Y/N POV

"Ah... a bright new day for myself in this world, isn't that just great..."

I sat up as I stretched and yawned, and rubbed my eyes as I laid my hands out as I spread my body on the bed, stretching my muscles and bones before my left hand and right hand came into contact with foreign objects.

UH...

I looked to my left, where Omega slept soundly as she showed no signs of waking up. Felt clung to my right arm as I rested it down by accident, and I just realized that I'm trapped below when I saw Sphinx sleeping on my legs.

Oh god no...

How did I end up in this situation?!

I remember last night I went to sleep in this room with no one else, so how did it become like this...

As I carefully got out of the bed and placed myself on the floor, I saw Colette and Palmyra sleeping on the bed across, and Yae slept on a futon like thing on the floor with Elsa and Meili on another. There are... 1, 2, 3, no, EIGHT GIRLS in this room. I think I might faint...

After I reached the door using some serious stealth, I opened it and a man was waiting for me as I saw Rom, who smiled at me sheepishly.

"Oh! Y/N! Did you perhaps... have a lot of fun last night?"

Okay, it's official, I'm going to be executed.

And no, I didn't mean that I actually will be, but my heart and mind definitely were as I approached the breakfast table. By the time I got there, everyone was already up, surprisingly. It seems that they didn't know what happened either, and didn't suspect anything, so I just ignored it. Reinhard asked me where Felt was since she wasn't in her room, and Rom came to my rescue as he directed the Sword Saint away.

I ate the bread and drank the milk as I sighed, wondering what we could possibly doing today. I strengthened my bones by rearranging the lattices of calcium, and fiddle around with my tiny diamond stick when I suddenly saw three more faces enter the room. Familiar ones, at that.

"Eh? Why are there so many people here today? That brat said we were the only ones, did she not?" A shrill voice sounded from the guy with the silver and pink hair, who looked at us in contempt as a fat man and a dwarf stood by his side. My eyes widened in recognition, and I rushed over to give them a surprise.

"Yo! Rachins! How're ya?" I appeared in front of them using El Akra, which absolutely terrified them before they recognized my face.

"Warlock of Flame?" Camberley said as he pointed at me, stepping back a little as I pulled all my aura back and just smiled.

"C'mon, don't call me by that nostalgic name... I go by Liberator, or the Warlock of Deceit now. Anyways, come eat breakfast! Reinhard said he prepared training for us all."

"Training again? We're really going to die..." Gaston grumbled as he sat down.

"Die? I'm sure that Reinhard isn't going to overtax you guys' energy too much, is he?"

"No, it's not Reinhard that's troublesome, but rather, the two tiny brats of Remendis..."

Brats of Remendis?

Oh, Flam and Grassis, the two granddaughters of Grimm and Carol, who share the Divine Protection of Mindspeak, which allow them to telepathically communicate with each other. Also, the two are interesting people who can beat thugs like Rachins without a sweat, so I wonder how my teammates will fare against them...

And, soon enough, we're in the training field of the Astrea Mansion.

The Battalion stationed themselves out here, including Palmyra and Colette, who claimed that Omega has indeed given them a lot of lessons. While I'm confident that Palmyra can definitely use magic better now, Colette's beast bracelet might still be a problem.

Oh right, I haven't summoned those guys in a while.

"Alchemis, Cahya, Bayanga. Come on out."

My three spirits floated out as they manifested themselves in their physical corporeal forms, yawning as they felt refreshed after the last battle at the Roswaal Mansion. Their mana has been fully restored and replenished, so it was definitely time to give them a chance to show off.

"Huh? Three spirits, with corporeal forms as well?" Reinhard said in amazement as Grimm and Carol strolled down here to watch as well.

"Hey! I don't know what made you think that, but we're not just spirits. I'm the Great Spirit of Yin, Bayanga-desu!"

"Cahya, Great Spirit of Yang."

"Alchemis, Elder Spirit of Fire."

My three spirits introduced themselves as Bayanga floated around, trying to boast her titles and achievements as Cahya tried to stop her. Alchemis, on the other hand, caught the curiosity of Reinhard.

"Alchemis-san, may I ask, what is an Elder Spirit?"

To be honest, I didn't know what it meant as well, so I let him explain.

"An Elder Spirit simply means that one has lived long enough to witness many events, shifting of tides, and changing of the world. I lived for more than 450 years myself, so I guess the main difference between myself and a normal spirit is that I have a corporeal form and a heck lot more of experience. I was a quasi-spirit once, but I guess after... never mind. Anyways, Sword Saint, do you get the idea now?"

"Yes. I think I understand. Anyways, Gaston, Rachins, Camberley, you three are up."

The three thugs grumbled as they stepped onto the field, and readied for a fight as I saw Reinhard walk away. Before my confusion could sink in, two sisters with almost identical hairstyle walked onto the field as the thugs grimaced.

If you underestimate children, you'll be regretting it. It's a simple law that can be seen in many situations, especially in Re: Zero.

And they proved it immediately in this battle.

Using their telepathy and immense speed, the two knocked down the three thugs in an instant. I can see that Rachins attempted to use Goa, but the attacks as easily thwarted.

And so, this one sided battle went on for a long time, before I decided to intervene as I cast Akra on the three. For the first time ever, Camberley dodged a kick as Gaston defended against one, while Rachins finally shot his Goa out and made the two step back in surprise.

"Ah, it seems that the Akra has worked." I said as I got up to the training field and approached the pair. Standing in front of the thugs, I gave a slight bow to the girls as I smiled.

"May I have a chance of duelling you two?"

I looked at Reinhard, who nodded as he got approval from Grimm and Carol, who looked at me interestingly as I nodded back.

"Then, let the battle commence."

I enhanced myself with Akra right away, and the two disappeared from my view of sight as I activated the White Whale's Flying Seal and leapt into the sky as their combo attack hit where I was standing.

They were obviously amazed, but their attacks didn't stop as I saw they shot an accelerated sword at me, but it was nullified as I formed a wall of diamond.

I then dashed towards them and they reappeared behind me, but since that's what I expected, I yelled out Shamak as the black smoke concealed my location before firing Jiwald in their direction, causing them to take minor damage as they leapt away from the smoke.

"Okay, time to show you a cool trick." I placed my hand in the famous style, and smiled as I let the air shimmer, before two identical clones of myself splitted out of me.

The clones dashed towards Flam and Grassis, who fought desperately to beat my clones. Unfortunately for them, I lured them into a trap as aluminum foil folded around them from mid-air as they were trapped inside the bone cages I created from Calcium and other elements.

"Checkmate."

The twins were trapped as they struggled to get out, but to no avail. Grimm widened his eyes at my tactics as my made my clones disappear, and felt a weird stretchy sense in my body.

It was the aftereffect of cloning myself, a technique I called Infinite Multiplication. Currently, using it normally can create 10 at max, while Critical Overload can boost that number up to a 100. The former technique that was the secret of Great Rabbit's insanely fast asexual reproduction was inherited by me after its defeat, so I decided to finally put it to use.

The other one that evolved from Deceit is a gamebreaking one, and maybe it might just let me win in the next fight...

"Reinhard, do you mind if we sparred?"

"Huh? Y/N... you want to spar me?" Reinhard looked shocked at my statement, and so did everyone on my team.

"Well, I did defeat the strongest mage, Roswaal, by an inch. So I simply want to test how strong I am by doing like a proxy duel with you. Let's not use our full power sincc that might wipe out the entire Hakchuri, okay?"

"You... really are a crazy kid, aren't you, Y/N?"

Reinhard eventually accepted as he understood, and took a step back as we both readied ourselves. Reinhard picked up an iron sword from the weapons pile, but I looked at him with confusion.

"Why aren't you drawing that... you know?"

"Drawing what?" Reinhard said, a bit afraid of what I'm suggesting.

"The Dragon Sword Reid. Supposedly created by the first Sword Saint, Reid Astrea after he slayed countless dragons with it. The sheath has been engraved with marks from the divine dragon Volcanica itself. Why are you not unsheathing it, when it allows itself to be drawn?"

"Y/N! This is not funny anymore! You'll actually die or get severely injured if you do something like this! I'm concerned for your own safety!"

"I'm not worried myself. After all, I have three of its equals." I said as I unsheathed Zeam, Inen, and Ryokyo. I held the Spirit Sword in my left hand, the Shadow Sword in my right, while the Life Sword was held by an Imperceptible Extensions as Reinhard widened his eyes.

"Y/N... I don't know how you managed to get those, but you do know that having strong swords doesn't mean you are strong, right?"

"Did you say that to Cecilus too, when you two duelled?"

"-?"

"He had Murasame and Masayume, did he not? The two alone can kill a man by just existing, and although my ones are less powerful, they can still perform the same feats."

"Fine. But take it easy, okay?"

"Gotcha. Ready to learn, Rein!"

The four Swords of Power clashed as the shockwaves vibrated off the walls, shaking the entire town as if an earthquake struck.

The battle that nobody saw completely, one between the Warlock of Deceit and the Sword Saint, raged on for an hour before it stopped.

Somewhere in Flanders...

5 hours after the 'Quake'...

"Ugh... welp, my muscles hurt."

A boy muttered to himself as he strolled through the streets that he 'controlled' from the shadows, sighing as he rubbed his arms.

"Even the newest power, Blessing Eradication, cannot fully defeat Rein... he really is a monster. The amount of Divine Protections is just insane! Like how and why would you even need that much, for example, the one about how you can never mistake salt with sugar..."

The boy sighed as he sat on a chair that formed out of nowhere, relaxing on the street as he stared into the Earth Dragon Capital. It was a scary time after the 'Quake', as people dubbed it. However, many did not know it was merely a duel between the Warlock and the Saint, nothing more.

It was supposed to be peaceful now.

That is, until a scream came from the alley next door, and the boy got up slowly as he regarded situation, where a suspicious man stabbed a girl in the lung, and another boy was desperately trying to save her. The boy knocked the man out right away with a pellet of diamond, before he regarded the girl and the boy with interest.

"P-Please! Save her, anyone!" The boy wailed as he tried applying healing magic.

"You know... I could help you, but can you promise me something?"

"Huh? I'll-, I'll promise you anything! Please, just save her!" The boy bowed in front of the other one, and the one standing sighed as he made way over to the victim as he removed the knife in one swift movement, before he placed his hand over the girl's lung. The skin cells began repairing themselves, the dust and unwanted substances filtering out, as well as the blood began restoring. Within seconds, it looked like there was no damage done. The girl sat up in amazement as she touched her chest, shocked at what just happened.

"H-Huh?" The boy on the ground looked at the girl and the mage in amazement, unable to comprehend what just happened.

"So, now, the payment? Or should I say, your promise?"

"Y-Yes? What do you want? I don't have money, but I could help you-"

"No. Calm down for a second, boy. All I wish for you to do, is to join Felt's Royal Selection camp."

"Royal... Selection camp? No way, I couldn't... I'm too weak to be of any use, you know-"

"Precisely. That's why I'll help you. As the one who is given the annoying alias of Grey, don't you feel belittled for no reason? That's I wish to help you. Talent lies in you heart, Ezzo Cadner. You could even take that girl with you to the camp if you wish. I'm sure my colleague would have no trouble letting her go."

"My name... you knew it? And I can't take her with me. She's a prostitute, under the command of a very powerful organization. I can't just-"

"You see, Ezzo, I made a deal with that particular organization a few days ago, and they shouldn't dare to mess with my business, so rest assured. Do you want to come with me, who's capable of liberating you from the fake shackles that chain you down? If so, accept my offer to join the camp."

"I, I-"

Ezzo slowly took the boy's hand, and signalled to his friend, who also stood up. "Ah, I haven't introduced myself yet, have I?"

"My name is Y/N L/N, leader of the Liberator's Battalion, the Warlock of Deceit. I look forward to our cooperation."

New Abilities:

Infinite Multiplication: A skill Y/N obtained after defeating the Great Rabbit. It allows him to make flesh clones of himself that contain a fifth of his regular power, and can control them from a distance. The maximum amount of clones that can be made is 100, under Critical Overload.

Blessing Eradication: (加護消滅) Kago Shometsu: Y/N can forcibly cancel all divine protections on a person for 10 minutes, cutting off their flow of magic from Od Laguna by forcefully severing the link that connects them to it. All DPs will be stopped, but the user can and will regain them after the duration ends. Cooldown: 1 day