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Congratulation!
You have learned two new skills
[Absolute Dancing] has been maxed out
By putting your body in the rhythm of the cosmos, you manipulated the vector of the universe's spatial axis to completely nullify any infinite-dimensional interference made by your opponent
At this rank, the art of dancing cannot even be called a worthy contender to the most ungraceful of your movement
[Dance Dance Evolution] has been maxed out
A perk created by combining [Absolute Offense], [Absolute Defense], [Absolute Counter] and [Absolute Dancing] as a unified skill. It acts as the purest essence of divine art, that of moving your body to the universal rhythm created for direct principles of Magic
You gain absolute superiority over any given entity by being in motion
At this rank, all the in-motion quantum quarks inside your body count as dancing
What makes somebody strong?
Speed? Strength? Luck? Intelligence?
They are all vital areas in which one can improve oneself upon. As long as your compatibility is on point, having higher statistics would reduce the probability of you losing when facing against any given opponent
But, fundamentally speaking, doing so would not increase your chance of victory even if the two concepts are of the two different points of the spectrum, for, irrespective of their opposing nature, only one is a realistic outcome
To achieve victory, you need [Absolute Domination]
The more quickly you gather information and process them, the more time you'd have to prepare against your opponents
The more quicjly you grow to surpass your enemy, the more time it takes for them to catch up to you, thus ensuring more time for you to grow even stronger than the time it takes for them to grow as strong as you
I cannot be said to be the strongest human
However, you could say I'm at least adequate when it comes to fighting
"Let's have a dance battle!"
The declaration hidden beneath a veil of deception. The oldest trick in the book!
Tactical combat goes BRRRRRRRRR
Within a second, my hand shot out and stabbed Ricardo through his bulging crotch
His dick exploded into a million pieces, scattering into nothingness shortly after
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The answer to punching dick is meme
What is the modern iteration of legend in human form?
Memes
Karen. Florida man. The Chad and the Virgin. Troll face. Hololive. The entirety of the JoJo franchise. What are they as a collective unit with shared properties?
Memes
Everywhere you scroll on the Internet, they are present, the perversion or exaggeration of one particular events or facts made for entertainment purpose of the mass
Memes, when considered from a certain perspective, can be considered as legends. Cross referencing them would reveal many similarities youd fail to notice before
They are spread through words of mouth
They are worshipped by the public
They exists on a virtual space - a world whollly separated from the mundane plane we are living on
That. Is. Meme
Since the system use here varies greatly from the original, they cannot ascend to their rank. The manifestation of these phenomenons were instead demoted to False Heroic Spirit - lesser than a proper Heroic Spirit, but ultimately superior to a Counter Guardian
If you know a Hero's identity, their ability will lessen considerably due to loss of Mystery
A connection was made. In a similar case, as long as you are aware of the meme the Counter Guardian was based on, you would be able to deduct their abilities and weaknesses
Ricardo Milos is a reflection of the meme he was created from
From there, I deducted his weakness
It doesn't matter if you can stop all external change to your surrounding, you cannot defend against biological evolutions specialized in countering your movements at a drop of a pin
A total victory cannot be achieved
But a total loss is entirely possible for him - the damaging of his genital will make Ricardo enter a catatonic state and finally die of shock, which proves to be the cleanest, most efficient way of killing him
...
...
I fail to see how you could deny it being a great idea, because it clearly worked
With the sdeath of Ricardo, I was left to deal with the rest who stays in the background like the filler character they are
Damn motherfuckers, doing average things as they please
The burning fire flickered, revealing a crowd of shadows from behind me. Their silhouettes reappear every now and then, observing my every motion
I silently flared my Mana in response. The air around me scattered outward as pulses of Mana washed through my surrounding, notifying me of their numbers and positions
With a wave of my hand, I created some wind gusts that makes the raging fire simmered down enough to render whatever form of camouflage they have ineffective
Exhaling deeply, I turned to face the army of Counter Guardian behind me.
They tensed up as my gaze swept over them, their weapons drawn and ready to deploy at a moment's notice like cornered prey
"Thank you for showing me your patience"
I bowed politely
"It is very kind of you to wait until the battle is over. As repayment I'll kill you with the utmost courtesy an ex-butler is capable of"
One of them jumped forward with their dagger drawn
My finger twitched in a lazy manner
With that small movement, the unseen weapon in my hand cut through the Counter Guardian's head. Geysers of blood sprayed in the air from the now decapitated corpse as it hit the ground
A heavy silence descended on the battlefield
I flicked my wrist, sending my weapon weaving around the crowd. With a pull, the sound of flesh parting and bones being diced into pieces resound through the night
Before they could register what happened, I twisted my hand, cutting through a dozen more of them with an upward stroke
The trap came undone. As the initial shock wore off I allowed them to glimpse at the weapon....no...the instrument in my hand
Steel wires stained with blood gleamed underneath the ephemeral moonlight, ready for its first round of slaughter
"Walter C. Dornez at your service" I smiled
A shiver collectively passed through the guardian's rank, as though that name would be the harbringer of their demise
With a wide sweep of my wrist multiple glints of silver flashed in the darkness. Blood and screams quickly followed like the backdrop of an elegant orchestra
Sharp gunshots cut through the melody. As if possessing sentience of their own, the wires in my hand moved and blocked the bullets aiming at my head
I pulled my other hand, steel cords sending all their weapons clattering to the ground - cut in half and rendered unusable
"Now now, let's not be hasty here " I said coldly, redirecting every threads closer to myself in preparation of a new attack
"The climax have not arrived yet"
The wave of deadly metal surged forward at my command
Steel wires danced in my palm. They cut through the first round of attack with casual ease, interweaving themselves to form stronger branches that effortlessly pierced through their defence with several swipes on my part
A Counter Guardian made to cut them off with their knife
With a skdeway flick of a wrist, the thread exploded into millions of individual steel wire that shot out in all direction
I controlled them like a puppeteer, redirecting the flow of each strand to seek out their target all while evading their desperate attempt at blocking
The sound of steel cutting through flesh echoed through the night
Every jerk sent heads flying through the air
Every twitch sent limbs dropping to the ground
Desperation clouding their clarity, the Counter Guardians all activated their Noble Phantasms
A storm of magic projectiles descended on me. With one wave of my hand I formed a shield with the wire and deflected them. With another wave a metal cage made of overlapping wires converged on them, cornering them back into a tightly-knit crowd
The strings I controlled lunged into the midst of chaos, snaking through the gaps between the cage like graceful beasts hounding on their first blood
More screams echoed from within. The orchestra becomes more violent, more intense, and the end continue to draw near
I am the composer
And they...are the dancers to my music
I made a strong note.
Reacting accordingly to the motion, all the wires began twisting violently as they dug through the enemy's flesh from the outside
"Wha- what is this?!"
All at once, the Counter Guardians started turning on each other. Steel writhe inside through the wounds on their bodies, turning them into nothing more than glorified flesh puppets under my control
I made a stronger note
"It hurts, it hurts, oh God PLEASE NO-"
The strings tore them up from the inside
Organs. Muscles. Tendons. Bones. They slithered through every cracks on their bodies, cutting them up from the inside with surgical precision
All the while the targets will be alive, awake, and experience all the pain being inflicted to their body as their bodyparts were mutilated beyond recognition
I made the third note
The wires inside their bodies extend outward, stabbing through the body of another and stsrted pulling them toward each other
By the time they realized it was already too late
The screams intensified
Every Counter Guardian's multiple body parts began stitching themselves together in the most horrific way possible. A ball of flesh comprised from organs, limbs, and living beings with mutilated anatomy bulged up as disgusting gargles can be heard from inside
I prepare to make the next note, but-
An ear-splitting scream tore through the night air
The most high-pitched, desperate scream, tainted with fear and madness at their most primitive form. The climax that I realize mark the end of this violent symphony
- Apparently there's only so much one can see before they're traumatized
I swiped one finger up. The finishing touch before the curtain call
The giant ball of pulsing flesh and metal wires was thrown high into the air with numerous strings attached to them
With the same motion in reverse, I send them crashing down onto the screaming Guardian
A wet splat echoed loudly
Thousands of screams, all silenced almost at the same time
What remains of them are just blood and a bunch of cut up body parts lying on the ground
My Walter persona disappeared
I pulled back, allowing my weapon to disperse into thin air and another one to replace it. A sword that I used to dispatch the remaining ones
Magecraft is essentially different from Magic
A fake cannot surpass the original without breaking temporal laws of the World. Regarding creation, what is not there cannot be replicated, and what is already there cannot be surpassed in form
There is Excalibur, the original
If I make a second copy of it using Magecraft, it will be of inferior quality, as in principle Excalibur is "already there", so what remains of it must be fake. What is fake is thus of lower mystery than it's predecessor no matter the craftsmanship put into cresting it
A second copy of Excalibur is weaker than the original
A third copy would be weaker than the second
This can only be avoided with the use of the First Magic, which leads to my second point
The fact is that the Magic I'm in my possession are actually borrowed from Shiki herself. As is the case, it's a part of the Root that encompass all things and therefore fundamentally tied to my Magic
I inspected the sword.
Without the atmospheric pressure most of the ambient Mana had disappeared, causing unnoticeable fissures to form on the sword in a weblike pattern
Most of my Noble Phantasms had suffered from a rank down, which lead can only lead to another obvious conclusion
Magecraft wouldn't be available without Mana in the air. It is the same Mana that was absorbed from the ambient atmosphere of Earth where I live in and from which I can acquire an infinite amount of using the Third Magic. How surprising thar without it one can't even perform the most basic of Mysteries
I'm useless without my Magecraft and Magic
A nobody
I'm no different than Shinji Matou - depending on other's effort and taking pride in it
I droop my head
How arrogant have I grown, to even think that I am better than him? I drown myself in complacency for what? Not once had I stopped to think that we are basically doing the same thing, only selfishly thinking about ourselves without regard to others around us
Except Shinji only killed several of his school mates
I did so much worse
Maybe I should exercise some more effort to improve myself rather than continue leeching off Void Shiki's power
She probably thinks of me as an insect who only abuse what she had given me out of generosity. At this point even I wouldn't be surprised if Shiki took away all of my powers as punishment for pulling off shits like this all the time
Yeah. A pissed off Root is a horrifying image to behold
I took a deep breath
Intelligence and authority over all known principles of the world can be quite dependent on their fuel, so it's not good to just focus on one thing and forget another
Quest started: A Good Life
Having came to the realization that your lazy self have become overly dependent on hax Magic, you decide to start anew with a healthier lifestyle that will improve your social anxiety in the long run
- Build some muscle (Incomplete)
- Initiate weight loss (Incomplete)
- Starts your own diet (Inncomplete)
Reward
- You receive an average boost in physical strength
Da, even the system agrees with me
I threw the sword in my hand forward. It flew through the air and ripped the final Guardian's head from his shoulders
Muscles makes a person strong
Instead of strengthening my magical power, I could theoreticslly get a balanced out build if I can develop some muscle. Starts off with controlling my diet - includes some healthy food in them- and start exercising at the gym some more
That...that sounds average...I like it
My muse was interrupted at the sound of rubble moving
I gazed at the form that had only risen out of the ground seconds ago.
Dirt clung to their Counter guardian uniform as the man in front of me took a deep breath. Standing amidst the ruins, his passive face soon turned into a smile
"Hello?"
"Why, howdy!" The man replied cheerfully
"You are ridiculously strong" Rick Astley said "To be able to resist being Rickrolled. I can now understand why she considered you a threat to be eliminated back then"
"Hm. Not surprising. The universe just seems to find new ways to fuck me over every day"
...
Hold up. What did you just call the Counter Force as?
"I'm surprised. Most people doesn't just shrug off compliments like that"
His voice snapped me out of my momentary wonder. I smiled
"Well, I wouldn't say for myself to be that strong, and it's not like I actively cause trouble for others" I gestured at myself for emphasis "As a matter of fact, I would appreciate it if you would not antagonize me anymore. I wish none of you harm"
Rick gazed at the mountain of corpses behind me
"...Those are self-defense"
"Haha, even if that was the case I must refuse your offer. I'm a Counter Guardian for a reason" He flexed his sleeve, a microphone appearing within his hand "How about you let yourself be erased from reality and save both of us the trouble?"
"Um...sorry, I can't?"
"That's what I thought"
Rick opened his mouth, the first lyric of the infamous song spilled out his lips like water in a stream
"Never gonna give you up. Never gonna let you down"
'High speed incantation?!'
A wave of deadly energy washed over me
Lowering my center of gravity, I took three steps
The first, I crossed the distance between us
The second, I raised my hand
The third, I flicked him by the balls
The smile froze on his face. In the next instance, the Counter Guardian's body bulged up, before exploded into a billion pieces of blood and organs.
The shower of gore rained down on me.
I sidestepped them all. Narrowing my eyes as there are no one left, I inspected the horizon
Up afar, the millionth wave of Counter Guardians approach
When will my Familiars finish their job, I wonder
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"You lack motivation"
Void Shiki sheathed her sword
Counter Guardian SHAGGY's form had crumbled into a pile of dust before her
The ashes left behind flew to the wind, scattered among its brethren in the sky
In life, he was known as a man who conquered the multi-world with his mythical beast of a mount and the devoted friends he have at his back. Despite being called a coward, it did not hide the fact that he is the strongest among his brethren because of their connection to them
Had they still been together as a pair she would have a harder time fighting against them
Fight...hm, can it be considered a fight at all?
The entity residing in Shiki Ryougi sighed. Her black hair swayed in the lonely cold wind along with the woman's Yukata, creating the image of a surreal beauty standing amidst the landscape of Hell
She tugged them back. The scorching heat emitting from the ground underneath her rumbled. A heat so intense it made her frown
Earth had been turned into a living underworld
On one side, a blazing sea of fire that burns through half the globe
On the other, a blizzard that can freeze anything that so much as gaze upon it
Forests were razed down, towns are destroyed, and entire continents blown off the map. Over five billion lives disappeared, burnt to a crisp or forever trapped in a mountain of ice
With just one swing of a sword, he casually dispose of both the planet's essence and it's will to survive
The casualties does not bother her at large. However, the number here are quite unexpected when what's concerning their cause is a single individual. That revelation is intensified if one can imagine the apocalyptic scenery before her
The fact that these are merely the results of what the person called (Y/n) (L/n) referred to as "holding back"
A sigh escaped her lips
Everywhere she looks, there is chaos. There is enough chaos to call it a realm belonging to the deepest pits of hell, where countless bodies lay in undying agony and destruction run rampant among every inch of existence, imprinted upon the ground and in the sky
Yet, one thing is absent
"Grand Servants"
Void's eyes gazed to the distant afar, taking in the dull grey sky lying underneath the horizon
Grand Servants
Seven guards. Seven weapons taken from times ancient to be summoned at times of need. They are the pinnacle of the existence called "Heroes" in every aspect of the word. Courage. Might. Intelligence
One could say they are the representative of humanity's purest essence
The Grand Servants are summoned by the Counterforce as a collective unit to combat against the Beasts. What one seems to forget is that's not these Calamities specifically that they were created in defiance of. It's only designation to classify those who are the Evil of Humanity - in other words, a threat to human existence
(Y/n) (L/n) is not a Beast. However, if said classification can be given in correlation to the strength of their Saint Graph scaled to an aproximate rank of their potential influence to the human order in negative values, he would be placed permanently at the top of that list
In all essence, that alone should have guaranteed the deployment of every existing heroic Spirits and Grand Servants to eliminate the assessed threat to humanity's continued existence
But that didn't happen
"So...why had these Servants not summoned to deal with him?" She cocked her head to the side "Had the Counterforce decided it's own version of Counter Guardians would be enough? Is it a problem regarding the World's leyline?"
"Truly a curious squestion, miss"
A voice called out behind her
"It can be surmissed that the Grand Servants are existence that fight for the will of humanity. But to a target like him they would not act" His footstep echoed loudly on the ground "For the person known as (Y/n) (L/n) is something they do not recognize as a threat"
"Or maybe, that the will of Alaya may have made a deal with him...in that he will resolve any situation involving humanity's existence in exchange for a normal life without their interference"
Possible. She mused
The deal would ensure he never got the opportunity to interact with any proper Heroic Spirits, thus making his chance to be involved with them practically zero. In that context the Holy Grail should theoretically be unable to choose him as a proper Master in case he be determined to enroll in the Heaven's Feel ritual
He would not be able to personally summon a Servant
He'll ended up getting out of the Holy War with no casualties
An outstanding move, (Y/n). Only you'd be able to pull this off, except you'd probably messed up sonewhere with your wordings that lands you unto another unfortunate situation again
After all
You would not be able to summon a Servant
Had it ever been said that Alaya can be quite specific with her deals? (Y/n) should surely be smart enough to avoid that mistake
"Oh, you're making that face, Akasha. Should I be concerned for whomever you're directing this smile toward?"
"This is my normal smile"
"...Sure it is"
Void Shiki tilted her head to look behind
"Zelretch-san. To what pleasure do this timeline owe your presence?"
She decided to address the uninvited visitor
The second Magician was floating quite a distance from the ground. His silhouette casts a shadow on the blazing ruins, looking as weary as the day they've met
Zelretch Kischur Schweinorg is tired
It was an expression she had not seen in a long time
"Merely something that caught my curiosity, O' great Akasha" He replied without facing her "After all, this is the world where I originally came from. Now seeing the state it was in, how could this Magician not spare my interest in it?"
The elegant black vest he wore fluttered in the wind in contrast with the tattered ruins around the man. Yet, the Wizard Marshall did not glance at the scenery of carnage before him, merely focusing on the distance where (Y/n) had previously went off to
"An interesting fellow, is he not?"
Interesting would be understating it
"You know...I plan to give the Second Magic to him when we meet again"
Kaleidoscope
The ability to observe and influence parallel timelines within infinite dimentions, including every factors inside them
It is something Magus would literally sell their souls to obtain
To this revelation, Shiki only blink
"Sounds wonderful. I don't think he's going to be happy about it however"
"Who said anything about him being happy?" Zelretch grinned "As long as I can satisfy my interest, I don't think it's anything worth losing sleep over"
"You were always like this, even before we meet..." She sighed
Some say it is the Second Magic that made Zelretch the insane man he is now
That notion cannot be farther from the truth. To be a Magician, you need two qualifying factors: An extreme amount of luck, or an extremely twisted heart.
Regardless of the choice, all Magus who have at one point in time attain great power also sacrifice their common sense in turn
It just happens that Kaleidoscope is a tad bit lacking in his sense of empathy
"I, not for one moment, believe you to only be here on a whim" She walked forward through the field of blazing ashes, foot sinking into the magma below. Zelretch levitated behind her "The reason for giving him Kaleidoscope is too flimsy even for your taste"
"Ah, you are as sharp as ever" The second magician's face lit up
"It's only common sense"
"What's common sense?"
"Hm. I do not know, but human like (Y/n) seems to regard them as something important?"
"I'm still alive without it, so the thing must not be as important as he said"
If a certain average Magus were to hear them talking right now, there's no doubt he will have second thoughts about his choice of acquaintances in the future
But well, it's not like he can choose his friends in the first place
"Back to the matter" She tilted her head "Why do you feel inclined to give him the Second Magic?"
Kaleidoscope is, by no means, a powerful True Magic. It is neither an overwhelming offense like the Fifth Magic or an absolute defense like the Third Magic
But when talking about utility, it can even rival (Y/n)'s First Magic in terms of uses. So the thought of him wielding both of them is...
...disconcerting, to say the least
"Huh? You know you can just use you omniscience to figure that out"
"I don't feel like doing it" She pursed her lips "If anything, I'd like to hear the answer straight from your mouth"
Zelretch frowned, then his eyes widened.
Realization dawned on his face. At the same time, a feeling of unpleasantness surfaced within Shiki
"Ohhh. I see" He grinned like a shark getting its first taste of blood "Looks like having a certain somebody as their friend have made the Root all mushy mushy"
""Mushy mushy"?" Void's eyebrow raise questioningly "I have no idea what the term is supposed to mean"
"Well, you don't know this, but for the longest time the being I feared most in this world is you"
She does not react
He, in turn, let out a laugh
"Being the user of the Second Magic means I hold access to all the knowledge in the world. What I don't know, I simply peer into alternate timelines and acquire information from it. Yet still, I can't make a read on you despite the seeming omniscience in my hand"
Zelretch has been human for a long time before TYPE-Moon turned him
The emotion of fear is not something unfamiliar to him
"You are a singular entity residing above all possible planes of existence, is the source of every Magic, Mystery, and information that humanity had, is, and could ever obtain after infinite years of prying into the Truth. Even when interacting with you on a daily basis you've always come off as unempathetic and aloof in your life. That scares me more than anything else"
She looked away
"That is the case, but then (Y/n) came along" Zelretch breathed out "He really is something, you know? Even when facing a being far out of his understanding the boy still treats you normally. Even I was not that screwed in the head"
"He made me realize what it means to be a true Magus. Me and you both have our perception of the world chabged by him"
Rather than one who excels in every possible subjects of Mystery, a true Magus walks with death, not as a follower, not as a subject, but an equal. A true Magus would not be intimidated by knowledge beyond his realm of understanding, for it is his job to understand them
If one encounter the unknown, embrace them, for that is what a true Magus would have done
(Y/n) literally kissed the Root the first time he saw her
That's like asking Azathoth for a blowjob even when you know you'd die
...
Wait, what if he do just that?
Can he manipulate (Y/n) into doing that? What will the probability of success be? Can one actually establish a harem consisting of ttanscended cosmic horror?
"Cosmic horror harem, hehehe. I didn't realize how much he could get along with them until now"
"Be silent" Void Shiki sank into deep thought
"B-but can you imagine it? It's not often one can find a bunch of Great Old Ones who's willing to provide you with some sexual relief"
"Be silent"
"Admit it. Those exotic ladies from the Outerverse suits his taste more than a boring lady who wanders around the boundary of reality in her free time right"
"I told you to be silent"
"But it's all okay, oh great Akasha. It's not like you're capable of getting jealous about some Eldritch abominstion or someth-"
With a wave of her hand, Zelretch's mouth was sewn shut
For perhaps the first time in it's infinite lifespan, the Root felt something akin to confusion. Her eyes narrowed as the girl sank into deep thought once again
She now remembered the things she'd done as the Root
Uncaring. Uninterested. Detached to the fragile reality most common men with their finite life span would clung to
It seems as her former self, Shiki might be a bit callous in her actions, but...
Had that person change her to such a degree without her notice?
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"Why am I feeling unsettled like this?" I muttered to myself
My palm's spaghetti
Knees weak
Arm's spaghetti
The last time I've been mentally plagued by this much anxiety was when I met Zelretch upon that moonlit night
But that's impossible. The possibility of that is zero to none as there are an infinite number of worlds out there that he can explore
What's the chance of him coming here? Zero. Nada. Zilch. That's why I have no reason to be anxious
Maybe I just have a really bad case of stomachache
Yeah. Stomachache. Those damn spaghetti my mom made really give a beating on my bowel
(Y/n) had not, in fact, consume any spaghetti today, and thus he is attempting to deny reality by projecting fantasy into real life like the delusional loony that he is
Also, (Y/n) does not have a mom, because she is dead, and dead moms can't make good spaghettis
The notification window went ignored. Taking a deep breath, I steadied myself on two feet
Above me millions of portals rippled open from the fabric of the sky. From within they reveal their existence to the world. More agents of the Human Order descended down on me with their weapons drawn
I gazed at them with narowed eyes. Grabbing a nearby sword I slashed at them, tearing another gash in reality that swallow these annoying Guardians into the infinite void inside.
The stream of attacks continued as I swung the blade in a barrage if slashes, dwindling down their force at a rapid pace. Dark arc of energy exploded forward and clear out their numbers by the thousands
As the final blast tore down the remaining of their army, more portals formed in the air. From it, another army jumped out, only to be instantly killed offf again as hundreds of thousands of swords rained down on them from my Gates of Babylon
There exists countless of multitudes of universes where Counter Guardians can be summoned from. If I killed one, more would just come
I need an attack that could put an end to all this nonsense
But how?
The first prompt would be firepower. That was quickly discarded. A large amount of attack power would not stop others from entering after them. So, something conceptual that damage all Counter Guardians on a quantum level, maybe?
In that case-
"I am the trigger of my gun" I muttered, and the air quieted down
The start of my aria set off the trigger. The World's atmosphere shifted. Turbulent wind gathered around me
Nine Bullet Lost Work is an abnormal Noble Phantasm
A collection of nine Mystic Codes plus one, each with their own unique power that can defy the laws of reality
"Nine Bullet Revolver"
Nine shots were released in that same instance. The cartridge rotated eight times, ejecting nine bullets out of the gun as I snapped open the cylinder
Being one of the more utility-focused ones, my revolver is an anti-concept Noble Phantasm
This means it is a bane to the world's law. With each bullet I fired, I gain the ability to erase or add one concept of my choosing to my target. Each successive hit guaranteed absolute control of the battlefield
So
I set the target to [Everything aside from me]
Enhanced external Interference. Chrono obedience. Spatial inhabitation. Multi-refractional phenomenon (false). Mana resource. Mana link. Structural stability. Core anatomical functions. Causal existence
Nine bullet exploded against the confines of conventional quantum fabrric and altered them on a fundamental level
The Counter Guardian's body froze. From an outside perspective it would seem as though they are suddenly moving in slow motion as the flow of time around them slowed down
Their body tried to resist the modification made to their anatomy, fading in and out of reality. The Counterforce fought back to hold their existence together
But it is useless
If the connection between worlds does not hold, the portals will disappear
Unconsciously, a small smile resurfaced on my face
Grabbing a nearby sword, I threw it at the struggling Counter Guardians
The sword exploded into a shower of golden aura, enveloping all those in it's vicinity inside a dome of pure destructive energy. In a flash, hundreds of thousands of Counter Guardians were wiped out
Several billions more to go
Not finishing with the attack, I used the remaining energy to initiate a barrage of projectiles that will reduce their number to a sufficient million. My heart rate accelerated as they frantically made to defend against my attack
"Take this"
I threw Taj Mahal at the weakened Counter Guardians, flattening a battalion of them in the process
"Take this too!" I shouted "And this, and this, and this, and this, and this and this and this and this!"
The Statue of Liberty crashed on their head, followed by a flaming Eiffel tower, followed a moment later by the Big Ben, the Empire State building, the leaning tower of Pizza, the Machu Picchu, the Roman Colosseum, the old city of Jerusalem, and vasiour other insignificant buildings into the mix
A thermo eruption exploded forward with the might of a hunded nukes, enveloping them in a sphere of absolute destruction
And just when it seems to be ending-
"ROLLA ROLLA DA!"
- I slammed the glowing Great Pyramid of Giza down on them
The impact sends cracks and fissures to spread out across the Earth's surface. Following that is an extinction-level impact that creates earthquake travelling to the other side of the planet. New continents shot up from inside the Earth's core
"Fuck it. Let's go all out"
I lifted the United States of America up and slammed them down at the Counter guardians, who all have horrified looks on their faces. A big explosion that evaporated 10% of the world's water ensued, blowing them away
"This is in dedication to mrs Smith, my first grade geography teacher!"
I inhaled
"FUCK YOU AND YOUR BORING SUBJECT!"
Slamming my foot onto the ground, I flipped two countries on their head and kicked them at the horde of enemies in front of me
"Go Britain!"
BOOM
"Go Russia!"
BOOM
"Go Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia!"
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM
Millions of years of human history, one that had spawned off hundreds of individual culture and human nations, all compressed into a conceptual attack that can pierce through any defense
With a yell, I threw all of them down on Earth
The four continents come battering down at speed of a roaring asteroid. 97% of the planet's outer suraface disappeared with an incandescent blast that swallowed the planet in a sphere of light
There was overwhelming light, then there was an unending darkness
Unfortunately, the Earth being gone means I have ran out of continents to throw
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...
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"Trace On"
Fortunately, I can always make more of them
Two replicas of Germany materialized in my hand as I started dual wielding them
I smashed both of them on the ground, carving fissures thousands of times deeper than the Mariana Trench into the Earth
"Hold up! HOLD THE FUCK UP!"
One of the Counter Guardian hoarsly screamed amidst the chaos
"We surrender! Just stop it already!" Tears streamed down his face "This is unnecessary even for our standard! This is a war crime against humanity itself!"
I stopped
The two Germany's were lowered from my hand
"Yeah. Yeah you're right, it is unnecessary"
"Oh thank god, finally!" The Counter Guardians cheered in happiness
"Why only project a continent? Why not...a planet?"
The cheers shortly died down
They went ignored by (Y/n), who continued muttering to himself
"Wait, why only project a planet, why not...a Solar System, a galaxy, or a..universe? If I can percejve and replicate every atom inside it..."
I blinked
"Hey, I have a great idea"
On that day, the Counter Guardians knew the true meaning of despair
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"Gradation Air is a basic Magecraft"
"Hm"
"That means any average Magus can use it"
"Uh-huh"
"So, by principle, it should not be able to copy a universe in its entirety down to the most basics of atoms, because it's bullshit"
"It shouldn't" She agreed
"So, (Y/n) can't just do that because its bullshit"
"I'll let it slide this time"
Zelretch deadpanned
Shiki, having unsilenced the old man, only shrugged
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"FUCK YOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUU!"
Multiple screams assaulted my ears as I sent the universe crashing down on them
Those were quickly drowned out by the sound of two identical universes crashing together, creating an explosion with so much energy a third new universe was born in the aftermath
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"Man, I should have just gone all out from the start"
Watching the cosmic clouds settling in the infinite void of the cosmos, I welcomed the newfound silence
The Counter Guardian invasion was ended singlehandedly by (Y/n). The endeavor is a successful one, and no one will interrupt him anymore
"Now time to go home and have some dinner woth the girls"
...
Huh, where did my house go?
My only reply is the eery silence from the cosmos, along with a mounting sense of dread inside me
The realization hit with the force of a thousand pound truck with spike plates on the front
"Fucking shit"
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On another plane of existence, another raging battle was nearing its end
The immaterial fought against the immaterial. Seven phenomenons considered outside human influence fought against the influence of human on behalf of a human
"Damn, hold still"
TYPE-Jupiter cursed
"You are starting to piss me off"
The Red Shadow evaded her bat. It bounced off the horizon with one step, only to spring back at blitz speed and appear beside her with its hand outstretched
One touch is all it takes to erase everything back to beyond their beginning
The outstretched limb was caught in her hand. She crushed them with no mercy
Except for TYPE's, who has no "beginning" nor "end". They only "are", existing beyond the boundary of the world's rule
"Do your job, V/V"
She kicked him toward her sister who's charging toward them
"You got it, sis!"
The spear in Venus's hand shot out at speed ten times the velocity of light.
It was so fast even the fabric of space time near its vicinity was torn open
Yet, the Red Shadow - the physical embodiment of the Counter Forcce- merely scowled before evading it with ease
She swung her weapon to the side using her body as momentum. The spear twisted trajectory midair, slashing off its arm just as the hand was inches away from her face in counterattack
Venus shifted her foot forward and twirl the polearm. Within the next moment, multiple barrage of trillions of slashes were delivered at speed that blitzed the quantum field around them open
The Red Shadow moved its body, perfectly blocking off the attacks coming from all directions using its hand.
Each of these strikes have the attack potency to wipe out an entire continent
They were all nullified upon coming into contact with it
Tensing its ethereal body, the Shadow made to close the distance between them
"Mars!"
A red blur is all they saw before their head was bitten off. A great gust of wind exploded forward, near untracable claws tearing their existence into nothingness
TYPE-Venus intercept the final strike of the barrage with a precise thrust that pierced through their head
"Neptune!"
The spear twisted further
The surrounding space was frozen, rendering their regeneration null
The Shadow attempted to erase the wounds it had been inflicted
"Pluto!"
The spear exploded with power
Reality disobeyed the Shadow's presence, causing its perception of real and fantasy to merge
What is a wound? Where were they wounded? They cannot perceive such notion in time. Thus, the erasure power cancelled out at the last second
"Anal!"
"It's Uranus goddamn you!"
Confusion became pain. It grasped the spear handle. It was at that moment an undescribable force crashed into their body
Pain become agony as the spear's force intensified, crushing them into oblivion
The weapon imbued with the combined power of the Ultimate Ones stared down at them. Venus raised her TYPE-Arm, preparing to bring it down one last time
No more
They roared. The Fourth Magic inside them flared out in all spatial direction. They wished for the pain to be gone. They wish for the unending slaughter to stop. They wish to undo every wound inflicted on their body into nothingness and beyond.
They wish, and reality obeyed
The surrounding space twisted as causality was undone. Their existence was erased again, and again, and again, and again. For each time it was unwrappped, another wave of pain assaulted their consciousness
The now regenerated Shadow stood there swaying from side to side, unsure of the next course of action it should take. Across from them, the TYPE's look on with varying emotions, namely annoyance and boredom
The Red Shadow could not afford to "delete" them
They, in turn, cannot "kill" it because the conditions are not met
That is the only thing preventing this battle from ending with a swift kill
It only gazed at the alien existence before it. silently pondering
In the end, it simply stood there, waiting for them to make the next move. As long as (Y/n) (L/n) is eliminated, it does not care
"Tired, are we?"
The voice reverbated through the soundless cosmos.
Footstep echoed softly against the battlefield. The TYPE's sister all tensed up as the last one showed her presence. Standing before them, TYPE-Saturn gazed at the Fourth Magician with a calm look
"Why must you antagonize the Master?"
What came out was a question
"As far as we know, he did not actively hut the human order. He alone had prevented many extinction events that would have put humanity at risk for you" She listed off her fingers, before putting them down
"So, evidently there is no need to classify him as a threat. We are willing to overlook it if you admit to your wrongs"
"..."
"Playing the game of silence will not help you. We can be equally, if not exceedingly more patient if we have to"
She lifted the Shadow's chin, staring directly the face underneath the hood with a blank look in her eyes
"You refused my offer. So, tell us a reason why. Why our Master, who could bend the universe to his desire, who had tolerated your presence despite the numerous attempts made at his life, who had contributed to the resolving of multiple disasters up until now be classified as a first-class threat?"
"You don't get it. (Y/n) (L/n) is an abnormality"
What came out is a feminine voice
"Prevented does not mean resolved. A gun can prevent a sword fight, but it does not resolve the violence happening inside it, at most minimalizing the casualties itself"
"Are you...comparing our Master to a gun?"
"No. In this case, he is not a gun. He is a nuclear warhead on the verge of exploding"
"Master does not like using his power. A gun cannot be dangerous if it does not have a trigger to be pulled"
"And yet even without all that power, he completely pacified Alaya and Gaia - two of the planet's primary defense system, just by befriending them. The threat of a gun is enougj for crimes to be committed"
"What a fucked up analogy"
"You seek to eliminate him before he can become an unstoppabe force of nature" Venus scowled from behind her sister, the other TYPE's expression remain the same sans for the trace of anger within their eyes
"Yes. That is indeed the goal"
"I call bulls-"
"I understand" TYPE-Saturn smiled brightly, cutting her sister off
In any other situation, she would have come off as the sympathetic good cop who's wiling to listen to the criminal's reasoning
Yet strangely, it seems she did not truly understand them. A shiver passed by the Counter Force's manifested body, as though a thousand alarms had been tripped in its head
"Surrender your Magic and become Master's slave"
What?
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A flash of anxiety rushed through me
I looked around, but found no one in sight that could guarantee that reaction. What greeted me instead was a pile of unread message from the system
In the darkness of the unborn universe, a single button appeared, asking if I would like to see the rewards obtained in the progress of fighting them
Just the usual stuff
Sighing, I discarded the feeling and opened the main game windows. All at once, notifications I've gotten while busy fighting were now flooding my vision
Congratulation!
You have killed off the Earth's entire population (5,470,985,034)
You have killed 2,790,798,773 adult
You have killed 1,674,479,263 children
You have killed 837,239,631 elder
You have killed 1,532,743,198,833,693,405 x 10^12 Counter Guardians
[Title: All the World's True Evil] acquired
[Title: Grand Beast of Cataclysm] acquired
[Title: Practitioner of Magecraft] acquired
Uh...wait, no. I really replaced Angra's holy Grail form? Is this a result of killing the Earth's population? Am I supposed to be worried about the other two?
With quick taps of my finger the title's description was displayed before me
[All the World's True Evil]
"Shouldering the grudge and hatred of every human, whether they be dead or alive, young or old, men or women - the Avenger never forgets"
- Evil is a fundamental facet of humanity. Having truly achieved the peak of madness and erase the Earth's population from existence without remorse, you inherit this title as a symbol for what you've became: The Dark God of the World's True Evil
- Grants [Absolute Protection] against anyone who holds hostile intents toward you. Vice versa, the person with hostile intent will suffer permanent debuffs in your presence
+900% bond with Servants of the [Avenger] class
[Grand Beast of Cataclysm]
"The Beast that reigns as King atop a mountain of void. Consuming infinite lives, he alone is the indomitable one"
- Evil is a necessity to the laws of human order. Bringing about the cleansing of impurities from this world, you earn the title only given under the most special of circumstances: That of iving calamity bringing judgement to their prey
-Grants ???? in addition to ???? and ????
+900% bond with Beasts or individuals with the [Beast] trait
[Practitioner of Magecraft]
"Ay yo, this cocaine thing is awesome"
- Mystery had always plagued this land of ours since time ancient. Yet still, remnants of their uses remain to this day in the form of modern Magecraft which we continues to practice and perfect through generations of research
- Grants a [Charisma] and [Talent] boost to [True Teaching] if the subject of education is Magecraft or related to Magecraft
+900% bond to Magus and practitioner of Magecraft
"..."
I quietly closed the window
Too damn many. There's too damn many buffs in the reward even though I wasn't even fighting at full capability
At least I don't ended up obtaining another True Magic
That is the one consolation (Y/n) had to this horrifying situation he'd found himself in
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Author's note: I hate cliffhangers, but they are needed sometime
Having 12,000 words cut down to 8,200 is a pain
Honestly it would be interesting if they add Ciel to the Gacha. I'd simp the shit out of her
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