more than you want with me," Loli Luck said as she sat on the bed in front of Neji, wearing a towel that wrapped around her younger body. "But we do need to be quick. Time in my place is the most unstable, but I have connected the timezone here with the other worlds I have found, where the other girls are currently at."
"How many worlds have you found yet?" asked Neji while wearing a simple white shirt and creamy white pants. He was in front of the dressing table and was fixing up the collar of his shirt. "I reckon you only found three worlds last time, with two remaining."
"I found the other two as well," Luck said calmly. "Bleach, DxD, Fate, Naruto, Tensura."
Neji turned around. "I see. Lucky. I know bits of all of these verses. Naruto is done. I suppose Tensura will be hard because of the bullshit power scaling there, so let's put that to the side for now. I have to choose from the other three…"
"Yeah."
"Have you found any sign of who might be in which world?" Neji asked her with slight hope. "As you know, I am particularly searching for Kimi."
"I don't know, actually." Lady Luck shrugged. "The reason why Rumi replaced Kaguya, I think, should be because of the similarities, no matter how small, between her and Kaguya."
"Uh-huh?"
"It's the same reason I made you into Neji Hyuga, because even the slightest similarity, in your case the first name, between you and another existing character within the verse can create a synergy that makes Primordial God's searching method overlook you, though just for a bit longer than usual." Luck explained. "I didn't govern Rumi's Teleportation of course, same with the other girls, so this was most likely done by the Omniverse's Will to help keep the girls hidden from the search of the Primordial. After all, that guy might just be looking for your girls, like he is looking for you, so that he can inflict upon you the pain of watching your loved ones die."
"Huh." Neji hummed. "That means if we can think of characters within these verses you just spoke of, we may be able to figure out which of the girls ended up in those worlds?"
"Possible," Luck said, "Let's start with Bleach. Who do you think ended up there?"
"...I don't know," Neji sighed a moment later. "Let's not search that way, but search by the girls. I am looking for Kimi, where do you think she might have ended up?"
"Both DxD and Fate?" Lady Luck replied. "Other than the obvious DxD where Yokais, Fate does have a Neko Village dimension. Besides, my main reason for suggesting Fate is that one of the strongest beings in that verse, Neco-Arc, is a playful blonde Neko."
"...Ah, right, I remember!"
"Yup. Though the problem is, I am sending you to Fate Grand Order, not the one where Neco-Arc was seen. So…"
"It's Fate, remember?" Neji chuckled. "A character who appeared in one timeline can always hop into another timeline. Also, I think since she's so strong there should only be one version of herself in the entire verse. I don't know. Anyway, I think I will go to Fate this time instead of DxD because you know my promise to control my little head will be very hard in DxD."
Lady Luck chuckled as she shook her head. "I guess that's right. If you find Kimi here, she'll be happy to go to DxD with you herself. Ah- the Dimensional Elevator is nearly here, let's finish this."
"Huh? I thought we didn't need to use it?" Neji asked while Luck hopped off the bed and walked over to him.
"I need it to send you to another world, but bringing you back can be done by myself." Loli Luck said, standing in front of Neji and throwing her arms around his neck to pull him toward her face.
Luck kissed Neji, her soft lips planting themselves over his own as a light started to lit up the room.
– Clink!
Luck pulled back when the sound of a metal door opening filled the room, turning around with Neji to find a cosmos-themed elevator waiting in the room.
"It's here," Luck said, patting Neji on the back. "By the way, use your Jōgan to shorten up a little, you're too tall."
"You didn't seem to mind that in the bed?" Neji laughed as he walked over to the opening elevator, its gates separating very slowly before it finally did. "Regardless, thanks my Loli Goddess, I will see you next time."
"Sayonara~"
Neji walked inside, and as he turned around he got to see Luck waving her hand at him just as the gates closed fast.
– Clink!
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"You have grown since the last time we met," Famine Fatale, an Agent of Death that Neji met last time while in the elevator, spoke as she stood against the wall, with her shoulder brushing with his, though her gaze was locked forward. "And I don't just mean height-wise."
This woman was 7"2 tall, according to Jogan, whilst Neji was still 6"5 still even after Lady Luck called him out on it. He liked being tall, after all.
"Thanks," Neji gave her a smile, unlike the cold shoulder from last time. "Your card helped me out once, though it wasn't a real use." That, and for her to stand by his side seemed to scare all the other passengers from approaching the talk of everyone, the infamous Gamer.
"I thought so," the woman replied. "I have a collection with my cards, such is why I can feel it when a cardholder calls for me, but the card I gave you lost all its connection after you left the elevator. You must have put that in your Inventory thingy, right? Anyway, when you took it out again for a minute, I felt it, I would have descended in that world if you kept it out for a bit more. I thought you wanted to call me but didn't know how to use the card. Anyway, if you need my help. just put mana in it, or whatever energy you use works too."
"Thanks," Neji nodded. "I will use it if it is really necessary, though you never disclosed what the 'price' for your help is."
Famine was about to open her mouth, but right then the elevator voice spoke.
[Next Stop, Neji Hado. Please be prepared to get off.]
"Heh," Famine smiled. "Next time, I suppose."
"Next time, yeah." Neji gave her a last nod, before walking over to the gate.
The elevator gate opened for him to see a world of rainbow colors outside, where he paused and then took a step forward.
Unlike last time, when Neji couldn't even figure out where he was standing, this time he felt something, he felt the divinity behind this, he felt the authority of space travel on these colors, as the rainbow shone brightly and his mind went blank.
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When the light finally subsided, Neji's eyelids slowly opened, and he found himself sitting on a throne with a wine-filled goblet in his hand.
"..."
The goblet, where his face was reflected on the smooth surface, was golden, and that gold seemed to contaminate his usually blue-system windows as golden text boxes began to pop up over his eyes.
[The substitute procedure has been completed smoothly.]
[After calculating the pre-existing record of this body's identity, new sub-titles have been added to Master.]
[The feature, Sub-Title, has been unlocked.]
[The Sub-Title "Humanity's Last King" has been added.]
[The Sub-Title "Caster" has been added.]
[The Sub-Title "The King of Heroes" has been added.]
"...Oh, for fucks sake." Neji groaned while he stood up. "Loli Luck, may you explain in what way or form I seem similar to this douchebag?"
With that said, the King of Hero variant of Neji's journey began in this verse of Grand Order.
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