Raven Inanis groaned as he opened his eyes in a new and weird area. The last thing he remembered was being shanked in the throats, struck by lightning, and hit by a speeding truck.
Not very painless if he had to say so.
Now he was in an area he didn't recognize. It was a weird miz of a futuristic and mystical design. A throne room. Sitting on the throne was a beautiful blonde haired female with golden horns and red eyes.
"Mortal you have awakened at last. I hope your travels to me realm was gentle." She said smiling kindly, though her eyes showed a mischievous look.
He merely stared at her, what was peaceful about being stabbed in the throat, getting struck by lightning, and then hit by a truck?
"Wait… you went through that to get to my realm? My emissary didn't get you?" She asked confused before her eyes glowed momentarily before she glared upwards.
"I apologize for that. It seems like my emissary deemed you unworthy and tried to have you killed. They WILL be punished for that. I supposed introductions are due then. I am Queen Ghidorah, The Golden Demise, Goddess of The Void, and many other titles. Please feel free to call me Ghidorah." She said with a small head bow.
"It's a pleasure to meet you… I guess. I am, Raven, Inanis, no such crazy titles… wait a fucking minute! Ghidorah? Like King Ghidorah, the strongest and best rival of Godzilla!?" Raven asked in shock, and perhaps a bit of awe.
"Exactly. Though that is a different version of me. I myself, made a truce with my rival, so long as I leave his planet alone, we need not clash. I am invited to the century parties though. Godzilla can throw one hell of a party." Ghidorah said with a laugh as she remembered some of the more wild ones.
Like the one time Rodan got super drunk and tried to hit on her, he still flinches whenever they see each other. It's what he deserved for grabbing her chest.
"Anyways, I brought you here for a purpose. Raven Inanis, amongst the multitude of people in your universe, I chose you to become my champion. Will you accept this appointment?" Ghidorah asked and Raven titled his head.
"What exactly does that entail?" He asked confused, and Ghidorah stared at him before chuckling slightly embarrassed. She forgot to explain that.
"Right sorry. A champion is like a herald. You will work in a universe under my name. My divine protection in exchange for following me. Of course you will be rewarded for this. You shall be given the chance to gain power, explore universes, do as you wish. All in exchange that you will battle in my name against the champions of my rivals." Ghidorah explained.
"Ok." He said with a shrug of acceptance. Ghidorah blinked.
"That easy?"
"Yeah, I mean, my original body is kinda dead and probably messed up beyond belief. I have no doubt you could fix it, but I'm dead. So it's either accept, or the afterlife, if that even exist. So why not go with the fun option?" He stated and she smiled.
"Indeed so. Indeed so. Now I shall mark your soul as mind, and begin the crowning process." She said with a smile as she stood up from her throne and walked down to him, a small blush on her cheeks before she suddenly kissed him, he was a bit shocked, but he returned the kiss.
A bit of tongue later and feeling something weird go down his throat, they separated, both flushed.
"You're not a bad kisser. I have given you my divine protection. My power flows through you. I'm sure you can feel it now and the instinctual knowledge on just how to use that power." She said and he took a moment to think before nodding, he did have that information inside his head.
"This power, it's amazing." Raven said as he glowed golden and changed form. A battle form he'd call it.
His white hair turned golden. He gained a crown of golden horns. He gained golden like scales on his body. His clothing changes. Black boots, black pants and a long sleeve black shirt. He also had giant golden wings that wrapped around him like a cloak. Two golden tails as well. He hands had gained claws.
"So you can already access that form. I'm impressed. That is my power given a physical form. It will greatly enhance your powers and abilities." Ghidorah said pleased before she snapped her fingers and he returned to normal.
"Now, I shall wish you luck my champion. I will be sending you off to your first universe. If you wish to talk, you merely need to think about me and slightly pull on my power to get my attention. Good luck, and a final goodbye present from me." She said softly and then kissed him again and after a moment pushed him through a portal and waved as it closed.
Suddenly a man's head poked around a pillar smiling.
"I'm surprised you didn't tell him you two were soulmates." The man laughed and she pouted at the man.
"It's not time yet. Perhaps soon though. Also goji… what the fuck are you doing in my realm. You have until the count of three to run before I make what I did to Rodan, look tame." She threatened as she started glowing golden and the man named Goji paled before running.
"Fuck fuck fuck fuck!"
R.I.P. Goji.
May his stupid ass rest in peace.
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Raven shook himself back into focus after that kiss, and slightly panicked as he realized he was falling through the sky, very fast.
Reacting quickly he called forth his battle form and used his wings to slow himself down and float in the air.
Once hovering in the air, he looked around and realized just where he was. In the distance he could see a giant tower. Surrounded by a large city, which was surrounded by giant walls.
He was in the danmachi universe. Something he possessed decent knowledge about thankfully.
Deciding to sneak in would be his best bet for now, he smiled and dived bombed to the ground at super speeds and slowed his decent down and landed inside the walls and changed back and snuck into the crowd.
For now, he would need to figure out when he was. Also if this was even a universe close to canon as well.
So the best way to do that? Just walk around the city and listen to people speaking. If he did that, he'd learn anything he needed to.
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A few hours later, he learnt a lot.
He was way before canon, not like that would exist much longer anyway. It was at least a decade and a half before canon.
After all, the Zeus and Hera familia were currently the top dogs in Orario, and only growing stronger.
However for a moment he felt something and turned and stared at the giant tower in the distance, straight at the top specifically. He narrowed his eyes at it and shook it off, that gaze was probably Freya watching him.
How uncomfortable. No wonder, Bell, always noticed it. Like someone was gazing directly at you and not being secretive about it at all. Like literally staring eye to eye.
Making his way to a nice spot to sit down, he thought about just what to do at this moment. He could just enter the dungeon, but that would take away all the fun of getting a falna, which he could just absorb if anything ever happens or whatever.
Of course that led to the thought of him needing to gain a falna. Even once he got to that point, because getting a falna shouldn't be that hard if he just shows a bit of his tallent, perhaps a bit of his "magic" to get in easily.
Now that led to the thoughts of the future. Perhaps say he did get in a familia, what did it exactly mean? Sure he would explore the dungeon, level up and grow stronger as he dived down deeper in the dungeon.
Of course that thought led to some more things to ponder on. Sure he could fight and fight, keep going as far as he can, which if he really tried, he could probably go pretty far due to the combination of his power and regeneration.
Yet, as he stared down at his hands, a small bit of yellow lightning traveling around them, he could only smile.
At this point, the future was unknown, if he was honest, that only made him excited. It was always something that excited him. As a person who had greedily taken in knowledge, the unknown always excited him, being given a chance to freely explore it, well it just made him hyper.
Canceling the lightning around his hands he stared at the sky and smiled before a sudden thought came back to his head.
"Fuck. I ain't got no money." He cursed his patron, the least she could do was give him some money! How was he supposed to feed and shelter himself? Well feeding wouldn't really be an issue, he could just sneak out of the city using his wings and go hunting, stealing inside the city of adventures was stupid, especially when he didn't know any routes.
Shelter wise, he didn't have anything for that, the best he could do would be to find a hidden alcove and use the wings of his true form to keep him warm. Sure he probably has some protection against the cold since Ghidorah's could travel through space. So it should imply he has some protection against the cold element, but not immunity since Ghidorah was defeated by freezing him in the arctic.
Since he shouldn't have to worry about anything like that till floor 59 of the dungeon, he should be fine. By then he'll think of a method around it.
Taking a deep breath he stood up and stretched. Sure thinking on the future was handy, but for now, he'd just play it by the ear, he could only do so much with meta knowledge at this point, and most said meta knowledge was useless beside some tricks in the dungeon and about the backgrounds of people.
As he started to walk away, he was stopped by two people. One had a special aura he noticed some of the people in Orario have, and concluded this was a goddess, and the other person one of her children. A woman in armor fully hiding her looks, how he knew it was a woman? The smell of her, and the design of the armor.
"Hi?" He asked a bit confused. Was this a shakedown?
"Hello mortal, I am Hera, the goddess of the strongest familia here in Orario, I offer you to join my familia." The now known Gera stated, and he stared at her before blinking. Instinctively preventing the reaction to look around for cameras to act up.
"Well hello, I am Raven Inanis, it is a pleasure to meet you goddess, however from what I heard, you only accepted females into your familia." Raven stated and the goddess nodded her head in agreement.
"Correct, however I can tell you are special. I sense something about you, something familiar, but unknown to me, and I want it. I refuse to lose something so special to anyone else, least of all, Zeus." Hera stated seriously and Raven felt a small bead of sweat.
Least it wasn't immediately noticeable he wasn't foreign to this universe, oh well, he'd just have to deal with it, if all else fails, true form and run. Perhaps the black dragon was looking for a new friend?
Shaking his head for a moment, he focused on the two woman, it was rude to be distracted in a conversation.
"Say I do agree, what do I get out of it, besides the obvious backing of being in your familia?" He stated and the knight stepped forward.
"We will ensure you have a place to sleep, eat and train. You will not be alone. We will protect you, until you can protect yourself. Clothed. Armed. Anything you desire we can provide." The woman stated seriously, and Raven decided to throw a curveball for the fun of it.
"What if I want a wife?"
He received two blank stares, or at least he thinks it was two blank stares. He could practically see the gears turning and getting stuck.
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Freya snarled as she threw her wine glass across the room as it shattered, spilling the wine on the floor.
"THAT FUCKING BITCH! SHE ALWAYS STEALS ANYTHING I WANT!"
Yeah, let's go back to our regular show. Give her some times to calm down.
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"Almost anything. We can introduce you to some people though." The woman stated after a brief moment, but he could hear the slight embarrassment in her tone.
"So do you agree? Join my familia, I refuse to accept anything, but your agreement." Hera stated.
Raven mentally sighed, he could already feel the drama from this, but at the same time, the sheer amusement also possibly definitely outweighed that.
"Very well, then I shall accept, so long as I learn who she is. It is pretty rude to not introduce yourself." Raven said and Hera smiled gleefully.
"She is the captain of my familia. Her nickname is Empress, she is a level 6. You can learn more about her later when we return to the manor." Hera stated and started walking off.
"Apologies for her, she means well, but she is a very…" Empress took a moment to think of a proper word as they followed behind the goddess.
"Prideful woman?" He offered and she nodded.
"Yes."
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Raven could feel the stares of the girls in the manor as they walked through it to Hera's room where they would give him his falna.
"Now that we're here, take off your shirt, and you stupid girl, remove your helmet." Hera said once they had gotten into her room.
Raven complied, easily slipped off his shirt, and in that time, Empress had removed her helmet revealing her face. She was beautiful. A moment after studying her face he noticed the elf ears poking out and found them cute.
"If you're done finding each other attractive, let's get this over with." Hera said annoyed as she gestured for Raven to lay down on the large bed, he did so and felt Hera climb onto his back as she cut her finger and let a drop of golden ichor fall onto his back.
In that moment, he felt the divine energy take place inside of his soul and crystalize into what he believed is the falna, though he could equate it to some kind of egg. Something to be grown and hatched.
However after a moment the feeling of it calmed down, alongside his desire to absorb it by tricking his instincts by convincing them that it was already apart of them.
"Ha! Take that Zeus! This time I got a diamond!" Hera cheered as she made a copy his status sheet and handed it to him as she locked his status up, and then climbed off him as he sat up and put his shirt back on.
Raven Inanis
Hera Familia
Level: 1
STR: I 0
AGI: I 0
END: I 0
DEX: I 0
MAG: I 0
Skills:
Golden Champion
•Increased Growth
•Increased Growth of Familia Members
Abilities:
Magic:
Oh yeah, this was definitely going to be fun. Canon timeline can go fuck itself. He couldn't wait for the chaos that would be the new future.
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Hello everyone, here's some images for visualization.
Raven -
Throne Room -
Void Queen Ghidorah -
Hera -
Empress [Armor & Face] -