Symbiotic CO-OP

by Angel of light darkness

Not all Gamers play alone, some don't have a choice in the matter. A Spin on the Gamer story concept, experimenting with something a bit different.

5. Control Group Test 3

The Grand Magic Games were underway at last with events moving forward soon after Fairy Tail arrived, namely the teams taking part had to find their way through a floating maze in the sky above the city the event was taking place in. Due to how the maze shift and the mascot of the whole thing explicitly stated they weren't responsible for any deaths Max rode Admin who had taken on a hippogriff form to get closer and help to catch anyone who fell from the maze.

However, as he was in the middle of this Max felt an overwhelming bloodlust being directed towards him. It was only after things calmed down that they discussed what happened. Admin explained that his thread of fate connected to someone within the city, who he couldn't say, and that they were destined to fight. Admin couldn't do much to stop this as this world was more well kept together than DxD, while in the barely held together void of DxD's backside made it trivial for the Gamer system administrator to manipulate things Fairy Tail's more story like structure made it harder for him to manipulate as he was now but could be used to predict things to come.

They kept that piece of information to themselves for now as they didn't want to bother the others when the games about to start, however both Max and Admin kept an eye out for trouble as the games took place.

[Scene Change: Max and Admin helping in the catching of falling Wizards with a dark aura being present on the ground below]

Sitting on his bed at the Inn Max tried to get some sleep but found it hard due to the detected bloodlust from earlier, right now he was looking through his system to distract him when he noticed something.

[Faction Sub System (Beta 0.1) running background tests]

"Faction Sub System? Admin, what are you doing" Max called out to his friend, whispering so as to not wake up the others in the same room as him.

Admin appeared taking the form of a yellow creature with red cheeks, it was one of the forms the Game Admin called a Pocket Monster or Pokemon which he made the decision to be able to transform into them all, tilting his head the electric rat jumped up onto the bed of his partner "Hey, having trouble sleeping?"

"A bit, but what is this sub system thing here" Max asked, drawing attention away from his inability to sleep.

Admin smiled and let out a squeak that sounded like 'Pikachu' "It's something I was going to surprise you in the morning, but it's a NEW FEATURE I've been working on"

Max raised an eyebrow "Sort of like how you used my level tier and rank to get me more stat points per level?"

That was a surprising reveal for both Admin and Max, Admin was poking around the system sometime after arriving in the Fairy Tail world and discovered he could apply the stat multipliers to the number of stat points gained per level up, because of that discovery Max now gained 288 stat points per level instead of a mere 8.

"Exactly, and FYI I may have worked out the kinks for the third category system for that but will get back to that, this feature is of my own design and in no way stolen from a short lived quest on a message board forum" Admin said, giving a very specific example before bringing up a chart with a simplified window beneath it.

Faction: Fairy Tail Wizard Guild.

Passive Boost [x5.5] Super Boost [x11]

Tier 3 Size: Gang / Guild (7 – 49 members) [4]

Tier 2 Influence: Regional Power [2.5]

Tier 5 Fame: Celebrated [10]

"Okay… so the average values of Size, Influence and Fame dictate the passive boost. And The super boost is, the passive boost multiplied by the lowest tier among the three?" Max asked to make sure he understood what he was seeing.

"Got it in one! I even have a sub value for hidden world type stuff added on" Admin replied before looking up to Max with hopeful eyes "Well… what do you think?"

"Well, it's a bit much but… Wait a minute, Admin you wouldn't have planned to have the entire Guild make use of this did you?" Max asked, his eyes narrowing as he saw his friend starting whistling "Bro"

Admin rubbed the back of his head "Well… having a shounen style ace couldn't hurt. Also, still no luck in finding a suitable method for those traits you have"

Max winced as he remembered those traits, they were things he had when he first got the system and met admin and now that he was safe in another world they began looking into how to alter or exchange them for something better.

As if by subconscious thought two windows showing those traits appeared before them.

Trait: Forever Adorable

Due to various factors including but not limited to genetics, lifestyle and magic your growth and ageing has ceased, while you have eternal youth your general appearance won't progress beyond that of a pre-teen / tween / mid-teen.

Halves all Stats except Charm and Luck

Exp Gain x100

Item Handling penalty for Medium and above items.

Easier Affection gain up to 50

Decreasing Affection is becomes progressively harder post -25 for most.

Easier time finding mentors, harder to find students.

Trait: Androgynous.

You possess a beauty that could belong to a man or woman, and yet it seems to surpass both. You could pass as a reincarnation of Asu-shu-namir, the non-gendered hero who saved Ishtar from the Underworld.

Gender Requirements for Items, Classes, Powers and Locations are rendered null.

Charm is doubled.

Affection and Reputation gains increased, gender related penalties rendered null.

Increases all Charm and Seduction actions.

Balancing of Male and Female energies, allowing all aspects to grow in power.

Lesser Gift of Healing

Lesser Gift of Prophecy (Sense the Past, Present and Future)

Increased Reputation and Affection gains with Goddesses.

The second one wasn't too bad, but the first had to change!

"We could try that store menu, you know the one that uses affection points earned as currency?" Admin suggested telepathically.

Max answered back with the same mind to mind communication "Eh, I don't wanna. It makes my stomach turn thinking of using the Affection Points I got from everyone to buy something, makes me feel like I'm using them"

"Hmm, then just use the affection points you got from me. I mean, we're joined at the hip already" Admin suggested before giving Max a gentle smile "Look, it won't hurt just to look"

Ultimately deciding to go through with it, Max opened the store menu that used Affection points as currency. Sadly, there was nothing on sale that could help him with his annoying trait problem but there was another interesting option on sale. With Admin's prodding Max bought the listed item in question.

Race Feature Expansion:

Human's are not merely the Jack of Trades but also renowned for the use of tools, while not the only ones capable of this feat they are indeed the most common and one race who most consistently use tools to alter the world around them to be more to their liking and progress.

+1%*Player Level*(AVERAGE of Level Tier and Rank multipliers) to all equipment and items.

All Equipment and Item boost [x48.00]

"Hello overpowered race feature" Admin said with a grin.

Both Admin and Max unaware of a cloaked figure waiting outside their hotel, the figure took one step onto the main street before an unseen hand dragged them back into the shadows.

[Scene Change: Max and the Fairy Tail Wizards exploring the city where the Magic Games were being held]

The next day….

"Wait, where did she come from!?" Max said with shock as he looked at empty air in Admin's eyes.

"Hey there, I'm Fairy Tail's first master. Mavis Vermillion" Mavis introduced herself to what she suspected to be a new member of her guild, her eyes looked down to Admin who had taken on their Exceed form and felt something odd about them.

"Okay, is it just me or does the first Master and Max share a strong resemblance?" Romeo asked, the young man looking rapidly between Fairy Tail's First Master Mavis Vermillion and their newest member Maximilian Vermillion.

Levy tilted her head "Now that you mention it, they do look like they could be related like a brother and sister?"

"I don't know" Alzack Connell, a more cowboy themed wizard of Fairy Tail added in as he looked between the two. Rubbing his chin he continued "The hair and eye colour isn't quite right, I think considering them cousins would be closer"

Alzack's wife, Bisca 'née Mulan' Connell, smiled as her daughter sat on her lap "I'll be honest, if our little First Master was bigger I could see them being mother and son myself"

Max smiled as he scratched his cheek at all the attention being directed toward him and the first master, he turned to the girl who seemed not that much older then him… and saw her closely examining him with considering eyes.

"Hmm… I never got the chance to be a mother myself, Okay I've decided" Mavis said with a smile as she pointed to Max "Maximilian Vermillion, for the rest of the day you are going to be my son!"

"Eh?!" Max exclaimed with shock as Admin began laughing on the ground "You can't just decide that, and besides-" Max struggled for a moment to think of a reason to get out of this embarrassing set up "If you make me your son for the day, I'm going to pinch your cheeks in retaliation" he said, seeing the smug grin Mavis wore Max moved to prove his threat as he lightly pinch the cheek of the first master. Earning a startled reaction.

"Hang on, you can touch me!?" Mavis replied with wide eyes as she held a hand against her cheek, that being the first physical sensation she has had in a long time. She could move stuff around with spatial magic but had no sense of touch.

As the chaos was going on Admin stole a quick peek at Mavis's stats, taking more of a guess where she was given everyone who was a member of Fairy Tail's reaction.

Name: Mavis Vermillion

Title: Fairy Tactician.

Level: 513 [Inhuman]

(Inhuman){Enhanced Mortal}(Champion)

Rank: [Champion]

Faction: Fairy Tail Wizard Guild

Status: Curse of Contradiction, Imprisoned, Thought Projection.

For a moment Admin considered the layout showing the third category that acted as the intersection between level tiers and ranks, before turning their attention to more present matters and constructing a special quest for his player.

New Quest [Son of the Little Fairy Tactician]

Mavis Vermillion has made you her son for the day, this poor woman never got the chance to be a mother herself and while she would not admit to it openly it would mean a lot to her if you played along.

Gain the Temporary title [Son of Mavis Vermillion] for the duration of the quest.

Objective: for 24 hours you must refer to Mavis as, or some variant of, mum and keep her mood above normal.

Rewar-

Admin barely had time to finish writing up the quest before Akihito unknowingly accepted due to giving into Mavis's request.

'Eh, I'll sort out the rewards later' the Gamer System Admin thought before the games began, and aside from very unsportsmanlike behaviour from Raven Tail which almost led to a woman who set her hair on fire having said hair almost ripped from her skull when she tried to take a little girl hostage not much of note.

However, Admin felt unease as it seemed something was lurking in the shadows of the arena. Watching them.

[Scene Change: Max giving Mavis a piggyback ride]

Back in DxD…

(Author's Note: This is the moment when the X-Laws gained most Exorcists in the world to their side, I know I mentioned in the last chapter but this is a scene that I feel needs to be shown. Especially since the whole Exorcist Rebellion Plot is either ignores or glossed over like the Reincarnated Devil Rebellion)

The Exorcist Rebellion, a movement in which Exorcists whom once fought for the Church before being let go gathered under the banner of a few of their greatest champions for their own reason. A movement that was engineered to fail from the start.

"What…." an Exorcist asked, his voice weak as he was sure he had to have misheard something. He had to have misheard he thought to himself "What did you just say?"

"My son, all of this was to give closure to you Exorcists" said the large muscular man, Vasco Strada the man known as 'The Violence of Heaven' "The power gap between us humans and the supernatural is too large, as evident by this rebellion, it is what it is"

The Exorcist in question was left frozen in place by those words, it felt as though his world was crumbling al around him once again. The sorrow in him grew more and more pronounced, but there was something else that grew with the sorrow. Rage born from the greatest betrayal.

"You've got to be fucking with me" The Exorcist said through clenched teeth "We know about the difference in power with the foes we face, if we didn't we all would have died long ago due to ignorance of that fact!" The Exorcist shot back with heat in his voice, despite how it appeared on the outside the heat in the Exorcist's voice gave Vasco pause. He expected rage when his true intentions with the Exorcist Rebellion, but there was something else in the eyes of the Exorcist before him that caught him by surprise.

"We know, we know that are weaker than the foes we face, but we fight on because someone must!" The Exorcist cried out, the attention of everyone present was drawn to the two exorcists in the middle of the battlefield. One a living legend and the other one amongst many who stood defiant and alone "We fight creatures faster than us, stronger than us, to whom accursed magics and powers come to as easy as we breath and whom can outlive us all easily making even time their ally. We do this to protect our fellow man and in the name of God"

Vasco tried to speak but stopped as he heard muttering among the exorcists around them, all looking at each other before their gaze became seemingly transfixed on the exorcist before him 'Dulio Gesualdo, where are you?' he thought wondering where his collaborator was as he saw the small man before him tremble.

"We arm ourselves, we refine techniques, tactics and equipment all for the purpose of protecting those who cannot protect ourselves. To DIE in the dark so others can live in the light, to be an Exorcist is to be a soldier of God the Father and to be one amongst countless others who have bled and died for others and in HIS name" The Exorcist clenched his hands co tightly his nails dug into his palm to draw blood "Don't you dare, don't you dare belittle the sacrifice all our predecessors made!"

Vasco breathed through his nose as he tried to stabilize the situation "Look, the truth is this world is a different one-"

"Then what did you mean by 'it is what it is'?" The Exorcist cried out, cutting Vasco off "Don't try and dodge the accusation, what was the point of all this?!"

"To make you all accept the new status quo, to accept that this world has no need for you Exorcists!" Vasco answered back, hoping the shock would buy him enough time.

"We tried!" The Exorcist shouted back, his words giving pause to the old Exorcist and the members of Team DxD "We tried, after learning that… the truth regarding the empty throne and being thrown out by the Church because 'there was no reason to having a standing army like this' we tried to find a new place in this world. Problem is, it's very fucking hard to find a new place in the world when all your skills have been rendered near useless"

"Okay, this is starting to get kind of awkward…" Issei muttered in his Balance Breaker Armour before being shushed by a nearby Exorcist he was about to use Dress Break on.

The Exorcist took in a deep breath, his voice cracking "Those who were able to land on our feet tried and help the others, I got a job at a gym and was helping several of my fellows learn new trade skills. It wasn't much, but we were managing" he looked up to Vasco with a glare "And then, you called us back"

The 'Violence of Heaven's expression softened a little "My child, I am proud you were able to find a way in this world and help others. But the said could not be said for other Exorcists"

"Well, I imagine that sort of thing would happen when you're conditioned for battle your entire life and thrown into general population with next to no support and told to retire" The Exorcist said, a powerful bite in his words "Or, are you talking about the Exorcists who came across drug deals and human trafficking who jumped in to stop them only to be labelled as terrorists because the fucks in question had some connection to one Faction or another"

"...I have not heard of this" Vasco admitted, unsure whether these words were true or some trick being used by the smaller exorcist before him.

"Regardless of where we were, when you made the call for us to gather we came" The Exorcist said, tears freely flowing from their eyes "Whether we found love, employment or even just living on the streets or even the handful who got a parishes, when word came from you for Exorcists to assemble we all came. Do you know yourself why?" The Exorcist asked, not waiting for an answer or an excuse they carried on "We lost our whole reason for being, we swore to serve the Lord and protect humanity. And in one day we learn our Lord's throne is empty and the tools we need to protect our fellow man is taken from us, all because those who remain are so desperate for peace they are willing to give up everything else for it"

"Watch your tongue-" Vasco's grip on his sword tightened.

"Or what, your going to kill me? I came here ready to die, WE ALL CAME HERE READY TO DIE FOR THE MAN WHO WAS THE GREATEST AMONGST US!" The Exorcist roared, earning cheers from the other exorcists around them who could hear what was happening "You were our hero, a living legend, even if we could never reach your heights of power your very being inspired me and countless others to push ourselves further. That through Piety, Hard work and determination we could be the shield that allows men, women and children to sleep at ease at night"

A chorus of agreement rang out, what little fighting remaining there was had ended completely as all focus turned to the two humans that became the centre of attention.

"You were the last good thing we had left, the one thing that wasn't a lie or a betrayal… until now" The Exorcist said, their heartbreak clear to all who heard them.

"I haven't betrayed anyone" Vasco replied with resolution.

The Exorcist looked amongst the gathered crowd with searching eyes "Who here believes him?" it was a simple answer and one that was met with silence "No one believes you Vasco, not after you have spat upon the deeds of all who came before us, Answer me one thing though, throughout all of this did you even think for a moment this was a bad idea?"

"I did all of this for your sakes" Vasco replied, his defence weak.

The Exorcist stared deeply into the eyes of the man known as the violence of Heaven "Vasco, have you gone senile in your old age or has your own power corrupted your mind to such an extent you have forgotten what it is to be be human?" the exorcist frowned deeply "Or, is this all one big stunt so that the world won't forget about the Violence of Heaven? One old man's grab for relevance"

"Wait, would Vasco be at the age for something like that?" one exorcist whispered to those next to her.

"He fought a Fallen Angel Cadre in World War Two, even if he was a teen at the time he would be seventy five at minimal. Cognitive decline really sets in during a person's 70s so it's possible"

A nun slowly approached Vasco "Father Strada, are you feeling well?"

Vasco opened and closed his mouth several times "I have not gone senile!"

"I'm not saying anything of the sort father, but I was wondering if you could do me a little favour and share your morning routine like breakfast and… huh? Are those… bubbles?" the sister asked, seeing bubbles appearing out of nowhere.

'Finally' Vasco thought to himself as he saw the bubbles that were produced by the balance breaker sub species of Zenith Tempest used by Dulio Gesualdo, one of the few Exorcists turned into Angels through the Saint System.

Once the bubbles touched someone it would force them to experience their happiest memories, making it so they couldn't even think straight and lose their will to fight. This was the course they decided on to end the Exorcist Rebellion and subdue the exorcists present.

But, those bubbles weren't able to touch anyone as an unssen force rippled out and destroyed them all. Dulio looked around trying to find the source of what stopped his balance breaker but it wasn't long before the source revealed itself to the Reincarnated Angel and the rest present.

"Dulio Gesualdo, I had wondered why you seemed to mostly remained out of the proceedings but now I can see why" from a shadows emerged a man in the all white uniform of the X-Laws with striped sleeves with a large striped Tyrolean hat and a smiling black mask "I had thought you simply did not have the heart to turn you blade on your comrades, but now I see you were waiting to poison their minds"

Dulio forced a smile on his face so as to not let on how bothered he was of the recent developments "Don't you know, poison can be used as medicine to help someone overcome what ills them when used correctly"

"So their own feelings are something that needs to be cured?"

Dulio narrowed his eyes, preparing his Sacred Gear for combat if need be. They knew so little about the X-Laws and their capabilities so capturing one of their own, especially a core member, would be a big help "I'm guessing the X-Laws decided to crash the party"

"No, I came here on my own. After all, I am an Exorcist myself. Albeit one forced into early retirement due to injuries, losing almost all your limbs would do that" the unknown X-Law said, performing an elaborate bow that made use of his arms and legs "I would be a bedridden cripple if I wasn't chosen by a Holy Tome of Maximilian Vermillion"

"Wait!"

The proceedings came to a momentary halt when one voice cried out, that voice belonging to Griselda Quarta who looked to the X-Law in disbelief "It can't be, that voice, is that you… Cebin?"

The X-Law tilted his head before speaking with surprise and joy in his voice "Well, this is certainly surprising. It's been a long time since we last saw each other, partner" the X-Law removed his mask and as he did revealed the burn scars on his face, so severe were they the scars had left the man disfigured "You seem to be doing well Quarta, heard your now the Queen of Archangel Gabriel"

"Cebin, why are you with the X-Laws?" Griselda asked, wincing as she tried to stare at her old friends face "And… your injuries-"

"Where largely left untreated, seems the people you brought me for recovery were not as skilled as we were led to believe. That, or didn't wish to use their limited supplies on a newbie exorcist" Cebin Mendel answered as he put his mask back on "However, while the Holy Tome has restored my body I chose to have my face remain like this. To be a reminder of my failure, but even that doesn't compare to the failing I find before me and this farse of an Exorcist Rebellion" he looked around before his eyes settled on the few members of Team DxD "Never took you lot for a false flag operation type of group"

"Cebin Mendel! It's me, Arthur Bismark. Remember, we trained together" one of the exorcists on the ground, one who looked more beat up than the others, called out to the X-Law "The X-Laws don't happen to be hiring right now are they?"

"Hiring? My friend if you wish to join all you need do is ask" Cebin answered, clear and confident for all to hear "I cannot guarantee a place for all, but we X-Laws will aid you brave warriors of humanity in whatever we can. Whether it's searching for a new place in this world or to take up the sword once more as protectors of the innocent" Cebin did not flinch as storm clouds gathered indoors, instead he merely turned to Dulio "I take it you intend to stop us from leaving?"

"Not for long, we just want to ask some questions" Dulio said, his smile not reaching his eyes. A fact Cebin would call the Reincarnated Angel out on which only increased the tensions in the room "Are you going to use one of those mechanical angels to fight?"

"Hmm, bringing out Remiel here would be over kill. Plus I rather evacuate the victimized exorcists here that you all seem intent on kicking when their down, really this whole thing just feels mean spirited" Cebin raised his hands as energy began to form, that of life energy and faith that begun mixing together "But since your so desperate for knowledge about the X-Laws and what knowledge was granted to us by the author of our Holy Tomes and creator of our mechanical angels, let me show you the power known as Votum"

The powers of life energy and faith fused together and released a blast of power it threw back all. Devil, Angel or Nascent Dragon God, it mattered not as a power wielded by a mortal human threw them all back and it was only after they regained their wits that they saw the Exorcists and the X-Law was gone.

Later on, this day would become known as the day the X-Laws recruited most of the Exorcists in the world to their ranks. As for Vasco Strada and Dulio Gesualdo, as the ones responsible for this whole mess they were not let off easy.

[Scene Change: Exorcists discard their former uniforms and wear those of the X-Laws, many having a cross or bible with them even as they change clothes as a sign their Faith in God remains]

Back with Max and Admin.

"My mum is a cursed immortal!?"

When Max learnt of Mavis's curse he was of coursed shocked as he made it a rule not to use Observe on everyone without good reason, a good reason like checking himself of his temp mother's condition before calmly considering the situation and how to approach it.

Once they had a plan sorted out Max asked to speak with Mavis privately at night on the roof of one of the hotels Fairy Tail was using for the Magic Games, Max waited on the roof as he looked up at the starry sky. However, as he waited Admin took looked around while remaining invisible to keep an eye on their surroundings as the feeling of being watched didn't recede.

Eventually, Mavis joined Max on the roof. The little woman putting her hands on her hips as she spoke with a stern voice and a smile "Young man, aren't you suppose to be in bed right now. We have a big day for us tomorrow"

"I know, I just needed to ask you a favour mum" Max said, sitting up as he did so before gesturing for Mavis to sit beside him. Curious Mavis did as request and sat beside her son "Also, please bear with me for a moment"

"Bear with-" Mavis tried to ask but before she could Max placed his forehead against her own, the action causing the small woman to widen her eyes in shock-"Maxxy! What are you doing!?". Her gaze confused for a moment before they became distant for a moment as she remembered the last man who had done this exact same act, considering the last time this happened Mavis prepared for the worst.

However, instead of a look of horror Max pulled back with a grin that resembled Natsu's own "Bro, you found it too"

"Yeah, connection found. Ready to go when you are" Admin said, his voice hidden by all save Max himself and crossed his legs and closed his eyes.

But before they went further Max gave Mavis a confident smile "We'll be back in a minute, got to speak to a specific jerk, keep an eye on my body while I'm gone okay" closing his eyes once more Max and Admin used the spell they needed, a spell that allowed them to leave Max's body and rode the connection inside Mavis to a specific source. Mavis herself barely had time to react before a light flew out of Max's body and entered her forehead.

Riding through the connection it wasn't long before Max and Admin found themselves in the middle of a throne room filled with plants, animals mixed with bones and withered trees in a horrid display of life and death.

"Lord Ankhseram, I am here to plead to you on behalf of my mother-" Max began to say, speaking with respect before a blast of death magic was fired at him but blocked by Admin who took on a form he called 'Chaos Emperor Dragon Envoy of the End' "Well, there goes diplomacy"

Despite their best efforts, combat could not be avoided and so Max wore the equipment set called "Envoy of the Beginning" battled the god of life and death alongside Admin.

Several minutes later… Back with Fairy Tail.

"So he performed some unknown ritual that led to his soul leaving his body" Makarov said as he looked over the comatose body of Max, wondering what the young man was planning "Did he or Admin say anything that could give us any hints First Master?"

Mavis shook her head "No, nothing enough to get a solid idea. It seems they were searching for something, before they left they made mention of speaking with a jerk but that hardly narrows things-" the First Master of Fairy Tail paused, a strange feeling overtaking her for a moment. Looking at her hands Mavis saw the unmistakable dark magic of the Curse of Contradiction forming on her arms… before disappearing- "what, why… how?"

"First Master, is something wrong? What's the matter, that dark aura just now-"

Mavis moved her hands over her heart as an unknown weight had lifted, it took what seemed like an eternity to realize what had happened and that her curse was gone. Before they could process the change of events further a light emerged from Mavis's chest and settled onto Max.

The Gamer Max's body twitched before he opened his eyes, letting out a groan he sat up and looked around the room to see several member of Fairy Tail were up "Morning, did we miss much?"

"Maximilian Vermillion, what did you just do?" Mavis asked, her voice free of heat or accusation. Instead there was merely a need to know something, and a deep worry.

Max shrugged his shoulders "We noticed your curse, so me and Admin came up with an idea to break it. How to face Ankhseram directly, but it seems to have all worked out" he muttered out before falling back onto his bed and falling fast asleep.

"The heck is a Ankhseram?" Romeo asked, looking around the others for answers.

"A god of life and death, and one who cursed me long ago… a curse that is gone now…" Mavis answered, tears freely flowing down her cheeks as the feeling of freedom was almost too much for her. Meanwhile, a man in black is left stunned by his own curse being lifted with only the mental picture of a boy in armour being his only hint as to this sudden development.

Admin was currently processing the experience points Max had gained from their battle with the god of life and death, sorting everything out to make sure there were no unwelcome surprises.

Name: Maximilian Vermillion

Title: Adopted Son of Mavis Vermillion [True]

Level: 1350 [Minor God]

X Bracket: (Minor God){God King}(Ultimate Champion)

Rank: Ultimate Champion

Faction: Fairy Tail Wizard Guild

Unused Stat Points: 303,520

Once the excess EXP was handled Admin turned to working out the rewards Max was due, however his efforts were put on hold due to a new pop up revealing itself for Max.

Ping! Congratulations! Due to reaching the level tier of a Minor God a new system has been unlocked, [Domains]

Domains are a special set of skills, abilities and powers that are broken up into three ranks, Minor, Major and Transcended. However, Transcended Rank is unavailable until reaching Supreme God Tier.

Minor Domains only grant partial access to the package of skills and abilities whereas Major Domains grant access to the whole package. Transcended Domains vastly increase the potency of abilities and allow truly game breaking feats.

Domains can be purchased with Domain Points (DP), you earn 1 DP for every 10,000 in total base stat points. Domains can be discounted by defeating beings who already possess related Domains, each defeat of a unique enemy with a Domain halves the cost to a minimal of 0.25.

Minor Domains: Cost 1DP

Major Domains: Cost 2DP

Transcended Domains: Cost 4DP

Keep in mind, Domains can be upgraded to higher ones by paying the difference in cost after factoring in discounts.

Domain Discount List: [Life (½)] [Death (½)]

"Oh my, things just got more overpowered" Admin commented to themselves, now seeing the system was secretly some sort of god accension system in disguise.

Once Max recovered from the previous nights events Admin showed off the new system feature and after some discussion on the topic Max made several purchases of the new Domain System with his new stat points being kept in the back pocket for the time being.

After a great deal of consideration Max bought a Major Domain of Creation to get a sense of things, once that was done he bought the discounted Domains of Life and Death as Minor Domains along with a trio of Domains known as Unity, Duty and Destiny which earned cheering from Admin who went on about something Max knew nothing about called Bionicle.

Returning for the next day of the Tournament the Guild just sat down in their seats before Mavis wrapped her arms around Max's neck and announcing that she was adopting him for real this time with no real time limit.

[Scene Change: Max wearing a Mama's Little Boy shirt and Mavis wearing a proud Mama shirt, meanwhile Zeref looks on with a giant question mark (?) over his head]

Back in DxD….

"Hmm, I can understand why you would seek to bend or break rules. As absolute as they are in nature when it comes to people there must be a flexibility due to the nature of the heart itself" Jeanne said as she took a sip from her apple juice box.

The pirate across from her nodded as she raised up her own mug of hard cider "Ai, you are right there. We pirates have our own code to follow so we understand the importance of laws, but the ability to choice to follow or go against must be a factor as well"

In the far off distance Ajuka frowned as the development of the plan. Once they were confident that the pirate ship the Seven Super Devils were piloting was a creation of Maximilian Vermillion the idea of leaking that information to the X-Laws to lure them out and have both sides fight each other was suggested before being put into action.

However, while they did gather they were not fighting.

"X and P are not confronting each other, instead both groups are chatting while having a discussion regarding the need of Law and Freedom" Ajuka reported his observation back to the alliance of the Three Factions "And both sides appear to be rather civil about it"

Over the communication line several cries of frustration could be heard, the Devil King waited for the noise to subside before continuing "Remain on standby for the time being, there is a possibility of the situation devolving"

"You all know we know your there, right" a third unknown voice could be heard over the line, checking the magic at work Ajuka saw that a third line had joined the call "You aren't doing a lot to hide yourselves, also the X-Laws won't be fighting the Seven Deadly Sins. In fact, with the way things are going we may just join forces as allies"

Looking back over Ajuka saw both Jeanne and the pirate of Pride waving at him, both leaders fully aware of who was spying on them and from where. And there was any doubt that this plan was a failure it was gone now.

[Scene Change: X-Laws wearing pirate outfits and the Seven Deadly Sins wearing X-Law uniforms]

During the second day of the Magic Games Admin decided to sneak off to scout out what the dark presence that was watching them was, following that feeling Admin came before a cloaked figure with a two handed sword in one hand and several Wizard laying on the ground unconscious.

At first the Gamer System Administrator thought the Wizards were dead but a quick use of Observe revealed them to be alive, however their ability to use magic was severed completely.

"Finally… you show yourself at last… Model G…" the unknown individual said as they turned to Admin who took the form of an Exceed "Taking on a new form, won't fool me"

Admin froze where they stood for a moment "Model G…" asked, becoming more guarded as a result "How do you know that-" on instinct more than anything Admin threw themselves to the side to avoid and attack from the mysterious individual. Using that brief moment Admin used Observe to learn just what they were dealing with.

Name: Asta

Title: Wizard Guild Killer (Non Lethal)

Level: 333 [Inhuman]

X Bracket: Enhanced Mortal

Rank: Elite

Condition: Former System User.

Thoughts about you: True Hatred. Thinks you are your Predecessor, Model GGGGGGggggggERROR!ERROR! SYSTEMHASBEEN DAMAGED!

As Admin learnt this shocking revelation he missed entirely how Asta altered his swing in one smooth motion to change the vector of his attack, damaging not only Admin but the system itself. Survival Instinct took over and Admin de-materialized their physical form, due to their connection Max was able to pick up something was wrong and question Admin about it.

Knowledge that the Wizard Guild Killer was at the Grand Magic Games was alarming for everyone to hear, but it was something those in the know expected. The Wizard Guild Killer had destroyed several Wizard Guilds and destroyed their ability to use magic, the Magic Council had a larger than planned presence at the games because of this. Now that they have conformation about the criminal being in the Kingdom the Games would be put on hold until the culprit could be caught.

Admin was still shaken by his encounter with Asta but once he calmed down he enough the system admin decided on a course of action, that being separating from Max and removing his system in order to protect him from Asta. Admin concluding the former Host of Model G would target Max and Fairy Tail if there was a System user among them, this way Max and Fairy Tail would be largely spared from dealing with a being who could damage a System which should have been impossible by design.

This was done so suddenly as he knew Max and the others would be against the idea, but he managed to pull it off and ran to face Asta alone only to be captured not long after.

But there was one thing Admin forgot, and that was the type of world he was in.

Asta was so focused on killing what he thought was Model G, the broken youth not believing Admin when he told the Wizard Guild Killer that Model G was dead, that they never noticed a rescue party of Guild Wizards coming onto the scene.

It became chaos soon after with Max moving to free Admin from his restraints, Admin told Max he shouldn't be here as he had the situation handled.

"Admin, you told the Guild Master that I was your 'Ride or Die' and you clearly don't know this but the feeling is mutual" Max said as the barrier containing Admin began to break "You were the closest thing I had to a real family that I could remember and I do consider you a brother, or sister depending on what form that takes your fancy" Max said, adding that little comment before continuing "Your my ride or die, and when we do go our separate ways I want to do it without regrets. But that will be a long way down the ride and not today" Max offered his hand to Admin with a smile "Come on, there are people who need our help"

Admin wiped the tears from their eyes and grabbed Max's hand, getting to his feet the systems were reinstalled before the two raced off to help the others with Max wearing his Warrior of Light Armour and Admin taking on his Garland form.

With a great deal of effort Asta was defeated and restrained, the pain and anguish left behind and fostered by Model G being addressed and placing Asta on the road to recovery. The Grand Magic Games continued on with Fairy Tail winning and a portal into the past being opened to let several dragons into the present with three beings from a potential future being involved, the future people being a future version of Lucy, a future version of the Shadow Dragon Slayer Rogue and a future version of Asta from a timeline in which Max and Admin never appeared.

TL;DR: The dragons were chibified and rendered mostly harmless before being tossed back to their own time where they would return to normal upon arrival with Natsu beating up Future Rogue and present Asta fighting his future version alongside Max and Admin who needed to fuse together twice to beat him. The first fusion creating something they named Monster Boy, which was basically Max with the abilities of all the Monster Forms Admin had access to, and the second creating what they called Handsome Dark Hero, a being whom Admin called a Dark Schneider expy.

Returning home to the Guild Max was prepared to sit back and unwind, no quests, nothing strenuous, just relaxing and enjoying the company of his guild-mates and found family. However, there was an unexpected event with Max encountering a Wizard of some renowned.

For his part, Zeref wanted to know just who Max was and what hand did he have in freeing him from the Curse of Contradiction. But it seemed Max just had as many questions for Zeref.

"I saw your Eclipse Gate, and sorry for destroying such a masterpiece, but I have to know what was your methodology in it's workings!" Max asked as his eyes shined in excitement, devoid of any fear of Zeref. No, all that was in his eyes were scholarly respect and interest "Also, what made you considering the Celestial Spirit World as a vector for the use of time travel?"

Despite himself Zeref couldn't stop himself from smiling as he looked down to Max, perhaps it was his lingering instincts as an older brother or something else but he couldn't refuse to discuss the topic of research and magic with Max.

And then Mavis showed up and things began to escalate, all the while Admin was sitting back and watching all this with a bag of popcorn and preparing to evolve Max's title of [Adopted Son of Mavis Vermillion] into [Adopted Son of Mavis Vermillion and Zeref Dragneel] or [Child of Fairy and Spriggon]

Regardless, the plot has truly gone off the rails.

[Scene Change: Family Photo with Max, Mavis, Zeref and August]

Back in DxD...

Their arrival was something none could have predicted or prepared for, numerous beings from other worlds arrived in DxD and announced themselves to the entire world. All searching for one being; Maximilian Vermillion.

No reason was given for WHY they were searching for him as no one had the chance to ask, all the world of DxD really knew was these beings were from worlds whose simplified names were HxH, FxF, GxG, and so on and so forth. And to complicate things further they appeared before the United Nations so now the masquerade was gone completely, but it was due to the UN being involved that helped with learning what brought them to DxD and what Maximilian Vermillion had to do with it.

The answer, however, was far more trouble than any expected.

"Maximilian Vermillion is responsible for destroying those known as ExE, and we have come to this world to give what he is owed"

That piece of news caused a few hours of turmoil with the knowledge that the one responsible for the X-Laws was being accused of destroying a world, the conclusion it was in reference to a world was a straight forward one considering the naming conventions so far, even the X-Laws were shaken by the news.

But Max Vermillion was no longer in their world and had yet to return, so with those facts in mind the path forward was obvious to Jeanne as she would be the one to face these beings from another world. There was much arguing but in the end Jeanne met with the beings from other worlds with several X-Laws alongside her who refused to allow Jeanne to face this fate alone, once everything was explained the beings from the other worlds looked at each other confused.

"Um, we believe there may be a miscommunication here" The representative of GxG said before looking down to Jeanne, the exchange being recorded and transmitted across the world "We aren't here to punish him, we wish to give thanks"

"But didn't you say Max Vermillion destroyed a world, is there some context we're missing" Jeanne asked, the Lance of Longinus still at her side.

The HxH representative frowned "Child, has this world even heard of ExE before?"

"Not to my knowledge, no" Jeanne answered before looking to the others around her to see if they knew anything to which they didn't.

The representative of ZxZ facepalmed and sighed "That explains it, your world must be more insular than we thought" taking deep breath they explained everything, on how ExE was dedicated to the extermination of al life in creation and how world after world was erased from existence thought to never return.

Until, Max Vermillion came along.

"Admittedly, our knowledge of the situation is far from thorough but from what we can gather a ship from this world struck ExE and created continuum singularity that erased ExE and undid their damage as worlds destroyed by them were restored" the FxF representative answered, holding her hand close to her chest "I, I was the only survivor of my world after it was destroyed by ExE. I wandered universe to universe trying to find some means to get revenge for all those lost, and then I had a vision of ExE's destruction along with some knowledge on who performed such a feat as I found myself back on my world the moment before ExE arrived"

"I see, so instead of destroying a world for no reason Maximilian Vermillion instead destroyed an evil world responsible for such much suffering and bloodshed. And with their destruction the innocent were saved" Marco adjusted his glasses before punching the ground "Curses! How could I let my faith falter so easily!"

Jeanne frowned as she voiced a concern she had "Be that as it may, surely ExE couldn't have been entirely evil"

"Sadly, all that remained in ExE were mechanical beings who had already killed all else that resided in their universe. That much we know for sure" HxH said with a sorrowful tone in their voice "I doubt there was much that could have been done to save the innocent in that universe, but at least they were avenged"

"Still, while the life from a long dead universe could not be brought back it should not subtract from the countless worlds that were blessed with what can only be called a miracle without peer" The ZxZ representative said before bowing their head "We owe a debt that can never be repaid to this world and the humans for bringing into being such a person who could save us all. Tell me, Jeanne of the X-Laws, as those who have inherited much from Maximilian Vermillion is there anything you would wish to ask of us…."

All fell silent as it seemed the entire world had their attention solely on Jeanne, who closed her eyes in deep thought before she answered "There is, only one thing-" at that moment, the entirety of the supernatural felt a chill run up their collective spines- "To be friends!"

The representatives of the other worlds looked at each other before all broke out into smiles "Well, that seems to be request we are all happy to make. We other worlds accept Humanity's hand of friendship and vow to work together and protect each other from this day forth"

Elsewhere….

Yuuto Kiba looked on at the unfolding events as his mind was a storm of thoughts and emotions, all centred on trying to understand just who Max Vermillion truly was.

In the beginning he wrote off the Magician as a coward, his childish appearance conjuring scenes of the small Magician crying heavily when things did not go their way and would run away whenever given the chance. Then his perception changed drastically when the X-Laws appeared wielding what they called Holy Tomes along with transforming mechanical angels and who knows what else, the image of a crying magician who looked like a child replaced with one who hid in the shadows for designs only he truly knew.

Now gone entirely was a Magician who ran away from his world and one who left it to face a foe that they were not ready to face, Maximilian Vermillion left their world not out of hate but out of love as he fought alone what was to be an impossible battle and won. Thinking back to when he saw Max Vermillion in person before he left their world on a spaceship the entire exchange was now coloured different.

And, if he was to be honest, Kiba would admit that the new information lined up relatively well with how Vermillion put into motion the formation of an organization that up ended most of the supernatural world. Speaking of which…

"Um, sorry about the whole… attacking you and-" Kiba tried to say as he turned to the X-Laws he and Issei were fighting minutes ago, the paranoia that the X-Laws were a world destroying doomsday cult due to their connection to what they thought was a destroying of a world passing after it got a hold of them among many others- "Sorry?"

The X-Law glared back "At least try and sound genuine you twink bitch" the X-Law pointed their gun at Kiba's forehead "Now. Get the fuck out of our home"

Kiba raised his hands in surrender as he carefully navigated the floor littered with destroyed items and photos, Issei having less success than Kiba as the two Devils turned and ran when they had the chance. Leaving the family home that X-Law members just bought in a ruined state.

[Scene Change: Various pictures of the X-Laws doing humanitarian efforts across the Earth and helping humanity build a positive relationship and greater understanding with being from the other universes. Along with several pictures of these alien beings scrutinizing the native supernatural beings of DxD while ensuring the safety of humanity]

Back with Admin and Max….

"You know about me?" Max asked, nervous as he looked towards the Moon Dragon God Selene examining him alongside Admin.

The Moon Dragon God nodded "It's quite hard not to notice the effects you have had, normally I purposely avoid looking at things where you Dimensional Cluster is but that explosion you set off made me pay attention"

"Explosion?-" Natsu turned to look at Fairy Tail's Accountant with a suspicious look- "Did one of your experiments blow up or something"

Admin summoned hundreds of screens and bean searching them for any mention of the explosion the Dragon God was making mention of "I can't find anything of the sort in my records, if there was anything about an explosion that would get the attention of a god in another world it should be here-" Admin paused with a head tilt before looking closer at one compressed file buried deep in the records concerning an event the pair had mostly written off- "Unless, it could have something to do with the thing we crashed into on our way here"

"Wait, I thought we just hit bad turbulence or got sideswiped by Great Red, we crashed into something?!" Max asked with clear concern in his expression.

The Moon Dragon God looked at the pair with an incredulous look "You, you honestly have no idea what you've done" the absurdity of the situation being something that she needed a moment to get her wits about her.

"Shit, did we kill someone?" Admin asked as they noticed the compressed file contain info on enemies and EXP, however despite his best efforts the file wouldn't open.

"...You destroyed the world of ExE and erased it's affects from creation" Moon God Selene answered, coming to the realization the visitors from another world were in fact idiots.

"An entire world, destroyed" Lucy said, a look of absolute horror on her face as she and the others struggled to grasp the scale of what has happened.

Max was silent for a long moment, crossing his arms in deep thought "So… ExE was killed off screen more or less"

"More like retconned out of existence, good riddance I say" Admin said, earning a hard slam to the head by Mavis with a disapproving look.

The first Guild master, who had returned to her physical body, looked to the Gamer System Administrator with a dark look "Admin, this is no time for that kind of response. A world has been destroyed-"

"-And countless others have been revived, their destruction by ExE undone" Selene said, her words giving pause to the assembled wizards "Yes, that's an importance piece of context to keep in mind. The denizens of ExE purposely seek out life in other worlds to destroy them, having already destroyed all life in their original world"

Zeref, Max's new adopted father after he and Mavis patched things up, considered the new information "I see, so in a larger picture sort of way it would be like removing a diseased limb to save the rest of the body"

"-More like a diseased cell on your foot that is slowly eating away at your whole body the longer you try to ignore it" Selene replied, her eyes drifting back to Max and Admin "Still, I expected more from those apparently responsible for their destruction. Especially regarding your cult following Maximilian Vermillion"

"...Cult?" Grey asked before turning his attention to Max "Is there something you wish to share with us?"

Max shrugged "I don't know anything about a cult, nothing to do with me" he stopped for a moment as a grim thought came to mind "Unless, one started up after I left"

"You are widely venerated among the little x worlds, with a cult like following taking shape" Selene said before using a mirror to show the Fairy Tail Wizards and the Spriggan Twelve the happenings of DxD.

They were interested in the world Max came and ran away from, but their attention was quickly stolen by the reputation that had been built around Max and by extension the X-Laws.

"Wow…. I guess you really are the son of Mavis and Zeref" Wendy said, giving an awkward smile to Max as his mouth hung open with what he saw.

Erza looked closely at the happenings in the mirror "Still, while they may not be doing anything dangerous now. Having a cult running around with that kind of power cannot be allowed to happen" she turned to give a hard look to Max "You will need to go back and sort this whole mess out"

"BUT I DON'T WANNA GO BACK!" Max exclaimed before running behind Zeref and hugging his new father behind his back "I have a family here, that and I'm pretty sure I may accidentally destroy my old world considering how it's barely being kept together with dreams, lust and duck tape!"

Erza's glare grew in intensity.

After an hour of talking Max agreed to head back to his old world to clear up the whole mess with the apparent cult that formed while he was gone, Admin went on ahead to make sure the way back would be safe and purposely ignoring the shocked looks at how it was super easy to head back to DxD as so long as they've been there before Admin could teleport back.

However, the teary farewell was broken by bloody screaming of the existential dread variety.

Looking towards the source they all saw reality rip as Admin, currently in a Form known as Ancient Fairy Dragon, however it became painfully clear due to the sheer frightened expression Admin had and the fact he seemed to be stuck on something that something had gone terribly wrong.

Admin released the dragon form and free themselves as they took the form of the helper monkey, the first form Admin took and the one that treated Max's wounds, the monkey form rolled along the ground before coming to a stop but instead of getting up Admin remained in the fetal position.

Rushing over everyone checked on the condition of Admin as Max held his oldest friend in his arms, after some effort they managed to get them talking.

"It, it was horrible-" the monkey form shivered- "I felt like my entire being was being violated, and not in the fun way"

"Oh~? Don't be like that~"

A seductive voice could be heard coming from the portal that Admin just emerged from, even the dragon god Selene was put on edge as a powerful presence lurked in the darkness of the portal.

Through gritted teeth Admin glared at the thing in the portal that tried to grab him "You have no power here, you can't reach us"

"Hmm~ No need to sound so scared little system~ Besides, I'm sure there are plenty there that want to be here"

"I'm not scared of YOU!" Admin shouted before reaching into Max's inventory and producing a weapon that none of Fairy Tail or the Spriggan twelve recognized aside from it being some kind of gun, Admin fired into the portal earning laughter from the unknown entity.

"~Now now~ There's no need to lie~"

The portal closed and with it the connection that bridged the gap between worlds, only once the connection was lose did Admin let go of the weapon as they tried to recover their panicked state.

"Well, this complicates things" Selene commented as she looked to Max and Admin "When you mentioned that world was bad, I didn't think it was in THAT sort of state"

Mavis frowned as she looked to the Dragon God "Could you tell us what exactly that was, and why it left Admin in this sort of state"

Selene crossed her arms "Simply put, when worlds degrade there are only a few outcomes for it. One such outcome is making a being from it a sort of core to act as it's heart, such a being can be changed but generally it locks in that being or set of beings" Selene turned to look at Max "And it seems you two are going to become such an existence if you return"

"Dragon God Selene, what would become of my son if he returns to his original world" Zeref asked, concern for his recently gained new family.

"In all honesty, nothing good" Selene answered, her expression impassive "Either the fate of his world will begin to revolve around him, or a puppet to fate" the dragon god raised one hand "His world will collapse without him around, and while he would gain a great deal of importance and power it will be at the cost of having no future to progress to and a past every changing and ever cloudy" she lowered her hand with a sour expression "The other fate, is that the Maximilian Vermillion and Admin you know will cease to be as they are hollowed out to be puppets for the world to play out whatever role it wishes for them. A fate worse than death either way"

Max rubbed Admin's back as he thought over the situation "Okay, we can't go back in person. Maybe if we send a message to clear things up or-" Max stopped for a moment as he and Admin looked at each other as they both got the same idea- "The Great Spirit!"

"The Great Spirit?" August asked, the eldest son of Mavis and Zeref, curious as to what his little brother was talking about.

"The Great Spirit is a massive robot that's almost the size of a planet, it is a world onto itself able to contain and maintain all forms of life. It's drones have been scouting out the multiverse and were my first attempt at multiversal travel" Max said as he used his creation domain to create blueprints and a miniature model of the Great Spirit standing on an Earth like planet for size reference "Admin insisted on calling it Mata Nui and honestly I liked the name"

"Oooohhhh!" "Fascinating…" "Well now"

Wendy let out a sigh as she saw the Vermillion Dragneel family antics of Mavis, Zeref and August looking at the various designs of Mata Nui.

Sending a message over to Mata Nui Max and Admin waited to see what effects it would have and if they would need to give more orders or information.

[Scene Change: A bugged eye Max looking at the bills that Fairy Tail were being saddled with]

As he was doing a quest Max stopped in his tracks as he felt reality warp around him, looking around he tried to find the source as he worked on an escape method.

"You are not meant to be here"

"Oh my me, it's-" Admin materialized, their expression one of shock before it morphed into a look of confusion "Wait a minute, you aren't my Eldritch Sugar Daddy"

The unamused woman with an hour glass figure straight out of a cartoon raised an eyebrow before looking over a report "Ah, yes. That is the nickname you gave to the ROB who set you off, to clear any confusion I am taking over his position as your observer"

Admin frowned, turning to Max with an uncertain look before pushing for more information "What happened to the last one?"

"Put simply, the ROB before me has gone rogue after aiding in the creation of another Getter Emperor mixed with dozens of other beings and powers including but not limited to the God Emperor of Mankind from 40K to undo their own existence either by the force they have had a hand in making themselves or by outside forces willingly to put them down. In their own words 'it's win win for me and it's likely to be cool too' which they left in a note" the secretary ROB said as she adjusted her glasses.

Admin looked stunned for a moment "A win-win? I, I never knew Eldritch Daddy how those kinds of thoughts"

Max frowned at the information being given "So, is there another reason your here then?"

"Put simply, you aren't meant to be here and I am going to send you back to where your suppose to be. Really, how you got to a world that a former Gamer used is beyond me-" the newly arrived ROB raised her hand as to snap her fingers but stopped once Admin held up a book.

"Stop right there, if you try and send Max back I WILL use the Dungeon Master Nomicon" Admin proclaimed as he held up a black book.

Both Max and the new ROB looked at the system administrator with clear confusion "And what is a- What is that?"

"It is a book containing the knowledge and experience of Dungeon Masters and previous systems, growing with every new hand that came to possess it" Admin answered as he got a cheeky grin "My Eldritch dad gave me mine"

"Uh huh? And that's suppose to scare me-" the ROB was about to ask before Admin interrupted them.

"It perfectly details how to do an Old Man Henderson gambit, and no I don't mean lying to a DM" Admin said, his words enough to cause the ROB to step back and hold her hands up in surrender.

The ROB tried to keep a calm expression "Hey now, we're all friends here. I just thought, that as a ROB I have a responsibility to return you to where you and Max here can grow"

Max stepped forward and began to question the supposedly omnipotent being, asking what they are exactly and other such things before getting to the point of asking why they gave out systems and messed with other universes.

"Honestly, we live vicariously through our victims" the ROB confessed "You lose a lot of stuff becoming Omnipotent-"

"Limited Omnipotence inside your own little bubbles" Max added in.

"Little bubbles your all mostly to scared to step out of" Admin chimed in, the book in hand to make sure the ROB didn't try anything funny.

"-Yes, so we pick beings from different worlds in place them in others. Sometimes merging copies of the different verses together to get something new" The ROB continued, gritting her teeth only slightly at the interruption "The giving out of Systems is a relatively recent thing, before it was more Cultivator like set ups but….."

[Flashback to the past, however far back is not important so don't expect any numbers]

"Anyone else noticing a lot of these things are… dragging on a lot"

"Yeah, most of these Cultivators start off with something unique but eventually it becomes the same thing with different presentation" a ROB said, watching as the undisputed Celestial Emperor of a lower realm now worked as a sandal bearer for a minor noble of a higher realm "And the repetition, ugh! I'm going back to reading comics, at less they don't make promises of progress"

Another ROB looked on a several multiverses were destroyed "And there goes a couple more settings, I'm getting tired of having to reboot these things over and over again"

"I know what you mean, at this point I'm so familiar with the tropes that I've just started giving the information on them to a protagonist and see what happens from there" a different ROB said, pausing for a moment as it felt like a mosquito was biting them "What the fuck, ACK!" they slammed their hand down hard once they found the source of the discomfort, a Cultivator "How did that get here!?"

"Oh shit there are more!"

"Stop them, if let to roam free they'll literally destroy everything for power and status! Nothing will be left and we'll be auto blocked from everything once rebuilding is finished!"

"An allegory for human consumption"

"Not now you poetic try hard, box them in and get help!"

"Who should we get, a couple of these fucks are powerful?!"

"Go to the Light Novel Section for HAX and Comics for sheer power and plot armour, and you go get The Great Will to help"

"But I don't have anything to offer the Great Will, the only information I have that they don't is the information regarding Medabots"

"Medarot Medabots, right? Because if it's the NFT Medabot thing then the Great Will won't accept it"

"The Great Will and it's verse are close enough to Medarot already, they already have Pokemon and Digimon anyway, just give the info and get help. We need hax breakers to deal with these fucks!"

"Besides, the Great Will is surprisingly chill anyway!"

[Ending Flashback]

"...It did not turn out well, the system idea is more flexible in regards to story telling and safer for everyone else. Can still be dangerous but it's an improvement over the earlier stuff"

"...What was that just now?" Max asked on shaking legs as he blinked to try and get his bearings again.

Admin glitched for a moment "I think we just experienced what can be considered, a family guy cut away" cheeks bulging Admin barely prevented themselves from being sick "That was wrong…"

The ROB's eyebrow twitched "Anyway, I take it your not going back to DxD?"

Max shook his head as he walked towards the ROB "No, we're staying here-" his words cut off as his foot hit the ground but didn't seem to make contact as his upper body was caught in some unknown- "What the!?"

"Oh fuck, you've no clipped through the ground" ROB muttered, looking closely at the struggling Gamer who was being sucked into the ground with Admin acted in futility trying to save him "This is the first time I've seen this glitch, well in person anyway"

The conversation ended rather abruptly as Max and Admin fell out of bounds. And fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, fell, f-

And landed on damp carpet.

Getting to his feet the now Goblin form Admin looked around, it's hidious face falling before turning to the daze Max "I think we're in the backrooms"

Following some lengthy explanation on the basics on the lore of the Backrooms the pair began exploring to find a way out while Admin and Max worked with their systems to see if they could force a return, however no matter what either did their systems did nothing. Numbers went up but otherwise nothing else did, which was already concerning enough until they came across dead bodies.

The bodies were in all manner of states of decay with all wearing what appeared to be high end equipment and each having their own systems, systems that were now defunct completely but Admin was able to dig out what information that they had left.

In reality all the dead bodies they had found all belonged to someone who possessed a system, systems that were unable to supply any power or aid to their users as due to the nature of the Backrooms even the systems that couldn't be affected by outside forces were rendered useless and any feats regarded supernatural were rendered null.

Effectively enforcing mundane reality rules on those who found themselves in the backrooms with magic and other powers were non-existent in this place. With no other alternative the two explore the realm they found themselves in with the slim hope of finding a way out, and while searching an unexpected message popped up.

Jeanne is praying to you for aid, will you help her?

[Yes] [No]

"...Who is Jeanne?" Max asked as he clicked on the name to get a general idea of who was praying to him.

Name: Jeanne

Title: The Holy Girl

Faction: X-Laws [Leader]

Level: 777 [Hero]

X Bracket: {Ascended Mortal}

Rank: Veteran

Condition: Saint Soul Reborn, Ideal Blessing of the True Longinus, Inheritor of the Grand Tome.

Bio: An orphaned girl from France who inherited the Saintly Aspect of Jeanne D'arc, whose soul was split into the Warrior and Saint Aspect after her death with her mortal grief for the lives lost causing the split to take place, Jeanne would be chosen by the Grand Tome as being worthy of it's power and protection.

With the Grand Tome Jeanne would meet those who were chosen by the Holy Tomes and form the X-Laws believing them to be the will of who was a great man, if not outright divine in some form.

Jeanne's kind nature not only gain numerous allies and supports, but her own strong will made her the perfect user of the True Longinus and form a strong bond with the Lingering Will within the True Longinus.

Max looked over the information with a great deal of consideration, on one hand this girl was apparently the leader of his cult back home and answering her prayer would only cement their delusional ideas. But on the other hand, he couldn't just ignore her. If anything the fact Jeanne was able to open the Grand Tome spoke volumes of her character, but there was still the issue of how they could help.

"How did that even get here?" Admin asked, searching his system to see if something had changed.

"Well, nothing really can affect here but that may not affect things coming to us…" Max paused for a moment before turning to Admin "Can we send stuff out with this?"

Admin run a few simulations before frowning "No, the nature of the prayer means we can send stuff over but we can't send you over"

"...What if it's something big, something that could pull us out" Max suggested, a plan forming in his mind. The two shared a look and Admin knew exactly what he was planning, after doing some simulations and tests they learnt it was possible.

The plan? Sending the compressed data from destroying ExE, giving Jeanne a truly monstrous boost in power and hopefully cause a big enough force to get Max and Admin out of the Backrooms.

It was risky, but the unsettling sounds that they could hear in the distance encouraged them to give it a shot. Attaching the compressed package to the power boost that would be sent to Jeanne the gamer and game system braced themselves before Max pushed the Yes button.

[Scene Change: Jeanne praying to give thanks for everything Maximilian Vermillion had done for them on one side, while on the other Max is flailing about with his hair on fire as he flies across the void]

The efforts of alternative versions of Gasper Vladi to 'correct the timeline' did not cease, in truth their efforts had only grown more brazen with many seeking to kill Max Vermillion before he could defend himself and even targeting his mother before he could be born. The X-Laws and their otherworld allies worked to stop this attempts at any cost, securing their timeline from all possible threats.

Eventually, one Gasper even went as far as to ally with Rizevim Lucifer in releasing Trihexa. An act that drew the attention of entire worlds as the Beast of Suffering was a threat to all that lived, the worlds threw their all against the Beast and the madmen who unleashed it.

The X-Law leadership used their Holy Tomes and Mechanical Angels to reseal the beast while Issei Hyoudou faced off against the alternative Gasper, the Devil's decrying of the actions taken by the alternative Gasper ended in a few words that froze all who heard them.

"If being a harem king means letting the world nearly end a hundred times over, than I would give up being a harem king!" Issei cried out as his fist caved in the chest of the Gasper who aided Rizevim.

And yet, even with one Beast of Suffering defeated and the madmen who released it dead… it didn't end. More and more variants from other timelines came to try and 'correct' things, their numbers seemingly limitless, it was getting to such an extent that talks of killing the Gremory Peerage and especially Issei Hyoudou were being considered if it meant stopping these attacks.

Jeanne, uncertain of what to do, prayed for guidance and power to save the innocent. And her prayers were answered as power came down upon her to empower Jeanne to a level that none thought possible, a power that would have been too much for her if it wasn't for the Grand Tome and the True Longinus helping her through it all.

And once it was all done, all it took was a single swipe of her hand to banish all invaders back to their timelines and removing their ability to influence others.

Name: Jeanne

Title: The Holy Girl

Faction: X-Laws [Leader]

Level: 999,999,999 [Supreme God]

X Bracket: {True God}

Rank: Divine Champion

Condition: Saint Soul Reborn, Ideal Blessing of the True Longinus, Inheritor of the Grand Tome.

With the world saved Jeanne offered up a prayer to thank all those who made it possible, and wished the best for them.

[Scene Change: Jeanne on a day out with the X-Law and Alien Girls]

"Okay, so where are we now?"

"Somewhere far more familiar in a good way, this seems to be a backside" Admin answered wincing his nose at their surroundings "Although, a rather… hideous one"

The two looked around their surroundings to see if filled with chains with metal charms that looked like human skulls, broken hearts and eyes crying bloody tears at statues of men and women in various embraces.

"And one that stinks" Max covered his nose as he turned to Admin as he understood how these place worked better than him "Can we get back to normal reality from here?"

"Yeah, give me a minute I have to check a few things then we can start working on getting you on the proper side" Admin answered, bringing up numerous windows of information detailing their current situation and what he found gave him pause "Odd, seems we got snagged in a hero summoning ritual that involved-" Admin winced at the cost of the ritual- "Soul suicide"

Max looked at his friend in horror as he looked over the information they had on hand "Right, at the cost of their soul another being would be transported into this Cloud's guy body…" the Magician looked to the System Admin with concern "What did us being snagged cause?"

"Well, good news is this Cloud guy is very much alive. Knocked out but everything else is in working order, although I need to examine his soul later to get a better idea on if it is damaged because I am getting some weird readings from it" Admin answered, earning a relieved sigh from Max "The bad news is we're sort of stuck to him for now, not bounded per say but it will take me a good day's work to get us unstuck"

"And we need to be unstuck before we can cross over to reality" Max said, getting the gist of their situation. Looking around the platform they were on Max paused as he saw similar chains to the one's that were in this place except they were gold in colour, the chains intersected over a crescent moon crest "What's that, it looks like some form of seal… one for weakening anything its place upon"

Admin looked away from his screens to examine the seal in question, looking towards the ground to double check he spoke up about where they are "Odd, we're on this Cloud guy's platform. Why is there a seal here…." looking over the edge Admin could spot three platforms floating in orbit around Cloud's platform but were being pulled away by the surrounding chains.

"Any method you have of getting more information from here?" Max asked, and if Admin didn't have anything of the sort they could start work on inventing one.

"Yeah, should be easy enough. Sit down, this will likely be a long movie" Admin said before he used his experience working in the backside to bring up records of this Cloud guy's life to get a sense of who he was and what world he lived in.

In near no time at all, it quickly became clear Cloud had not lived a good life. Yes, his early years were somewhat nice with two loving parents and a childhood friend but he also dealt with a lot of harassment from the kids and even adults in his medieval village who would bully him and his friend Neria because they could. Most seeing it as a game or a way to unwind stress.

Then his parents died and Neria became Cloud's sole pillar of support in a village where the residence were quick to bath mouth literally anyone with not even the dead being spared, Cloud grew and when he was a teen was chosen by the goddess of his world Iris to become one of four chosen heroes.

Cloud, and Neria who insisted on coming along, got a crash course on fighting from their home Kingdom's royal palace along with two other party members before being sent off. The two new party members being a Mage named Eri and a Cleric named Ophelia, the party of four set off from the Kingdom of Prona with it's King William wishing the party well on their travels.

And then everything went to shit.

Sure, things were alright in the beginning, but due to various factors such as poor personality traits and habits left unaddressed and even being left to fester things began to go off the rails. Neria's protective nature meant they wouldn't take any big quests, Eri's background as the illegitimate daughter of Duke left her needing to prove herself and pushed the party to spending most of their money at expensive inns and buying things they didn't need and Ophelia's healing was generally unreliable when she wasn't distracted by something.

That being said, the group were rather close and good friends. Even if they were the weakest Hero Party Cloud was happy to just have people he could depend on, but that didn't last long.

Long story short, the three people Cloud would give his life to protect were going to abandon him at the next Hero gathering and go to the other other Heroes parties. Specifically Lorian, who Eri was going with, and Gis, whom Neria was together with, and while he wasn't sure where Ophelia was going to go but it was likely going to be Gis as well.

Heartbroken, Cloud lamented his failure at being a hero and when the option to have someone else take his place via a ritual as one last act to ensure the world would have a worthy hero instead of him.

Reviewing the contents Admin frowned as with a sour taste in his mouth "This seems like some kind of NTR story set up…" turning to Max with concern Admin offered his shoulder as he was well aware this sort of set could hit too close to home for Max "You doing okay?"

"I'm fine, in fact, let's help this Cloud guy" Max said, a look of absolute determination on his face "You say all that as well, the guy was set up for failure from the start. The nobles more concerned with manners than him being able to do his job"

Admin nodded "True, honestly considering the other Heroes Cloud may have been more suited for a healer support role. At least more a Paladin flavoured hero, but all that being said-" turning back to the seal both frowned deeply at it- "WHY is this here?"

"Can you track it's source, it feels… somewhat divine" Max said as he examined the chains, while only a select few were gold all the chains in this realm seemed to come from the same source. Max's own divine nature making it so he could recognize the chains as coming from something divine, divine but hedonistic and cruel.

Admin summoned a window close to the golden chain and ran through a series of commands "Seems to be a Goddess known as Iris, whom I have no information on" closing the window he rubbed his chin "I'll attempt to contact the ROB from earlier to get information, if nothing comes up we're flying blind"

Max gestured to the seal on the platform "What about that, should we destroy it now or wait for later on the off chance it draws unwanted attention?"

"I'm honestly more concerned about these chains damaging Cloud's soul, we may need to perform an extensive operation to-" Admin said before looking towards Cloud's soul to get an idea of what their dealing with before freezing up and looking on in disbelief- "What the Hell!? The soul, How the-?!"

Max turned to Cloud's Soul and took a close look at it, while his hands on expertise with souls was limited he was able to see what had left Admin in such a state "Why is Cloud's Soul that of a newborn?!"

"Fuck, I was sure the ritual didn't take affect. Hold on, I'll check some of the local souls and we can work on restoring Cloud's" Admin took the form of a biblically accurate angel and flew off to scout out the other souls of the world as Max stayed behind to watch over Cloud's soul.

As he waited Max purchased new Domains, picking a Major Domains for Heroes and Souls and Minor Domains for Fire, Water, Earth and Wind for a total cost of 8 Domain Points.

When Admin got back he stared Max dead in the eye and said "There are no proper souls in this world"

"What, but Cloud-"

"-Cloud's Soul is likely a new born soul because we're connected with him now, I spent close to an hour checking everyone Soul I can find and all of them are the same. All energy no structure, they have more in common with the monsters in an Instant Dungeon than actual people" Admin rubbed their face before walking closer to the seal "Seriously, that says a whole lot about this world where the souls of the people are more suited for resource harvesting than being actual souls"

Max nodded slowly before turning to the seal, and now know destroying it won't negatively impact Cloud's soul, and asks one question "So, Hammer Time?"

"HAMMER TIME!"

Gamer and Game Master pulled their arms back and punched the seal, destroying it completely.

[Scene Change: Max and Admin appearing in Cloud's dreamscape to introduce themselves with maximum presentation]

"Alright, this complicates things" Admin said as he hovered over Cloud as a spectral head "I can't give Cloud the full gamer package"

Cloud felt like falling to his knees in despair "Is it because I'm too weak?"

"Fuck no, the Gamer System is all about making weaklings into unstoppable forces of nature" Admin clarified before explaining what the issue is "The problem is, your soul still needs time to properly grow so we're going have to do this in sections. Level Tiers and Feat Ranks are going to have to be shelved for now, there's an issue with stat points per level but I have a work around for that I've been developing in the background" Admin explained before bringing up a mock example of a character sheet "Skills and titles are going to still work fine so we still have a lot of options to work with"

Max appeared as a spectral head on Cloud's other shoulder, the teen still stuck in the backside with Admin "What are we doing about this system Cloud already had?"

At those words Cloud summoned his stat window, normally one would have to go to an adventurers Guild or a church to check their stats but after making contact with Max and Admin he was now able to check it anywhere...

Name: Cloud

Level 17

Strength: E (115)

Agility: E (105)

Durability: F (85)

Mana: F (70)

...And be constantly reminded of his weakness.

"Max, my brother in Christ, I love you but call this shit a system again I WILL smack you upside the head!" Admin literally snarled surprising the only two beings who could hear him "I looked this thing over and it isn't a system, calling it a copy cat rip off would be a kind assessment of what this pile of horse shit is. It's not optimized and is clearly a Frankenstein creation of several other systems"

Max nodded his head "Okay, so we keeping it or not?"

"Eh, might as well keep it for now. If anything the local tools for checking stats will be using this cheap ass thing so we could do something clever with it. But for now-!" Admin grinned as a new window appeared "Behold, an accurate representation of Cloud's stats within his new true system!"

Name: Cloud

Title: Hero of Prona

Faction: None

Level: 17 [Locked]

X Bracket: Locked

Rank: Locked

Strength: 12 [0%] (12)

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Vitality: 10 [0%] (10)

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Dexterity: 10 [0%] (10)

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Intelligence: 4 [0%] (4)

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Wisdom: 4 [0%] (4)

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Willpower: 8 [0%] (8)

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Charisma: 20 [0%] (20)

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Luck: 1 [0%] (1)

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Stat Points per level up: 1

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"...Cloud, I don't mean to be rude… but you did say you and your party have been adventuring for three years, right?" Max asked as he looked over the stats of the person he promised to help, noting how he had seen plenty of mundane people with higher stats than the chosen hero here.

Admin floated over "Now, now, you had a monstrous growth rate Max and came from a death world so your view may be a little skewed. Instead, focus on the modifications I have made. You see those boxes below each stat"

"Yeah, are they for decoration. It looks nice" Cloud complemented the design.

The two heads shared a look before Admin cleared his throat "Thank you, but no. Their special equipment slots to help you grow and unlock new features, I have a set of starting special equipment for you to equip. Slot them all in and see the results for yourself"

Cloud nodded and did as he was told, slotting in the equipment for his stats and noticing when all eight were in that a slot for the stat point value went up.

Name: Cloud

Title: Hero of Prona

Faction: None

Level: 17 [Locked]

X Bracket: Locked

Rank: Locked

Strength: 12 [5%] (12.6)

Set 0 [X] [] [] [] []

Vitality: 10 [5%] (10.5)

Set 0 [X] [] [] [] []

Dexterity: 10 [5%] (10.5)

Set 0 [X] [] [] [] []

Intelligence: 4 [5%] (4.2)

Set 0 [X] [] [] [] []

Wisdom: 4 [5%] (4.2)

Set 0 [X] [] [] [] []

Willpower: 8 [5%] (8.4)

Set 0 [X] [] [] [] []

Charisma: 20 [5%] (21)

Set 0 [X] [] [] [] []

Luck: 1 [5%] (1.05)

Set 0 [X] [] [] [] []

Stat Points per level up: 2

Set 0 [X] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []

"Admittedly it may not seem like much, but those are passive boosts that will stick with ya. Plus completing sets unlock a new row of slots for higher tier equipment to be slotted in for bigger boosts, it's going to get hard getting the higher tier special equipment but you can fuse the weaker ones to make things more fair" Admin explained, looking down to see Cloud looking at himself in wonder at his increase in power.

"This is amazing, where can I get these special equipment and can others use them?" Cloud asked with hopeful eyes.

Max's spectral head grew into a full body as he sat down to explain the situation to Cloud as best he could, Admin was able to get in contact with the ROB who was able to send over information on the world they were in. It was a pretty bad one, so much so literally anything ROB related was about changing stuff and kicking the ass of the good for nothing Goddess who got off on betrayal and suffering and her Evil God simp who served her.

Needless to say, they couldn't tell Cloud that right away, so instead they went about talking about it would be in everyone's best interest if the party just broke up now. It took a while to convince Cloud of this idea but once he heard it would be the best method for protecting the three people he truly cared about he went along with the idea.

Admin had to amp up Gamer's Mind to dampen Cloud's emotions during the confrontation and Max lead him through on what to say, when all was said and done the party was broken apart and familiar created to help protect Neria, Eri and Ophelia to make sure nothing bad happened to them.

And as for Cloud he could begin grinding in earnest, and after a week things were looking pretty good.

Name: Cloud

Title: Hero of Prona

Faction: None

Level: 38 [Locked]

X Bracket: Locked

Rank: Locked

Strength: 50 [185%] (142.5)

Set 3 [X] [] [] [] []

Vitality: 50 [185%] (142.5)

Set 3 [X] [] [] [] []

Dexterity: 53 [185%] (151.05)

Set 3 [X] [] [] [] []

Intelligence: 20 [185%] (57)

Set 3 [X] [] [] [] []

Wisdom: 40 [185%] (114)

Set 3 [X] [] [] [] []

Willpower: 100 [185%] (285)

Set 3 [X] [] [] [] []

Charisma: 20 [185%] (57)

Set 3 [X] [] [] [] []

Luck: 20 [185%] (57)

Set 3 [X] [] [] [] []

Stat Points per level up: 23

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Cloud had gone such strength that Max was able to enter his reality and travel with him as his new mage party member, this also meant he could attend the hero gathering or Hero Banquet in person and see with his own eyes how disappointing the heroes of this world were. And the food was terrible too.

Although it was well worth to see Cloud solo both Gis and Lorian in person, the boy using only Haki to take down their whole parties before using his fists against the two other heroes. The only real challenge was Frillite, the fourth hero and the only one who seemed to actually be doing her job. The two heroes striking up a friendship with Max rolling his eyes at the spectral form of Admin with pom poms doing a cheerleader routine supporting the Cloud and Frillite ship.

Of course, things began escalating afterwards. Especially with Iris trying to force Cloud down a path of ruin, either as a victim 'loser' or one who torments others as a 'winner'. Once he was strong enough Max and Admin revealed the truth about his and the world situation, the information shook Cloud to his core but it also lit a fire within him.

With his increase in Wisdom he began to see the world through clearer eyes and a will born to change the world began to take root, a will to truly save his world instead of perpetuating a cycle of suffering. And once that decision was made Cloud grew in a way beyond numbers could represent, he gathered new allies especially those who had suffered due to the amusements of a cruel goddess and those yet to be harm but were in the cross hairs.

Eventually Iris caught on finally that something was up with Cloud and thus sent an Angel to question him, the fact it was at the next Hero Banquet didn't change much. If anything it gave them a chance to be a little dramatic about it.

Cloud went into detail on how he wasn't fit to be a hero and Iris knew of that, that after seeing the world he knew what kind of goddess she was and needed to be stopped. And with training from a God of Heroes, Max, and a Demon God, Admin, he would take back the future stolen from them and not only defeat Iris he would do so after killing her children the Dragon Lord, Vampire Lord, Elf Lord, Demon Lord and her dark god ally Rudeus.

The angel's shocked expression at Cloud's knowledge of those beings and their relation to Iris gave Admin enough time to activate Level Tiers and Ranks for Cloud, his sudden rise in power informing all of how serious he was.

The war that took place with Cloud and his allies was a merciless one, but it was a war they won. With the Monster Lords dead, save the Demon Lord who was never onboard with his mother's fetish and aided Cloud, along with Rudeus dismembered head and Iris slain Cloud was prepared to enact his final plan.

His world was broken, to such an extent by Iris that recovery was impossible. With no other option Cloud used all his new power along with Max and Admin to destroy the current world and reincarnate everyone into a new one. A world where they could live free with real souls of their own, to be a people and not toys for another.

A darkness fell over all and consumed everything with Cloud, Max and Admin being the only ones remaining. Once all was prepared Max snapped his fingers to allow a new world to be born and from the light of creation Cloud was consumed as he was reincarnated into this new world.

They stayed a little while to oversee things to make sure everything turned out alright, once they were confident this new world could survive on it's own Max and Admin began the long journey back home to Fairy Tail. It took longer than expected but with a little use of time space trickery they were able to return only an hour after glitching to hell and back.

The pair would mostly settled, enjoying their time together before the eventual day they had to go their separate ways. But until then there were plenty of adventures to be had and items to be sold, both normally to people and through the store function with the Gamer Ability. Max becoming well known for his Anti Horny weaponry.

As for what happens next, that is a story for another day.

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Author's Note:

Okay, now this is the final FINAL update for Max and Admin. It's officially done. TL;DR: Went onto further details about their time in Fairy Tail, revealing that Model G used that world in the past, and Max officially being adopted by Mavis and Zeref. Why, I think it's cute.

General info on Asta is that he was a victim of a Dark Guild before Model G came into contact, but once G had gotten all it could it left Asta who believed Magic was the source of all evil in the world and it and those who used it needed to be disposed of. Shounen Therapy combat mostly helped him out of his rut.

The later story of Fairy Tail is pretty much derailed, so much so that the 100 year quest arc starts somewhat earlier.

As for what Admin faced, that could be considered the will of the DxD world and it planned to make Max it's new lead protagonist to more or less replace Issei (Not taking anything from Issei, but he would generally be less present for future events. Think like a Sequel situation) and the way it would have done it would have been nightmarish.

Regarding the whole scene with ROB, a few things. One, there aren't as omnipotent as they pretend to be and more often than not named entities in media can beat them, Two ROBs sometimes have to get help dealing with their own messes and that sometimes means giving information on different verses to different verses ie something to facilitate crossovers and such. The Great Will is from Megami Tensei and is one of the verses most often asked to help clean up a mess and given power and knowledge from other verses as payment.

The Backrooms are the second biggest killer of Gamers, only beaten by Gamers themselves. When they get sent there the Gamers lose all their powers and abilities and is nigh impossible to escape, you either hope to discover an exit point before the creatures find you or you luck out like Max and Admin who forced themselves out with Jeanne's Prayer and the EXP from destroying ExE.

The world they ended up in, the one with Cloud (No relation to the Final Fantasy character), is from a Korean Web Novel called Inside an Adult Game as a Former Hero. I would… not recommend reading. Really, it's one of those settings were you either upend everything or burn it to the ground with little to no middle ground. Even if your interest it is a very niche genre.

The Faction system is something I have an idea on, it's not totally refined yet but if people ask I'll upload another chapter going into detail on how it works.

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Now the X Bracket is a bit more straightforward to explain, it's the intersection between Level Tier (the accumulation of experience points) and Feat Ranks (basically doing impressive shit, in reality no Instant dungeons so they can't be grinded like levels and aren't strictly combat focus, and being rewarded for it. Think levelling from the DanMachi series). It's called the X Bracket from the two sequences being put into a spreadsheet table to track progress

As for how it's calculated, it's basically Tier x Rank x Bracket. You can do either Rank or Tier first but Bracket is done last. As for the order and the multiplier for stats and points:

Level Tier

Tier 1: Human [x1] 1 – 49

Tier 2: Superhuman [x2] 50 – 199

Tier 3: Inhuman [x3] 200 – 399

Tier 4: Ultimate [x4] 400 – 599

Tier 5: Hero [x5] 600 – 799

Tier 6: Immortal [x6] 800 – 999

Tier 7: Demi God [x7] 1000 – 1199

Tier 8: Minor God [x8] 1200 – 1399

Tier 9: Major God [x9] 1400 – 1599

Tier 10: Supreme God [x10] 1600 +

Feat Ranks:

Rookie: [x1]

Veteran: [x2]

Elite: [x4]

Champion: [x6]

Ultimate Champion: [x10]

Divine Champion: [x25]

Now, for the X Brackets and what combination unlocks them and their stat boost values.

Human + Rookie = Mortal (x1)

Human + Veteran = Mortal (x1)

Human + Elite = Mortal (x1)

Human + Champion = Enhanced Mortal (x2)

Human + Ultimate Champion = Enhanced Mortal (x2)

Human + Divine Champion = Enhanced Mortal (x2)

Superhuman + Rookie = Mortal (x1)

Superhuman + Veteran = Mortal (x1)

Superhuman + Elite = Enhanced Mortal (x2)

Superhuman + Champion = Enhanced Mortal (x2)

Superhuman + Ultimate Champion = Enhanced Mortal (x2)

Superhuman + Divine Champion = Enhanced Mortal (x2)

Inhuman + Rookie = Mortal (x1)

Inhuman + Veteran = Enhanced Mortal (x2)

Inhuman + Elite = Enhanced Mortal (x2)

Inhuman + Champion = Enhanced Mortal (x2)

Inhuman + Ultimate Champion = Enhanced Mortal (x2)

Inhuman + Divine Champion = Ascended Mortal (x4)

Ultimate + Rookie = Enhanced Mortal (x2)

Ultimate + Veteran = Enhanced Mortal (x2)

Ultimate + Elite = Enhanced Mortal (x2)

Ultimate + Champion = Ascended Mortal (x4)

Ultimate + Ultimate Champion = Ascended Mortal (x4)

Ultimate + Divine Champion = Ascended Mortal (x4)

Hero + Rookie = Enhanced Mortal (x2)

Hero + Veteran = Ascended Mortal (x4)

Hero + Elite = Ascended Mortal (x4)

Hero + Champion = Ascended Mortal (x4)

Hero + Ultimate Champion = Ascended Mortal (x4)

Hero + Divine Champion = Legend (x8)

Immortal + Rookie = Ascended Mortal (x4)

Immortal + Veteran = Ascended Mortal (x4)

Immortal + Elite = Ascended Mortal (x4)

Immortal + Champion = Legend (x8)

Immortal + Ultimate Champion = Legend (x8)

Immortal + Divine Champion = Legend (x8)

Demi God + Rookie = Ascended Mortal (x4)

Demi God + Veteran = Legend (x8)

Demi God + Elite = Legend (x8)

Demi God + Champion = Legend (x8)

Demi God + Ultimate Champion = Legend (x8)

Demi God + Divine Champion = Legend (x8)

Minor God + Rookie = Legend (x8)

Minor God + Veteran = Legend (x8)

Minor God + Elite = Legend (x8)

Minor God + Champion = God King (x20)

Minor God + Ultimate Champion = God King (x20)

Minor God + Divine Champion = = God King (x20)

Major God + Rookie = Legend (x8)

Major God + Veteran = God King (x20)

Major God + Elite = God King (x20)

Major God + Champion = God King (x20)

Major God + Ultimate Champion = God King (x20)

Major God + Divine Champion = Primordial God (x36)

Supreme God + Rookie = God King (x20)

Supreme God + Veteran = God King (x20)

Supreme God + Elite = God King (x20)

Supreme God + Champion = Primordial God (x36)

Supreme God + Ultimate Champion = Primordial God (x36)

Supreme God + Divine Champion = True God (x52)

Also, in regards to stat points per level up I had it where the base value (8) is multiplied by the Rank and Tier Modifiers. However, the X Brackets have a separate value for stat points. It goes like this to upgrade the stat point gain per level up, the + represents the following tiers and ranks in their respectful sequences:

Super Human + x Veteran + (x2)

Inhuman + x Veteran + (x2)

Ultimate + x Elite + (x4)

Hero + x Elite + (x4)

Immortal + x Champion + (x6)

Demi God + x Champion + (x6)

Minor God + x Ultimate Champion + (x8)

Major God + x Ultimate Champion + (x8) [Major God x Divine Champion is x8]

Supreme God x Divine Champion (x10)

And that's pretty much how that system is set up.

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Now, the equipment slot thing is based on the games where you need a character to have certain items to break a bottleneck. Not much to say about them, completing sets unlock a new set to add onto the previous. So for Cloud it would go something like this.

Set 0: Each piece gives 5% to connected stat.

Set 1: 5%

Set 2: 5%

Set 3: 5%

Set 4: 10%

Set 5: 10%

Set 6: 10%

Set 7: 10%

Set 8: 10%

Set 9: 10%

Set 10: 15%

Etc, etc. Each complete set adds stat points per level up. For ten sets it's just a +1 per set but it doubles every ten sets so the eleventh set would give +2.