One of them was Mammon. A large man, slightly taller than me, with muscles that outline his suit. He looked like he was a middle-aged man with a strong jawline. He held a smile that seemed innocent, the smile of a man who enjoys the simple things, such as the lilies or daisies in the field. His eyes were brown and sturdy, that showed the resolution he held.
Looking at him you were reminded of a strong, friendly, reliable fellow who would crush a mountain with his bare fists but soft and gentle when picking up a kitty..
He didn't have many demonized features aside from his slightly tanned skin. He was in formal attire today. A white suit that was sporadically fitted with glimmering gems like they were stars of the night. On the edges of his suit, such as his cuffs, or near his breast the white slowly cracked and turned into an ashen color like burnt wood.
The room was filled with people who were sitting in front of the hologram, each moving hurriedly around the room. Next to Mammon was a man holding the atmosphere of the room in check.
A man in an ancient general's uniform, although it's more fit to say that he's a mythical creature, the Ryzzwiel. A supreme-mythical beast known for being able to warp space and time around itself.
It takes the shape of a whale with a million translucent tentacles stretching across its back. It floats around like a jellyfish but has incredibly high intelligence. It can travel through the space between dimensions and warp space and time to drag dimensions with it. Its eyes are incredibly small and have practically infinite lifespans.
They were first known for feeding off the broken shards of dimensions to keep itself alive. It doesn't eat a lot and some have estimated that they can crash two dimensions together, like having two gigantic ships crash into each other.
They feed off space-time itself but to most people they don't even know that they exist.
He had a head of white hair, fierce golden eyes, a spiny stubble across his lower chin. He looked old, and retired yet invigorated. His breathing was slow like a whale's as he glanced at the notes over the table. His pupils were golden but the surrounding parts of his eye were darkish red making his intense golden eyes look like the sun during a solar eclipse. He was tall and held a firm appearance to him. He looked like the kind of guy who wouldn't smile under any circumstances.
(Fun Picture I found that resembled it!)
He also looked like he was transported from an ancient era and placed in today's world. He held an ancient tone to his speech and manner.
"Belphegor" He spoke, his voice groaning like the bellows of a volcano.
"Diablo" I responded to him.
His eyes softened, his smile did as well. "It's good to see you"
"I have a present for you," I added. I snapped my fingers and a tiny portal opened. I reached in, and what came out was a navy blue watch. It was beautifully made with a rose gold tinted outside that complimented the navy blue. Despite it's beautiful looks it had a special use case, as it showed the time on Earth.
He smiled, receiving my gift. Nodding his head. He put it back into his pocket. "I like it"
I smiled, and nodded, "It is my pleasure"
"Let's go over what we know about this universe" Mammon interrupted, "It has pretty interesting laws of physics. Here are the basic equations to understand how energy and forces work in this universe." Mammon pointed to a small booklet filled with equations.
"This means that the easiest way to open a new portal would be to go through the space where the time-space fracture has been disrupted like wormholes or blackholes. Unfortunately their closest blackholes are incredibly far away. This dimension's constants are different from our own, that means if moving from one dimension to another in the Inkosyth Empire is equivalent to changing rooms with different amounts of gasses, trying to enter this dimension is like trying to enter a room that's filled with cement. Entering different dimensions from their Tertiary universe is like trying to enter a room filled with cement into a room filled with bricks and then a room filled with steel. If their species is used to living in a room filled with cement then they'll find it easier to move to a room filled with bricks. It'll be difficult for us to send anything to you while you're there."
Mammon looked at me, "So it's impossible for us to send objects with mass to their universe, although it's possible to send objects without mass. Fortunately we had an astronomer enter our universe which lets us accurately deduce the coordinates of their planet."
I perked up my eyebrow.
"We've reverse-engineered their reincarnation process into our world and we can do the same to them."
"Are you asking me to die?" I pondered
Mammon shook his head, "We can only transfer massless objects like your consciousness to their universe." This is where Mammon paused. "We'll need you to be in a dream-like state"
"Why can't we just go through the blackhole and teleport?" I asked
"That would only be possible if we held pocket dimensions that had the same universal constants as theirs. As you know, teleportation is only possible since we can fold space through our personal dimension, shortening the distance between two places into a distance traversable through a single step. If we're folding paper, this time you'll be trying to fold cement"
Each of the top powerhouses in the Inkosyth Empire had an entire dimension they held complete control over. Inside those personal dimensions they become God-like entities and in the outside world they can periodically use their personal dimensions to influence the outside world.
"So…I have to reincarnate" I wistfully looked at Mammon
He nodded, "Although after several tests we can conclude that it's safe"
"Wait so I can only bring massless objects, which are in essence, nothing? Literally I can only bring nothing?"
Mammon nodded. This is ridiculous! I screamed in my heart, What kind of madman sends a person to do a mission in a new place expecting me to conquer the entire world with nothing at my disposal. Haaah. Well it's not like it hasn't happened in the past.
There was a historical record of someone who went into a province, fell into a dimensional crack, ended up in a primary dimension and then united the people by convincing them they were God's Emissary before opening a portal to Inkosyth.
On the bright side things can't get any worse.
"There is also a new mission, to create a new personnel dimension using the sub-space between Inkosyth and Earth. This will be a transport station that will let us transport goods from Earth to Inkosyth"
I could feel the headaches from my future self sending it to my present self asking, "Why did you do this to yourself!"
I sighed in resignation. I looked over at Diablo with a pleading face that seemed to say "There has to be good news!"
Diablo closed his eyes and gently nodded like a leaf nodded with the tide of the wind. "There are a few massless weapons you can use." He pulled out several blueprints from the table and gave them to me, "Knowledge on weapons we've designed once you get there"
His solar eclipse eyes looked dead straight at me. I-I couldn't lose hope yet! How can I lose the fight without lifting a punch!
I took the blueprints and saw that they were weapons I could build once I got there. It used sophisticated arithmetics and our ability to manipulate massless objects. A smile began to form on my face. Ahhh these pages, they reminded me that information was history's most powerful weapon.
I collected them, but I don't want to reveal all of them. Some of them I'll reveal, like a tool that'll let me interact with a person's dream, the rest are a secret! These kinds of inventions!
I picked them up and stored them in my dimension.
"The entire Empire is spending a lot on you this time around" Mammon sighed, "You're also getting a brand new dimension, it's going to be set-up as the transit station between this world and Earth. I believe I've stalled long enough."
A ring of darkness appeared around us