Chapter 1: A Dream?
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"It's that dream again," said the young man, slowly opening his eyes and waking up from his bed, remembering the things that happened in his dream....
In the vast expanse of space, a humanoid figure stood overlooking the various multiverses floating in space. The figure waved its hands and a multiverse filled with divine and demonic energy was pulled towards the being.
After the being scrutinized the multiverse, a soft and ethereal voice with indifference spoke, "So it's not qualified too huh? What a shame. If it reached the standard, I could have hastened my plans."
In front of the figure materialized a gigantic gothic-style castle made out of a black material and bright red glass panes with several towers and bridges connecting each of them.
"Fusing several multiverses of these levels should make a crack in the barrier protecting the other plane, and then I'll be able to transcend to new heights. Now I'll just have to wait a little bit until more powerful multiverses are naturally born...."
Sitting in a crossed-legged position on the luxurious black throne with golden embroideries, the 'being' leaned comfortably on the throne and closed its eyes.
6 Months Later.
1 Year Later.
47 Years Later.
553 Years Later.
367,217,513 Years Later.
639,270,383,639,182,379,692,627,283,696 Years Later.
After Countless Eons Had Passed.
The being opened its eyes, using its ability,
As the being raised its hand to control the various multiverses, then the dream ended with him hearing his alarm clock ringing.
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
For the past couple of weeks, he had been having a strange dream about a powerful being known as an "Outer God," an existence known as the strongest by all Genesis-level existences and above.
He remembered the being erasing realities, creating powerful gods, making armies, fusing different universes, and much more. Even though the man was strong, he died in an accident when he tried to experiment with his new body.
'I wonder who was that entity?' he thought randomly while yawning and stretching his arms above his head.
Leaving the soft comfort of his bed, he turned off the alarm clock. 'The time is 7:30 A.M.,' after that he went to his bathroom, washed his face, brushed his teeth, and after taking a bath, looked at the mirror.
Looking at the mirror was a handsome young man at the age of 17 with silky black hair, amethyst-like eyes and a well-defined face with sword-like eyebrows and a sharp jawline with a lean and muscular body.
Exiting the bathroom, he wore a gray plaid shirt over a black sweatshirt and black jeans. After wearing his clothes, he went to the kitchen and saw the sticky notes on the fridge.
Note: 'Went to get some groceries.'
'I guess Alicia left to buy groceries,' he thought to himself.
Quickly eating breakfast, he went into the garage, looking at all the sports cars and luxury cars in his collection. He chose to drive a Lamborghini model he hadn't driven before.
The young man's name was Alex Arcadia-dih Vonzel, the young master of the Vonzel family. The Vonzel family was once an Imperial family that ruled over Russia before the emperor's death and the empire's collapse due to internal and external issues. However, to him, it didn't matter as it had happened hundreds of years ago.
Driving his Lamborghini at a fast speed, he overtook several cars and heard some complaining from a few of them but chose to ignore them.
Arriving at an intersection, Alex noticed that the traffic light was red and stopped his car while thinking about the things that happened in his dream, 'That entity looked really strange although it was a dream I vividly felt everything ' Noticing the traffic light turn green, he continued to drive while pondering.
Reaching his company, Alex gave the car keys to the valet and entered inside, not paying attention to the guards who opened the doors after noticing him.
He went to the elevator, ignoring the receptionist greeting him, and pressed the 150th-floor button. After a while, the elevator door opened, and the spacious office greeted him. Although it couldn't even be called an office because he had the whole floor to himself, he had signed there to have a gaming room, snack room, library, movie theater, and a well-equipped gym.
After sitting on the sofa, he opened his laptop on the coffee table and looked at the news reports and the situation of the other companies. After looking at the news, Alex sat at the office table and signed the documents for new projects and partnerships from other Companies and Government Agencies.
5 hours later.....
"I'm hungry," Alex muttered to himself and went outside.
Leaving his company and walking on the sidewalk, Alex arrived at a bakery and purchased a Baumkuchen set consisting of 12 pieces with some having the flavor of chocolate and vanilla for $50. Exiting the store with his Baumkuchen, he walked down the road.
After eating a few of the Baumkuchen, he arrived at a family dojo. Alex looked at the sign on the top of the gate.
'Ayatsuji Ittou-ryuu Sword Style or Twill Single-Blade Style in English'
'It's a really weird name for a family Dojo,' Alex thought to himself while unlocking the door. Ayatsuji Ittō-ryū or Twill Single-Blade Style is a swordsmanship that puts an emphasis on quick and powerful counterattacks.
Putting his stuff in a corner, Alex took his favorite practice blade from the sword holder mounted on the wall and examined it. Alex got into an iaijutsu stance and calmed his breathing an did a few test swings to relax his muscles. Quickly unsheathing his katana, he slashed at the target.
SWOOOOSH!!!
Standing up and sheathing his blade as the target fell down, he looked at the timer on the handle of his practice blade.
'huh, my slashes have become faster than before. I guess I'll study the more advanced sword techniques next and then train my body to be stronger.'
Putting the practice blade back into the sword holder and taking his stuff with him, Alex left the dojo after locking the place securely.
'I wonder when she'll come back. There's no longer anyone who can beat me other than her, not even some powerful swordsman from overseas can beat me in pure swordsmanship,' Alex thought to himself.
The woman Alex was thinking about was the person who also practiced the same swordsmanship as him and was on par with him in swordsmanship, but he could still beat her in unarmed combat.
Although he had dropped out when he was still in his junior year in high school because he thought it was unnecessary, he still made a few acquaintances, mostly girls.
Reaching the intersection, after crossing the middle of the intersection, a crack in space suddenly appeared, and it quickly expanded, enveloping him. After that, it disappeared as quickly as it had appeared.
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Azkiel's POV - Deepest Void Abyss
Floating in a vast space where everything was pitch black and where the true concept of 'void' was present, existed a creature darker than the void itself. Slowly opening its bright blood-red eyes, it said, "So I've finally awakened after billions of years of recovering from accidentally destroying my existence and reincarnating as a weak mortal. I finally regained my memories."
As the voice sounded, the creature that was darker than the void transformed into a tall humanoid form covered with an outerish substance.
'Although the time I spent as a mortal has influenced me quite a bit, especially those animes and mangas I've watched and read. I'm a bit curious now on how those anime universes will be like if I messes with the plot.'
Raising his head, he looked at the various multiverses that were floating in front of him, each of the multiverses having something unique only to them and their inhabitants.
'What world should I visit first? Highschool DxD? No, I should save it for later. How about Trinity Seven? That perverted ninja girl is there. Hmmmmmm, so many options...'
Resting my face on my right arm, "How about Tensura?" I said after remembering about some of the cute characters in it. 'Though I should make some changes in there.'
"But first, I need my body not to induce madness in others and limit my power so I won't destroy the multiverse just by using some force, because my body is too inhumane and strong. I can destroy the whole Omniverse if I carelessly release my full power, and the aura I emit can induce madness to arise from those that gaze at me. Only Primordial-level existences like Veldanava can look at my form, even then he'll still have to resist."
'As for how I should look, my true form should be fine, but I need to remove the outerish substances that are glued to my body. Then I need to limit my strength and seal the aura I release so I won't destroy the universe I'm visiting, well at least not purposely. Using that spell should suffice.'
"<[Outer God Magic]: [Primordial Seal]>", I castes the spell that is usually used by other Outer Gods to seal the powers of Great Old Ones or Elder Gods on myself, even though it isn't something that can affect me, but because I allowed it to seal my powers, I began to feel the outerish substances leave my body, and the power level of my normal state dropped to Peak-Tier Primordial level. Although with a thought or when I face someone more powerful than a Primordial, my original power will return immediately.
<[Omniscience]>, after activating my ability, omniscience, the information about all existing and non-existing universes of Tensura flooded my mind. After assimilating all the information, putting my hand into an open hand gesture, suddenly a multiverse was pulled towards me.
Grasping it and analyzing all the universes in this multiverse and the fate of each universe in it, I used my ability, <[Edit]>, to change the fate of the main universe and some of the characters.
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Veldanava's POV - Central Heaven
As I was in the Central Heaven perfecting the system I call "Voice of The World" using my vast knowledge and power, I suddenly felt that the universe I'm in was getting invaded and changed by a transcendent power outside this multiverse.
Using one of my most useful abilities, <[Nigh Omniscience]> over this multiverse, which is under my domain, most of the important records about this multiverse suddenly flooded into my mind. But after assimilating the knowledge, I realized that a higher being stronger than me had changed the direction of fate of some of my creations and the entire multiverse.
Even though I realized that someone had messed with my multiverse, there was nothing I could really do because when I fully got the knowledge from the multiverse's records, I felt a trace of the presence of those grotesque and abhorrent beings.
The "Outer Gods" - there really isn't much information about them. Even looking for information about them from the endless pages of the {Akashic Records}, you'll only be able to find information that every Elder God knows about them. There was even a rumor among the primordials that not even Great Old Ones fully know their surface information.
The only information available about them is that there are 13 Outer Gods, and their group is called the "Outerverses Primordials." Their strength is unmeasurable since no Gods or Primordials are able to keep their sanity while trying to comprehend an Outer God that is in eternal slumber. However, their most notable member is known as "Azathoth," the "Blind Chaos Daemon God."
Sighing, I stopped thinking about the Outer Gods because if they wanted to destroy this multiverse, there was really nothing I could do. After adding a few changes to the "Voice of The World" and making it so only I could meddle with its system, I closed my eyes.