" Wait, wait... "
" So you're telling me that the Gates are really connected to the 'Quantum Particles'? " Ragna asks Twelve as the two of them examine the opened Gate.
" Wow, so it's confirmed! "
" 'Quantum Particles' are theorized to be the Universe's Interdimensional/intergalactic (possibly) particle which enables everything to move fast from one faraway place to another, the true Energy Source that crafts the Gates. "
" Hmph, the gods will never confirm if this is true despite so much research done by humans that already stated so. "
" Well, considering that they also govern the development of human knowledge, of course, they had to reject the very fact.
" Will ya shut up with the history and just wait! " Twelve says as he extracts the Gate's particles.
Seeing that, Ragna then understands how Twelve's
" So that's why you could create Gates out of water... " Ragna says as he sees it.
" I didn't remember the exact, but it is said by some scientists who have done Quantum Research that quantum energy could resonate with the molecular structure of water, creating a harmonious interaction. "
" By harnessing this resonance, using either great force or technology, it could manipulate the water to open gateways or portals to other realms. "
" Indeed, my Water Magic and the Quantum Particles had been harmoniously interacting after my years of life. " Twelve responds.
" I've been absorbing this for ages, you know, back in my Timeline of course. "
" After my very first injection of it. "
" Injection? " Ragna asks as Twelve says that once, he had a shield, a special-made shield, made by one of the Hunter Association (at that timeline) which he bought with lots of money.
" It was sold as it says 'Shield with the Power of the Gates'. "
" I bought it from the Black Market and learned how to use it independently, I speculated at that time the shield might be able to summon the Gates which could help me throughout my times in the Dungeons, allowing me to survive despite the possible stronger monsters. "
" Back then, the Diviners were still too lenient on things, hence why these kinds of weapons could exist in the first place, unlike in this Timeline. "
" After all, that shield was purely made from science, for it is the craziest weapon invention ever heard in the 12th Timeline, which I found to never exist in the Timelines afterward. "
" Guess I chose the right thing to buy it, even if it made Yukino, whom I already married at the time, so pissed, even attempting to divorce me as I buy it by spending 3/4 of my household's money. " Twelve suddenly remembers the moment when it happened.
" Wow, what a sacrifice, Twelve... "
" Great weapon collector mentality there. " Ragna responds sarcastically.
" Well, remember Ragna, no regrets. "
" If I didn't attempt to make use of the Shield's capability as I inject the particle into myself, I wouldn't have the power over the Gates now. "
" It takes lots of experiments and failures for me to able to use such thing, but if it's worth it, then I'll do it. "
" Right? "
" Isn't that what we do? What does 'Ragna Kent' always do? " Ragna Twelve says to Ragna Current behind him as he continues to absorb more of the Quantum Particles from the opened Gate.
" Grkh! " Twelve says.
" It is harder when doing it in this Spiritual Form. "
" But still, even so, I need to try in doing this if shit happens to me. " Twelve says while forcing himself more.
" What shit will happen? " Ragna asks as Twelve shows Ragna his vision through the
" We will face Zeus again, but this time... "
" It's you, huh? " Ragna says to Twelve after witnessing Twelve's vision share.
" Well, it was kinda fate, actually... "
" For the reason I'm in this spiritual form was due to my defeat over that god. " Twelve says while he recounts things.
" You fought Zeus before, when? " Ragna asks Twelve as he tries to remember.
" In the 69th Timeline, ask 69 more about it. "
" Back then, months before Carla's undeniable execution, I fought Zeus after meeting with 69 for the first time, a bad decision I've made which costs me my flesh. "
" That's why I must say, it's kinda entertaining for me to see Zeus lost to you as you used my
" It was such a satisfactory, to the point it makes me regret not using that strategy back then, Ragna. " Twelve says to Ragna as he tells his regrets.
" Well, due to your age, your creativeness might already be far gone, Twelve. " Ragna says as he knows that Twelve's problem back then was simply his old human age.
" Indeed, that's why I've decided to make you as strong as you can once you could see me when we first met. "
" I know the younger my Current Timeline Self is, the faster his growth could be. "
" With my 'eye' that also gets a glimpse of the Abyss Tower's sudden appearance, I'll bet my all that you will survive and return as a whole other level being. "
" Which resulted in as satisfying as I hoped. " Twelve tells.
" I see, so that's why you want me to enter it. "
" Like an insect in a giant Kodoku Ritual, you want me to appear as the strongest mutated monstrous insect that will bring terror over the people, right? " Ragna says with his reference.
" Indeed. " Twelve replied.
" Now, after all your growth, it's time for me, my turn, to not be a burdening old ghost from the Previous Timeline. " Twelve says as he fully absorbs the Quantum Particles from the Gate, swallowing the Gate whole to himself.
" Darn, this is tiresome in Spiritual Form. "
" Have you prepared my vessel, Ragna? " Twelve asks.
" Of course, using the Aether's Black Shadows, you would finally feel what it feels to be 'alive' again. " Ragna tells Twelve as he nods.
" Of course, with that, I should face the god once more... "
" Before I face the ones I swore to face again. " Twelve says as he remembers the end times of his Timeline where he fought Marticorax*.
"( Marticorax. )"
"( You and your other gods may have gone outside my grasp. )"
"( But once we dealt with the earth gods and the demons, I will wait for you. )" Twelve grips his fist.
"( We'll settle things, once and for all. )" Twelve swears as Ragna sees him from his position.
"( Goodness gracious we will really face the gods now. )"
"( After our extreme raids, the System and I analyzed that the Monsters and Demons, retreated from the Dungeons they governed, probably by the order of their Deviant Monarchs. )"
"( No wonder, after all, we'll be the gods' villains for now, it is not a surprising thing that they would retreat and use us to cause problems for them. )"
"( Fine then, if that's what you want. )" Ragna smirks to himself.
"( Guess I'll grow stronger then, then I'll make sure you'll regret using my current status, kukuku... )"
...
( Meanwhile. )
[ Location: Olympus ]
Zeus sits on his throne, he looks at his new Divine-forged hands from Loki, both made to replace his previous ones.
*Zeus tries to make a grip.*
" That Gate Portal... " Zeus remembers his battle with the White Demon.
" Why do I feel like ever seeing it before? " Zeus tries to remember as he wonders more about it.
" Curse you, White Demon! " Zeus swears as thunder and lightning roar around Olympus because of his swirling emotions.
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Extra:
Quantum Particle:
The Universe's Interdimensional/intergalactic (possibly) particle which enables everything to move fast from one faraway place to another, is the true Energy Source that crafts the Gate Portals and other kinds of portals mentioned in Aux Chapter 2: What is going on? Part 2.
This particle is still in debate over its very capabilities, even by the gods, so the better the person understands it, the better they may have an advantage over the wars to come.