Hello to all you read this little story. I do hope you enjoy it. I'm rather new to this little franchise... Is it a franchise?... Probably. Eh call it what you will . So I hope you'll all be happy to lend me your support. Feel free to point out any flaws you see and how I can improve. It'd be very much appreciated. Well I'll let you all get on with it. Do enjoy.
He took two steps forwards in order to bait the dragons strike. The behemoths large claws tore up the ground as he stepped back and avoided the strike. As the dragon pulled it's claws from the ground he'd already charged forwards, the edge of his greatsword lit up with a blue hue as he focused his magic and the sound of metal grinding together rung in his ears as his blade glanced off the hard scales of the dragon. A small cut was the only evidence he'd struck the boss monster. He let out a quiet growl as he slammed the sword into the ground and used the remaining momentum of his charge to swing both his feet into the center of the monsters chest. A shockwave of force exploded when his metal boots collided with the hard scales and he noted how some of the trees in the forest had lost their leaves rather abruptly as he kicked off the monster and pushed himself back to a relatively safe distance.
He took the few seconds he had to examine the dragon in front of him while shifting his hold on his sword. The point where his feet had hit had left the scales cracked but still intact while his great-swords impact point only had a shallow cut. He let out a breath and focused as the dragon roared. It barreled forwards and opened it's mouth as fire spewed forth from it's maw. He dove to the side as the blazing stream of death approached and changed his dive into a roll when he hit the ground. The dragon kept going before running through several trees and turning back towards him.
He sheathed the greatsword onto his back and focused some magic around his gauntlets. A pair of silver glyphs span around each of his arms and he enhanced his feet with magic as well. It took three steps to close the distance and one more to get in position. He foot landed hard on to the dirt and he focused a large portion of his magic into his fists as he sent a flurry of punches towards the cracked scales which slowly became more brittle with each punch. With a roar of effort he landed one last punch and shattered the scales followed by a single smooth movement that unsheathed his greatsword and plunged it into the depths of the monster. It let out a roar that made his ears ring as it collapsed forwards and shook the ground with it's impact as it hit the dirt.
He let out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding as he stabbed his sword into the ground and took off the helmet covering his face. It's stylized front came off into two separate parts and he combed his messy black hair into something approaching an ordered style of sorts.
He glanced at what was left of his armor and took note of what he'd lost.
Left shoulder pad. Right knee guard. Left center piece… Damn that was expensive too.
He shook his head and reveled in the tranquility the forest gave off. It lasted for all of twenty seconds before something hit his chest with a revolting splat followed by a sizzling sound. He looked at the green gelatinous mass that slowly ate into his armor and quickly used some magic to detach the breached chest piece revealing the black undersuit he wore as the metal armor hit the ground. He quickly put the helmet back on and stared at the approaching green tide that made his eyes widen in astonishment.
… that's got to be at least… fifty fucking slimes…
He then spotted the two larger figures that sat at the back of the swarm. A similar green to that of the slimes adorned their plate armor with various holes leaking a substance that ate away at the ground under them covered their bodies and he felt his astonishment climb higher as he recognized the figures.
Two Lords as well! Really… great… Really done it this time Levi.
He focused his magic around his body and formed a barrier as he pulled his greatsword from the ground and held it with both hands. He charged into the tsunami of green in front of him and kept charging with his sword pointed forwards until it pierced through the body of the first Lord. It went down with a wet gurgling sound that made him shiver and with a quick movement he swung his sword in a complete revolution around himself cutting through a decent portion of the slimes that surrounded him. The small menu that appeared in the corner of his vision said he'd killed about ten in that attack and he reset his guard as the slimes began their assault. A third of them grouped up and he watched as they formed into a hammer that seemed even larger then his own greatsword . The remaining Lord walked up to it and heaved it up with one hand while he thrust his hand to the side. The remaining slimes formed together and made a shield that seemed to flow like water across it's surface. The hammer was surrounded with a green glow and Levi tightened his hold on his sword as he lunged towards the Lord. He focused what was left of his already overstressed magic reserves into the blade and swung as hard as he could. A large bang like a gunshot exploded across the forest as his sword collided with the hammer and he heard the sound of sheering metal before a large surge of pain went through his body and he blacked out.
He blinked his bleary vision away and stared at the familiar white space he was in. He laughed quietly as he stood up and saw the usual menu in front of him. A monotone voice ran across the space with a volume that still hurt his ears no matter how many times he heard it.
"Level 998. Health points. Zero. Mana. Zero. Experience. Five million out of six million. Name. Levi Flint. Do you wish to respawn?"
Levi popped his shoulder as he pressed the blue circle in front of him.
"Confirmed… respawn in… sixty minutes and fifty seconds."
Great… now I've gotta find something to pass the time.
He swiped his hand to the side and tapped one of the pouches on his belt. A grid like menu appeared and he took his time slowly scrolling through it while he organized the items inside to waste what time he had left. He noticed how he'd lost some of his more expensive potions and he glared at the menu as he saw more and more items were missing. He then noticed something odd. He shifted one of items and watched in astonishment as the item disappeared. His astonishment quickly became alarm as more items vanished from his pockets and he quickly closed his menu.
"System. Run diagnostic."
He jogged over to a small holographic screen and his eyes widened when he saw the strange green text that crawled across he screen.
Well hello there.
He stared at the message.
I know you're there. Feel free to speak if you want. It makes communicating so much easier.
"Um… Hi… who are you?"
Oh look he can talk… I'm the god of this world.
Levi stared at the screen blankly.
"That so…?"
Yeah. And I'm bored right now so since you've died I thought I'd meddle in your affairs for a bit.
"Wait... You're God?"
Yup.
"Ah... Can I punch you?"
Not physically no.
"Damn... Well I guess the Devil isn't going to be particularly happy with me then..." He looked up slightly from the console. "Great choice me. Perfectly fine idea to make a deal with the dying king of the underworld."
Hang on... You made a deal with the devil... Who you killed... To punch me in the face.
"He gave me his fucking castle and maids. All of which were in his personally chosen attire I might add. No man can say no to something like that."
Right...
"Stop. Don't you go judging me now! You're supposed to a voice that is neutral and unbiased."
I've been alive since this world was a boiling mass of superheated rock. I'm well passed biased opinions.
"Yet you can get bored?... So what exactly does that entail for me?"
Eh the usual. Delete your items. Reset your stats etcetera. Though I did get this wonderful offer I'm reading about.
"Oh that doesn't sound good." He whispered as he saw some of his armor shatter and vanish revealing more of the black undersuit.
It isn't… well for you anyway. For me on the other hand. Well let's say this is very one-sided.
"Okay. I'm so going to regret this but this is bad for me because..?"
Oh I chose you to be… requisitioned by this other dimension that wanted a hand dealing with something or other.
"You don't even know what the problem is?! Some god you are."
Don't go speaking like you know me bud.
"Wow now I'm your bud am I? Say can I have my stuff back? I respawn in like…" he glanced at the screen behind him only to find it shuddering before it vanished in a bright flash of light. "… What the hell did you do asshole!"
Nothing much. Just pushed this little blue button here labeled reset. Might want to check your stats. Just a suggestion.
He quickly swiped his hand up and glanced at the menu in front of him before glaring angrily at the screen.
"My… my levels all the way back at one… do you know how many fucking lives I had to go through to get it to as high as I did! I was so close to infinity status!"
Eh… A hundred something . I don't really pay attention to these things. Oh that means your strength stats at level one too right… then I'll be taking your sword and armor. Not like you'd be able to use them anyway.
A bright flash of light surrounded him and his armor vanished. He reacted quickly and managed to move his sword from his body and into one of special inventory slots before it shattered too.
What's this? You've finally remembered about the permanent inventory squares. But why waste it on your sword?
"That… is one thing you can't take. No one takes my sword… no one. "
Yes, yes very melodramatic. Doesn't really bother me I guess. Not like you'll be able to use it for quite a while anyway. Oh right I needed to do this didn't I.
The space around him became pitch black before the ground seemed to split itself into squares bordered by a bright cyan hue. A pair of large tendrils hit the ground with a large explosion of artificial light before the cyan energy on the floor disappeared. In-between the tendrils, a vortex of glowing green energy appeared.
Personally I'd rather not deal with these… minor beings from over yonder so let's make a deal hey.
"Yeeaah... No I'm not doing that."
Really? Why turn down an offer from God himself?
"Two reasons. One. You're and asshole for deleting my stuff."
Fair enough. The second?
"This your problem so give me a reason why I should play along with your scheme."
They have maids. I know you like them.
"Need more that that... It's tempting but I still need more incentive."
Then how about this. If you succeed I'll restore all of your statistics and even throw in a bonus... Let's say two million experience as well as a couple million generic units of currency. Good enough?
He stopped and stared at the words in front of him as he weighed his options. He either ended up sitting in the rather ominous dark area he was in now or he could go somewhere else where there was a chance he'd be able to do something useful… maybe fight something stronger then a Lord… that sounded interesting. He glanced towards the vortex of energy.
"I suppose it'll do... But I want one more thing?"
Name your price.
"I get to keep my magic."
Trivial. Wonderful to know we have an agreement. Now off you pop.
He stared at the vortex and closed his eyes for a second as he steeled his nerves. He then opened them before running straight through it was the as much speed as he could muster. It vanished with a quiet boom and a final line of text rushed across the small screen before it flickered out of existence and the space lost all it's color.
Should probably have told him to jump feet first… or to have walked in… eh he'll live… hopefully.
The first thing he felt when all the swirling colors, flashing lights and oddly... telephone boxes... disappeared was pain. Pain so strong that his vision went white. It slowly vanished and was replaced by a feeling similar to being submerged. He then saw a marble floor above him which he found weird before his face impacted with hard cracking sound. The pain returned and he began regretting his decision to a running start as his vision swam and his hearing rang. He heard an incoherent babble and with a quiet grunt of effort he slowly managed to get to his feet. His disorientation continued as he found himself in a spacious room that looked akin to a living room. A kitchen was attached and he made tracks towards it before finding what looked like a tap and gathering some water in his hands. He then splashed his face and through the help of what little magic he'd regenerated he dried his face.
Throughout his attempt to focus his swimming thoughts the babbling voices spoke in hushed tones and once the water hit his face he felt the regenerative attribute he seemed to still possess kick in. The voices slowly became clear and as he dried his face he listened with a distracted look to throw off whoever was talking.
"Do you think he's okay?"
The second voice he heard sounded slightly more mature to his ears.
"He's a man. I'm sure he's fine… what do you think Neptune?"
"He's fine. Look he just needed to freshen up. Traveling through dimensions always hurts your head. Take it from someone who's an experienced dimensional tripper."
He stared out the window as he figured out what the personal called Neptune meant by that but he shook his head and rolled his neck around as he turned to face the people in front of him. The first thing he noticed was that they were all women. The next was the slight glow they all possessed. Not very noticeable to the normal eye he was sure but he guessed his experience around light mages made him more sensitive towards the subtle difference. He saw one of them notice his gaze as they opened their mouth to speak. He cut off the purple haired youth in her white and purple parka with a stretch as he loosened his shoulders by stretching his arms above his head.
"Where the hell am I ?"
He made sure to nod towards the purple haired person as he said that so he got an answer from her.
"This is Gameindustri. We summoned you here."
He cocked his head to the side slightly as he turned his head towards the next person in their line.
"You. Twintails. Who are you people?"
Said woman was wearing a fancy looking dress consisting of dark blue, white, red, and small amounts of gold lining with a few buttons. The dress part covered a red with black spiked lining cloth while the breast part was white, along with the skirt which had black lining on both layers. Behind that was a blue bow, matching a smaller one worn around her neck attached to a black and white collar.
He stared straight at her striking red eyes which bore a little too much resemblance to the eyes of a demon he'd stared down once for his own liking.
"You spoke to Neptune before. I'm Noire. The person next to me is Blanc and next to her is Vert. We're the four CPU's who reside over the four nations that make up Gameindustri."
She opened her mouth to continue but he'd already shifted his attention to the smaller person with brown hair. A white dress with dark brown lining and markings on it covered her body and around her neck was a light blue choker with a single white stripe in the middle and blue gem in the center. Her blue eyes seemed a tad dull to him but he sensed an aura that to him at least seemed a tad dangerous. Though he couldn't figure out why.
"What is a CPU?"
"Console Patron Unit."
He looked at her for more details but he didn't get anything so with a sigh he turned to the other woman who he guessed was Vert. Maybe it was the height difference but she seemed to have a mature attitude to her that and the fact that he'd gotten bored with his routine of point and ask bluntly made him refine his word choice slightly to the ire of Noire from his slight glance at her out of the corner of his eyes. A slight glint caught his eye off in the distance but he dismissed it as no more then glass reflecting the sunlight.
"Dear Miss. Do you think you could explain what that means?"
He saw her smile as she leaned forwards slightly. His eyes were pulled away from her face for a fraction fo a second but when he focused he swore her smile had turned ever so slightly into a smirk.
"Of course. A Console Patron Unit oversees a nation. If I were to put it in simple terms it would be like we were the boss monsters in a dungeon with each nations army as the grunts. The people here tend to to call us goddesses as a simpler term or CPU as well."
He found it slightly scary how he understood that better then the other explanations even though they seemed to have more information embedded then the relative allusion to a RPG the blond had given. He shook it off with a slight incline of his head. He then stopped and stared at them for a moment.
"I do hope you four won't mind if I point out a flaw in your story… your called goddesses but I don't really see why… if I were to base the assumption on sheer power then purple over there wins. Though if I go for pure elemental comparability then you each have your own… looks wise I guess I can see why… though I only see one of you suitable for that candidate I guess. "
The twintailed girl who Flint remembered was called Noire seemed to smile triumphantly at that comment which made him raise an eyebrow internally as he waited.
"Of course you'd pick me. I do have the most balanced proportions after all. And the fairest skin."
He stared at her blankly for a second.
"Well I guess your body is well proportioned if you want to put it that way… though my thoughts were with green over there… I think your name was Vert right? Sorry I'm not very good with names. But she has more…. What's the right word… volume where it counts… yeah I guess that works. I mean White it basically a flat sheet with no curves and Purple just doesn't have the appeal from the looks of it…. I guess the abstract hair colour might pull a few folks in but I don't really see the goddess like appeal of you four is what I guess I'm trying to say."
He smiled meekly but returned to his usual slight smirk and suppressed a larger smirk when he saw the wide eyes look that the twin tailed girl adopted. Purple didn't really seem the care with the mild shrug she gave it returned but a slightly worrying aura filled the room and shifted his mind into a significantly more alert state. His body twisted on it's own and he saw a glowing axe pass mere inches from his face. His eyes were wide when he saw the CPU he recalled as Blanc now having blue hair and a white skintight bodysuit glaring at him from her position holding the handle of the ridiculously large axe. Said axe having only just missed his face before implanting itself into the ground.
"What did you say you fucking bastard!"
He blinked as he calmly stepped away from the rather sharp looking blade.
"Vulgar language is rather unbecoming of a young lady such as yourself… especially a goddess at that… but then again I am a powerless extradimensional being who I guess insulted you yes.?"
"Its always about the chest! Always! Who cares about a pair of fat holding accessories! I have so much more appeal!"
"… the six foot tall axe says otherwise… currently the other three ladies seem to be much more attractive."
A large black blade soared over his shoulder as he ducked. A gentle application of wind magic pushing himself slightly to the side in order to avoid the person who attempted to shoulder check him after having missed their strike.
"I retract that statement. The two people behind me." He gave it a second to see if another attack would come and when it didn't he sighed quietly in relief. He glanced at the miniature menu in the corner of his vision.
Seems Sense transferred over at least. So did Footwork. But not many other things. Mana's still low so no weapon summoning assuming I can even summon a weapon at least… note to self… don't piss these people off anymore then I have. Death could occur… or just very painful injuries.
He looked back at the two ladies in front of him and got into a fighting stance while flaring what was left of his magic.. He didn't get far before a strange glow overtook his body and a bright flash of light engulfed his vision.
