Alright! Next chapter, ain't that something special! Well, not really, considering just how much work this is going to be for me. The last chapter was long. Really Long. And while this one is shorter than the last one, that's because I don't want to burn myself out. Although, this won't be the norm. I do want to try and average at least 10K words of an actual chapter and not just the majority of it being an authors note. Plus, due to me starting to do some online courses so I can properly finish school, and not have to worry about it, some of these next few chapters are going to be A. delayed, and B. extremely long! So, with that in mind, expect similar length chapters as the last one, if not longer, in the future (And for those who are waiting for "you know what" to happen, a part of the next chapter is going to be that, so be grateful). We have a few more chapters in this arc in particular, and then we'll be going into THE FINAL ARC OF DANGANRONPA.
Fuck, that is a sentence and a half. Good god, me and my bright ideas. Honestly, if I really wanted to, I could continue this on for WAY more chapters, but seeing as this is about, oh, I don't know, travelling the multiverse, having over 50 chapters of just one universe is kinda BS. But, then again, having one universe take almost 50 chapters allows me to flesh out the characters, and make each universe a real place instead of just a thing to conquer or destroy, ya know?
Oh, and by the way, I just finished planning out the first arc of the RWBYverse… It's estimated to be, at least, 10 chapters. The. First. Fucking. Arc. God, I don't know why I do this to myself. But, hey, you know what, it goes to show my dedication to this. So, thumbs up for that, am I right?
Jokes aside, I think you all might be in for a shock with how I plan to kickstart the RWBYverse. When I rewatched Volume 1 (holy fuck it did NOT age well, ugh, the animation… it's Ex-Arm levels of quality, minus the fights) I knew I'd have to diverge a bit. Just how much a bit might be… well, you're going to have to find out when it happens, yeah?
Now, before we get into the reviews/comments… c'mon, you've been here long enough to know what comes next, right?
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And now, let's hope into it!
[My response to reviews/comments]
(Qoutev) Shine375: Hehe… yeah, about that….
(Qoutev) JammyJam: Oh shit is right. Oh, shit is right indeed… Izuru is not fucking around, and he never was, to begin with.
(Qoutev) TACO SENSEI: Well, considering she has had at least two so far, I'm pretty sure that the trend is starting to become more apparent. Although, much like the second time around, this one is going to be a bit more… how do I put it… even? Fair? The last time Jolyne was up against someone who was way out of her league, she got her ass handed to her on a silver platter, only winning because of RNGesus. And while Izuru is quite the powerhouse, I will say this—they'll be more evenly matched than you think. Izuru is The Ultimate Ultimate, yes, but he is also The Ultimate Copy Cat. Keep that in mind.
As for the chapter limit—yeah, I read about it. 255 chapters. That just means I'm probably going to have to make some really long chapters going forward. And while that is annoying, and makes more work for me, it's better in the long run.
(Ao3) punkfiles: Ayo?! New person alert! I repeat, new person alert! Jokes aside, Happy 2023 to you too, good person. I'm glad you're loving the story so far. I'll answer the questions as best as I can, without spoiling things. Alright, let's go!
1 – When Izuru attempts to murder in the first degree, or at least, whilst he's looking for Jolyne, it won't be Jolyne he first comes across. As for who that person will be… well, I can't say anything. All I can say is that you're about 50% right, and 50% wrong on that one. You'll just have to wait and see which one you guessed correctly.
2 – The V3 cast does not mean much in terms of significance in this story. If I had done that, we'd be going on for another 20 chapters, and I for one, do not want to do that. Especially since we're in the late game. As for the chance of Shuichi and Maki showing up, and becoming a part of The Grey Council… I'm just going to say it. No. In fact, they're not even going to be showing up. I have my reasons for this, but I won't divulge them. They do exist, but they are not important enough to the story that it requires me to show them. The only important ones are Rantaro, Kokichi, and Himiko (to a very small extent, and even then, she's just a background character).
3 – The latter is true. However, that doesn't mean her personality will flip like a light switch. She will still be the exact same, just doing… slightly less morally reprehensible things. After all, she is Lawful Evil.
Oh, and allow me to correct you on one thing. We're 8 chapters away from RWBY. Sorry.
Kolt999: Thank you. There are days when I feel like I don't think I deserve any of this, so that does bring a smile to my face. A-hem, but I'm not here to get all sappy and stuff. Also, I have to apologize. The chapter you read was an unfinished version. For some reason, the document that I had uploaded, hadn't been saved to be the finished version, so I had to rush to get the finished one out. Honestly, it was really annoying. Thankfully, or not, FF was the only site that this affected, because everything else was a Ctrl C, Ctrl V thing.
Anywho. How about we get onto the response, instead of excuses, yeah?
As I said in one of my previous responses, Jin's character was wasted potential. The more I learnt about his backstory, the more I began to loathe Kyoko. Like, I know she knew basically nothing because of her jackass of a grandfather, but still, fucking cunt. Should've stayed dead in DGR 3.
A-hem, angry Kyoko-hate rant aside, her portrayal in this stems from my utter loathing of the character. However, as much as I wanted to just write her dying, and be done with her character, she is important enough for the plot… for like, a few more chapters. Honestly, the quicker I get rid of the bitch, the better. But, I must restrain myself.
That Sakura "fight" was done to show just how strong Jolyne has become. Sakura is, except for Izuru, the strongest character in DGR, period. You can make an argument that the title belongs to Nagito due to his Luck Manipulation because it was shown in the DGR anime that he could actually manipulate it, though not fully, but enough so that he can predict what could happen next. I mean, the bastard caused a whole avalanche on purpose during the ending episode of the Future Arc, but I digress. Then again, Izuru could probably do worse, and have full control over it all the time, and not half of the time. Honestly, it doesn't really matter.
Note: In the finished version of the chapter, what happens to Aoi is way worse than what happened to her in the unfinished version. Still only gut-punched, but the extent of the damage is far worse than what happened in the unfinished version. And no Junko smile, but… you know what, you'll see what happens in this chapter instead.
I don't know why more Gamer Fanfics don't do this, but, at the same time, I can see why they don't. It makes things more complicated. Because of that, it gets in the way of the power fantasy, because it would mean they have to think about something for once. I think the only person who ups the stakes and makes things less of a stomp is Mirlir, with Optimistic Gamer – Revised. But that's beside the point.
Kokichi's reaction is even better in the full version of the chapter.
Izuru's display of power is WAY better in the full version of the chapter and doesn't end off on a shoddy single sentence.
Nameless Guest: I…? Look, I have absolutely NO idea why people don't like the fact that the MC is a girl…? Like, really? This is, like, the second time I've gotten a review or comment that has someone mad or annoyed that the MC is not a dude, and I do not even know where to begin as to how stupid that is. Sorry for the small tangent, but this is kinda starting to annoy me.
Anyway, with that out of the way, let's jump into this!
[Junko Enoshima]
(20 Minutes before the present)
Death. It was always something that fascinated Junko. Death was the end-all-be-all of existence. Death was the great equalizer, for when you are dead, you are no more. When you are no more, you join the rest of the corpses in the ground. You are the same as every other corpse in the ground. Therefore, you are now equal.
Death came in different shapes, and sizes. Stabbings, falling to one's death, shootings, poisonings, being run over, being blown up, being hexed, being cursed—the list went on. When death came into the playing field, suddenly, there was no such thing as being better than anyone else. Once you were dead, once you were laid to rest, it would be over.
Junko had never lived the best of lives. She watched her parents die right before her eyes at a young age, around 3 to 4 years old if she remembered correctly. She and her twin sister did everything in their shared power to thrive on the streets. Junko was the beggar, and Mukuro was the robber. Back then, they both shared the name Enoshima. It was only when Mukuro joined Fenrir that she had her name changed to Ikosaba, as the one rule of Fenrir was that you were forced to kill your other family members if you wished to join.
Honestly, Junko wouldn't have minded if she had died back then. But, that was in the past, and this was now. And even now, Death still fascinated Junko. She had always wanted to see someone die with her own two eyes. When she saw her parents die, what had happened to them had already happened, so she only saw the last few seconds.
This time… this time, however, it was completely different. She got to see firsthand what happened. She was excited. She was excited to see what would happen. No… excited was the wrong word. She was practically on the verge of an orgasm when she heard the pained cries of Aoi Asahina. She was ready to watch someone die…!
And then it happened.
And it scared her. It didn't pleasure her like she had thought it would. It mortified her. Suddenly, she was no longer feeling the same way she was. Suddenly, she wanted to vomit. Suddenly, she wanted to get the fuck out of there as fast as humanly possible. That… that creature. That monster…. It was the same thing that Jolyne-san had summoned to wipe away Sayaka's memories of the basement, and what had happened there.
She had no idea it had any sort of physical ability. Let alone sentience. It looked as if it revelled in torturing poor Aoi.
And the blood… oh by God the blood. There… there was so much of it. She had no idea the human body could bleed that much. She had no idea that the human body could excrete that much blood. It coated the floor like a blanket, and stained Aoi's clothes like it was a water spill, and all the while, that thing spoke….
"You are a fool for thinking you could escape the wrath of my user, Aoi Asahina."
"This… this is the wrath of Jolyne Brooks? This is what she does to people…. When she's mad? This… this is… this is disturbing as all get out!" Junko thought as she watched the creature drop Aoi's lifeless body to the ground, before then walking over to Kyoko, and curb-stomping her head into nothing but blood splatter and sinew.
She had to leave. She had to get away. getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway getaway-
"Junko Enoshima…." The creature spoke, looking over its shoulder toward her, breaking her out of her train of thought. A bead of sweat trailed down the side of her face, her eyes widening as its vision lingered on her. "My user demands of you a progress report. How has your training been?" Death…. Death was speaking to her. That damned executioner-looking monster spoke to her, and its voice made her shiver.
Death… no… The Grim Reaper. That was what this thing was. It, and by extension, Jolyne, was a tool for Death. No… more than that. Jolyne was this thing's master. How the fuck was that possible?! No… it was her very soul. What she was bearing witness to was what Jolyne had truly been. Underneath the venire of the cute, busty teen that she had somewhat of a crush on, was a monster, gleefully drowning in the blood of her enemies, with nothing but a cold, steely gaze.
Junko swallowed down the nervousness and fear that had been building up in her throat. When was the last time she had ever felt this way? The only other time she could think of a moment when she felt like she was seconds away from dying was…. Was…. In the hallway, when she first laid eyes on Jolyne. Before she had become the utter powerhouse that she was.
This feeling… this despair-inducing feeling…. It was sick. It hurt to look at. The raw despair on display…. The blood-soaked ground, the corpses on either side of it. To call it anything less than a work of disturbing, bloody art, would be to spit on the great artists of yore.
"I grow impatient with your silence. Speak now, or leave," Whitesnake, that was its name, said, as it narrowed its eyes toward her. Junko let out a shaky sigh, before stepping out of the shadows. Her hands shook, her legs were wobbly, and to say that she was downright terrified of the monster before her was a fucking understatement.
Not many things scared Junko. Hell, she often scared her sister more times than she could count. She was never really scared of anything. But that thing. It terrified her. It terrified her to the bone. And in terror, came respect. And in respect, came understanding. "I… I-I apologize. I, um… well, ya see…. Mukuro and I… we've hit a brick wall…. We've been s-sparing together a lot… my reflexes are g-getting better, and, er… I… And I—"
"Silence," Whitesnake spat, as Junko clammed up. "You have done well enough without magic or any sort of supernatural abilities. You are "peak human," as it were. Training any further in that regard would be a waste of time and resources." As Whitesnake said that, it turned to face Junko in its entirety, its eyes, as melted as they appeared, still held a dangerous gleam. It walked toward Junko, placed a hand on her shoulder, and smirked. "The meeting is being moved to 10:00 AM. Have Mukuro contact Natsumi, Chiaki, Rantaro, and The Children, and tell them about the new arrangement. We're meeting on the roof. Do not make my user wait any longer. From there, depending on if things go well, you will receive something that will make you stronger."
With that, Whitesnake turned around, and made its way down the hall, before dematerializing. Junko fell to her knees. The grip of despair that had been wrapped around her had finally let go. When she fell, she laughed. She laughed and laughed and laughed. A sensation of joy washed over her, as she hugged herself. A psychotic grin plastered itself on her face, all the while her eyes looked as if they had been turning into spirals. Almost as if she had been hypnotized, despite the fact that she was not.
After a few short bursts of laughter, Junko was able to compose herself. Once she had done that, she slowly began to stand up, before stomping a foot down on Aoi's unmoving head. "Fucking whore! Did you really think that you could fight against Jolyne?! Dumb bitch! Stupid, dumb, idiotic, big-titted bitch!" As she continuously insulted the corpse, she kicked the swimmer's head repeatedly, mixing in a few stomps just for good measure.
Once she was done having her fun, she sighed, giving the corpse one more good kick, and turning around to walk away. As she walked away, she smiled, making her way to the set of stairs that led to the third floor. Placing two fingers on the side of her head, she smirked. "Mukuro-chan~! Contact the other members of the Grey Council… the meeting has been moved up to 10:00 AM. That's an hour away. M'kay?"
"Understood, Onii-sama."
Once again, as she walked up the stairs, she let out a short, billowing laugh. The fun was about to begin.
[Jolyne Brooks]
(Present)
"YOU'VE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME!?" Jolyne shouted from the rooftop, sticking a finger underneath Junko's chin, as the fashionista recoiled. To say that she wasn't happy about the information she had just received was a bit, no, was a colossal understatement. It was no wonder why she hadn't gotten the EXP she thought she had waiting for her. It was never there for her to begin with! "WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN YOU SAW THEM ALIVE! I HAD WHITESNAKE IMPALE AOI, AND CRUSH THAT STUPID BITCHES HEAD!? HOW THE FUCK CAN THEY BE ALIVE!"
Everyone, including the children, but minus Sayaka, hid behind Junko, as Jolyne roared with anger, not at anyone in particular, but in general. After her little outburst, her shoulders drooped, as she turned around, and faced the city. Oh, she was mad. Not just mad, but furious. She knew that if she had killed both of them, the amount of EXP she would've gotten would've been enormous!
Granted, she had no idea what level Aoi had been, and how much EXP that would equate to. But, she knew after killing Nagito, indirectly or otherwise, that it was something along the lines of 1000 EXP per level. Kyoko was level 60. That meant that she would've gotten 60K Exp from her alone. If Aoi was at least level 100, that would be 100K Exp! She could've gotten 160K Exp from that one encounter alone, not to mention the Quest rewards for killing both Jin and Kyoko!
"I'm telling you the truth, Jolyne-san… I was just as shocked at seeing them as well. Somehow… some way…. They were brought back to life. How they were, I don't know. What I do know, is that someone did it. It wasn't like either of them could've survived those kinds of injuries…." Junko said, keeping a calm expression.
Jolyne frowned, crossing her arms as she closed her eyes. The only way that could've happened, is if some magic user had been in the building, and the magic user in question could use some sort of resurrection spell. And if that was the case…. "We need to find this magic user, and kill them. But, that comes after. We have other things to attend to," Jolyne stated, as everyone nodded.
Everyone, accept Sayaka.
"Jolyne…." Sayaka murmured, approaching the mage and placing a hand on her shoulder. "You said… you said you'd give me a reason if you had to kill Kyoko… but… why Aoi? She did nothing wrong, didn't she?" Sayaka asked as Jolyne tensed. That… was something she had not planned on letting Sayaka know. She had hoped that if she killed them without Sayaka's knowledge, that someone else could be blamed.
But, then again, Sayaka was aware that they were targets of hers. Or at least Kyoko was. Aoi was a last-minute choice. Which only made things harder. Not to mention, she didn't have a reason for trying to kill Aoi, other than "she was in the way, and was stopping me from completing a quest." That, and for EXP. And she couldn't use that as an excuse, now could she? As of right now, only Natsumi was in the know about Mono. The others were unaware.
"One of these days… I'm going to have to tell them all about Mono… about my powers. They only think of me as a highly-skilled Mage, with the ability to give other people magic through my Spell Tokens. What should I do? Do I tell them now…? Or, do I hold onto my secret for a little while longer?" Jolyne thought, closing her eyes before she came up with something to tell Sayaka. "Hopefully, she buys it."
"Aoi Asahina… helped Kyoko escape. She aided in helping the enemy. Therefore, she is also a target for my wrath," Jolyne stated, though her tone was not blunt, rather, she had made it a point to keep it low. "I understand that you have a problem with the general idea of killing someone, up to and including those of your class, Sayaka…." Jolyne continued, as she turned to face the idol. "However, it has come to my attention that you do not quite understand the position you are in. So, allow me to inform you."
"The current position you are in… is that of an enemy toward an entire school. The staff. The students. Everyone is out to get you. You are enemy number 1, even if they do not know it. Even though they have not called me it, I am the dictionary definition of a Terrorist. Evil. Vile. Murderous. Rancorous. We are the bad guys. They are the good guys," Jolyne explained, as Sayaka recoiled. There was a gleam in her eye, that signified to Jolyne that she bought the excuse. However, she continued regardless.
"By extension, you too, are a terrorist, for siding with me, for being in a relationship with me. By choosing to be by my side. You are the enemy of the people, as well." Jolyne let go of Sayaka's shoulder and addressed the rest of her guild, her expression now stoic, filled with determination that she had not yet felt before, but nonetheless, she had something that she wished to say, and she wished to say it now.
"We are all terrorists. We might not have done something to warrant the government's attention. But… should my plan succeed. We will throw the entire world into a state of despair, and agony. That is our chosen goal. We are Evil. We are Good. We are everything in between. We follow what our hearts desire. In this cursed, and broken world, only we are the harbingers of good and evil! We are The Grey Council! And The Grey Council is absolute JUSTICE!"
As Jolyne finished her speech, everyone was now looking toward her, determination on their faces, just the same as hers. A smile spread across her face, as she felt the swelling urge to continue. However, as fun as this was, she had to get to the point. And so, turning to face Sayaka, the mage cupped her chin, a gesture that made the idol's cheeks flair pink a tiny bit, as she spoke.
"Do you understand, Sayaka? Everyone here, at some point, must get their hands dirty. We are not the good guys in this scenario. In this scenario, we are the bad guys. And so, we must act like the bad guys. Friends or no friends, if they pose a threat to us, what shall we do, Sayaka?" Jolyne asked as the idol fidgeted under her stare.
"We… I… Kill them…." Sayaka said as Jolyne smiled, letting go of her chin.
"Very good. That's what I wanted to hear," Jolyne said, passing her, but not before whispering something that only she could hear. "After we're done with what I have planned for today… I'll take you to my room. I want to make up for leading you on last night."
Sayaka's face went beet red, as Jolyne walked past her. As she walked, she made her way to the rooftop exit. When she got there, she turned around and faced everyone. "You all remember how last night, I had something to show you all? Well… come, follow me. This will be how we train for our upcoming fight with D.I.C.E.!" Jolyne declared, as a round of nods signified to her that they needed to get going.
Getting down from the roof and onto the fifth floor did not take Jolyne too long. Once they were on the fifth floor, they made their way to her Ultimate Lab. Once there, they entered, and upon entering, the children were the first to gawk at all of the stuff she had in there. Jolyne herself never really had the time to see what was in any of the books, because they were mostly there to act as a disguise for Mono, and as to how she was able to gain as many spells as she had in such a short amount of time.
Sighing, Jolyne walked toward the only useful thing in the room. The PTD. Placing a hand on the edge of the mirror, she looked toward Chiaki, who smirked. "This. This is how we'll train. In here." As Jolyne said that, everyone looked at her with confused expressions, varying from baffled, and annoyed. However, at the same time, Chiaki waltzed over to it and stepped through it.
At that point, everyone had stopped being confused, to being outright baffled. "Follow me."
And so, they did. One by one, they all entered the portal. Upon entering wide eyes followed. Jolyne had been waiting to come back here and use it properly for a while now. She had been so busy with other things, that she hadn't had the free time to use it. And while she still didn't have the free time, she at least now had an excuse to use the damn thing. It had been a while since she had tested her merit. The battlefield, as in the plain flat surface that was the Personal Training Dimension, looked untouched. Although, Jolyne was very aware that it had been damaged beyond repair before. At least, she assumed so.
"Chiaki… what did you fight to get as strong as you did?" Jolyne asked, turning to face The Ultimate Gamer. Chiaki smiled, before bowing and returning back to a straight posture.
"I killed a Wyvern, Specifically the Wyvern of Thunder, on the difficulty-setting Ultra Nightmare, Jolyne-sama," Chiaki replied, as the Ultimate Mage nodded. Approaching the console, Jolyne looked down at it. And there, facing her, was the request on the screen.
[Wyvern of Thunder – Lv. 150]
[Difficulty – Ultra Nightmare]
[Rewards: 1,000,000 EXP]
Start?
Y/N
[WARNING: RECOMMENDED PLAYER LEVEL IS 350. YOU ARE LEVEL 65. PROCEED WITH CAUTION]
"1,000,000 EXP, huh? That should be more than enough. However…." Jolyne thought, looking over her shoulder. Everyone looked at her, unknowing of what to do. She looked down at the children and frowned. "No… to subject them to such a terror… I would be no better than the shitty bastards who birthed them." "I will be taking this one on by myself. This will give you a taste of what we will be fighting in the coming days. If we are not prepared, we will die. Watch!"
Jolyne turned to face the console once again and clicked the settings gear. Once she did, she set the mode to single-player. When she did, an invisible wall came up between herself and the rest of her guild. Once she applied that, she then pressed Y.
And as soon as she did, the ground in front of her cracked open. Fire spewed from the depths, as Jolyne stood still, reaching for her scythe. She thought about equipping her cloak but immediately changed her mind. The cloak decreased her defence stat by half. If this fight was going to be nearly as hard as she thought it would be, lowering her defence was a bad idea.
The cracks spread out wider, and wider, and wider, as a behemoth rose from the ground like something out of hell itself. The monster was easily over 50 feet tall. It was covered in black scales, with piercing red reptilian eyes. It had no arms to speak of, rather, in place of arms, it had giant, 25 feet long wings, spread out in a glorious fashion. Its underbelly was bright red, and as it clawed out from the pits of hell, which quickly closed after it came out, it let out a guttural roar.
Jolyne could only look up at the massive beast, eye narrowed she showed the beast her blade. It lowered its head, baring its teeth, before roaring at Jolyne in challenge.
[Wyvern of Thunder: Tatachallia]
[HP: 1,000,000]
[Playing: Dragon (Boss Theme) from – ELDEN RING]
The moment the music played, Jolyne jumped out of the way of a head swing attack. The attack in question tore up the ground as if it was nothing. The ground quickly came back, but that was not what she should've been focusing on. Her left arm, the one that wasn't holding her scythe, transformed into boiling hot Magma. The moment she did, she heard several oohs and awws, most likely from the children.
As soon as the transformation was complete, she fired off a Great Eruption, followed by a Finger-Laser, and to top it off, she summoned hordes of Abominations below her to distract the beast. Nearly 1,000 of them came out of the small puddle she manifested on the ground below her, coming out in droves.
All the attacks landed, as did she, dealing over 5,000 Damage to the great beast. The dragon sneered in her direction, before slowly opening its mouth. A dark blue light started to form before it aimed its massive head in her direction. Just as it was about to fire, Jolyne jumped out of the way of the oncoming torrent of lightning, gliding in the air due to her own propulsion.
The hordes of Abominations started clawing away at the legs of the beast, dealing small amounts of damage to it. The Wyvern noticed this and stomped on them all. They were able to do 2,250 damage to it before they all died, which was a little bit annoying. The Wyvern's eye followed where Jolyne was going, as she landed on the creature's back.
The moment she did, the Wyvern let out a roar, turning its head around, and using its massive neck, it positioned itself to look at Jolyne. Heedless of this, Jolyne started toward the massive monster, scraping her Grim Reaper's Scythe along its scales, and past them, her blade digging into the damned monster's flesh underneath, damaging the monster as she ran toward the massive creature's head. If she could get on its head, she could take this thing out fairly easily. It charged up another round of lightning, glaring at Jolyne with nothing but contempt and rage.
When Jolyne jumped, removing her scythe, and revealing to have done over 10,000 damage due to what she did, so did the Wyvern's head aim up at Jolyne. It shot lightning at The Ultimate mage and hit her square in the chest. The moment it hit her, bright blue light covered her entirely, and she let out a pained scream of agony.
When the attack was finished… all that remained were ashes.
"JOLYNE!" Sayaka cried, eyes wide with tears as she fell to the ground on her knees. Everyone watched on in horror, watching as their leader's ashes flew toward the ground in front of them. And then, confusion quickly replaced the sorrow and horror on their faces as Jolyne reappeared in front of them. Sayaka covered her mouth in pure shock, the children, who were just about to burst out in tears, gasped, Rantaro blinked rapidly at least 20 times, Chiaki smirked, already knowing damn well what was going to happen, and Junko and Mukuro looked on in surprise.
And while she looked like a badass after respawning in front of her Guild members, on the inside, she definitely did not feel like a badass.
"Fucking OW! That goddamn hurt! Ugh, It never mentioned I wasn't going to not feel pain! What the fuck?!" Jolyne thought, gritting her teeth. "God, it feels like my cells are still on fire from that! Fucking hell!" AsJolyne thought that, she looked over her shoulder, and gave them a wry smirk. When she did that, she decided that she'd answer the question that she knew was on everyone's, minus Chiaki's, mind.
"DEATH IS A FOREIGN CONCEPT HERE! THEREFORE, I CAN CONTINUE TO FIGHT EVEN AFTER MY BODY IS REDUCED TO ASH!" Jolyne stated, before turning to face the Wyvern. It roared at her, as she had Whitesnake appear by her side. Turning her left arm back into Magma, she let out several Great Eruptions all at once, not stopping for even a second as the beast took blow after blow after blow after blow. The Wyvern was hit with a grand total of 7 Great Eruptions, dealing 17,500 damage to the beast.
[-98.9%-]
The monster flinched, its neck and head recoiling backwards as it sneered, roaring again as Jolyne ran in toward its underbelly. "Every dragon, no matter the species, has one weakness, and that's its underbelly!" Jolyne thought, readying her scythe, as she returned her left arm back to normal. Gripping her scythe with both hands, she jumped up toward the Wyvern's throat, as Whitesnake prepared to unleash a punch barrage, all the while Jolyne wound up her scythe.
The Wyvern recoiled its neck, but it was not enough. Slashing the Wyvern's neck with her scythe, it dealt around 9,000 damage in a critical hit, due to it being the soft underbelly of the colossal beast before her. But, if it wasn't enough, Whitesnake started to punch the freshly cut wound in rapid succession, dealing 100 damage per punch. It punched around 10,000 times, digging the wound deeper and deeper, doing a total of 100,000 damage!
The Wyvern roared in anger, pain, and rage, knocking Jolyne back with a flap of its wings. When she hit the invisible wall, it did over 10,000 damage to her, killing her instantly as she fell to the floor. And then, immediately, like an undead abomination, she rose to her feet again. "Goddamn, I've died twice now. If this was a real fight, I'd be fucked! Scratch that, no, I'd be dead, like, two times over!" Jolyne thought, shaking her head, looking up at the things health bar as she recovered her stamina.
[-89.7%-]
"Even after all of that… I've only knocked it down by 11%. Son of a bitch! How the hell did Chiaki kill this thing in under 2 hours PTD time?!" Jolyne thought, sighing. Then, an idea formed in her mind. "Wait a minute… It's bleeding now! The perfect opportunity!" A smile took up her expression, as she activated Blood Control, her Blood Staff appearing in her hands as she drained the blood from the Wyvern's wound. Blood also began to pour out of its eyes and mouth, stunning it, as its head hit the ground, knocking everyone but Jolyne down to the ground.
As the blood gathered into the staff, Whitesnake rushed toward the dragon and started laying into it using regular punch after regular punch, even adding in some kicks here and there. After 10 seconds of beating on the beast and draining its blood, the Blood Staff stopped sapping the life juices of the creature.
Before it had the chance to raise its head, Jolyne reached out the palm of her hand, and balled her hand into a fist, activating Blood Spears within the creature's head. The attack pierced out of every angle of the bastard's dome and out of its eyes, blinding the creature, and making it roar in rage. The total combination attack did a total of 400,000 Damage to the Wyvern.
[-44.3%-]
With no eyes, the monster couldn't accurately attack. And so, it resorted to thrashing about, flapping its wings against the ground, trying and failing to hit Jolyne in any way it could. Jumping up into the air, Jolyne jumped toward the creature's head, landing on its snout. Swapping her scythe into her left hand, she transformed her right hand into magma, while reverting her left to normal.
The Wyvern felt Jolyne land on its snout, and as such, it began to shake its head. To keep balance, Jolyne punched through the dragon's scales and anchored herself to the dragon's upper jaw. It roared again, and while normally that would've been enough to blow apart the half of the arm in the Wyvern's mouth, seeing as she had her Devil Fruit active, all it did was fling magma around in its mouth, damaging it more.
Placing her scythe on her back, Jolyne stuck out her fingers and began to rapidly fire Finger Lasers at the Dragons face, shooting it 19 times before she ran out of mana, and had to recharge. She also had Whitesnake do the same thing it did before, beat on its head until it couldn't anymore, while she continued her Finger Laser barrage on the creature.
The Wyvern continued to try and shake her off. It shook its head side to side, waved its head back and forth, up and down, left to right, but to no avail. The continuous burning of the inside of its mouth, the peppering of the finger lasers, and the constant beatings at the hand of Whitesnake, eventually was able to whittle down the last remaining chunk of its health over the course of the next 25 minutes, dealing 456,250 damage to the Wyvern. By the time she was finished, the Dragon's face looked like it had been beaten over the head with a meat tenderizer, and when its head came down in defeat, Jolyne removed her fist, jumped back, deactivated all of her spells, and slumped to the ground and on her knees in exhaustion.
[-0%-]
The wall gave in, as the Wyvern's corpse turned into ash, blowing away in the wind. Before she knew it, Sayaka was already on top of her back, hugging her from behind, arms wrapped around her chest as she cried. Placing a hand on Sayaka's, Jolyne groaned. "Easy there, I wasn't going to die for real, christ all mighty," Jolyne said, which only caused Sayaka to cry harder.
The children ran over to her, and tackled her from the front, making her lose her balance and fall over. Sayaka was able to get out of the way and not be crushed by Jolyne. When she fell to the ground, she looked up to see Junko, Natsumi, Rantaro, and Mukuro all looking down at her, with smirks.
"That's what you get for dying in front of us, twice," Rantaro quipped, shaking his head as everyone cleared off of Jolyne. Rantaro helped her up, as Jolyne dusted herself off. "You could've at least told us first, ya know?" Rantaro said as Jolyne sighed.
"I kinda thought Chiaki was going to tell you instead, but, evidently, she didn't," Jolyne replied, earning a shrug from Chiaki. Shaking her head, she looked over to Sayaka, who latched onto her immediately, burying her face in her right shoulder as she continued to cry. "Sayaka, stop it, please," the mage asked, which didn't help things.
[I'll wait to tell you the results of your battle with the Wyvern.] Mono said in Jolyne's head, as the mage sighed.
"Thanks, Mono… you really are a lifesaver sometimes," Jolyne thought.
[Reputation with Mono increased by 1 (006/100)]
"Great! But that's not important at the moment. This is. Time to apologize." "Sayaka… look, I'm sorry, I should've said something first, and I didn't. Okay? Happy now?" Jolyne said, only to then be kissed by Sayaka, which made her blink in surprise. Not that she was against it, not at all in fact, which led her to reciprocate the motion. An encore of "ew's" courtesy of the little kids and, funnily enough, Junko, later, Sayaka pulled back, wiped her tears, and smiled.
"Do not, ever, do that again, okay?" Sayaka said her face stern as Jolyne smiled, caressing her Girlfriend's cheek.
"Not in front of you, that's for damn sure," Jolyne replied, making Sayaka huff and look away. Jolyne gave her a toothy smirk, before turning to face everyone else. "Alright. You all saw what I did. I mean, it'd be kinda hard if you missed it. Now, follow me," Jolyne said, walking over to the console. When she did, she tapped the screen a few times and selected what they were going to do.
[Zombie Apocolypse – Endless]
[Timer Set: 8 hours till shut off, or till team wipes 5 times]
[Rewards: ? (depends on the number of zombies and bosses killed within the given time)]
Players: The Grey Council, excluding Jolyne Brooks (Guild Leader).
"You guys won't be fighting dragons. But, you will be doing this," Jolyne said, pressing start as everyone minus herself was warped into the arena, the invisible wall brought up, and the moment it was, zombies started crawling out of the ground. She heard a myriad of protests but chose to ignore them as she turned around to look toward the mirror.
"M'kay, show me what I got!" Jolyne thought as Mono did exactly that.
[I'll start with your spells first, then you, then Whitesnake, then your devil fruit. This is going to be a lot, so be prepared to read a lot.]
And as soon as Mono said that to Jolyne a massive amount of pop-ups appeared.
[Finger Laser has levelled up! Finger Laser has gone from Lv. 5 to Lv. 25!]
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[Abomination Creation has Levelled up! Abomination Creation has gone from Lv. 5 to Lv. 33]
New Abilities Unlocked!
New – Abomination Assassins: A different variant of Abominations that prioritizes damage and speed over a balanced assortment of stats.
New – Abomination Tanks: A different variant of Abominations that prioritizes health and defence over a balanced assortment of stats.
New - Abomination Ninjas: A different variant of Abominations that prioritizes stealth and speed over a balanced assortment of stats.
-New Ability unlocked at Lv. 40-
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[Blood Control has Levelled up! Blood Control has gone from Lv. 10 to Lv. 20!]
New Trait unlocked!
Bleeding? Who, me?: Now, whenever you are stabbed, shot, or have your blood spilt to the ground, you can simply suck it back up into your body as if nothing happened at all, healing all wounds and fully recovering your HP and Stamina!
-New Spell related Perk unlocked at Lv. 40-
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CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE LEVELLED UP FROM LEVEL 65 to LEVEL 110!
[Name: Jolyne Brooks: Ultimate Mage, Slayer of The Ultimate Fighter – Guild Master of The Grey Council – Age: 16 – Class: Renegade – Level: 110 – Faction: World Ender/Remnants of Despair – Race: Magma-Human]
Stats:
HP: 7,425
Stamina: 7,425
Mana: 3,976
Atk: 1,328
Mg Atk: 1,290
Def: 1,328
Mg Def: 1,315
Endurance: 1,328
Int: 25
Crit: 82
Crit Def: 82
Mg Crit: 151
Charisma: 131
Faith: 125
Luck: 3
Karma: 150 (Evil), 1 (Neutral), 2 (Good)
HP Regen: 72.9 per second
Stamina Regen: 72,9 per second
Mana Regen: 151 per second
Currency: 1,237,780 Yen
Class Bonus: Deal Extra Damage to those who sided with the Future Foundation and other Ultimate Students.
Title Bonus: As the Ultimate Mage, all of your magic stats (Mana, Mg Atk, Mg Def, Mg Crit) have doubled. However, your attack and Defense stats have lost 30% of their normal upgrade. (+3 instead of +5)
Title Bonus: As The Slayer of The Ultimate Fighter, your ATK Stat has been doubled, along with your Defense stat, and Endurance!
Race Bonus: Magma Human: You are immune to all fire-based, water-based, and ice-based attacks, regardless of power, user, or what-have-you.
Exp till next level: 22,500
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[New Spell Unlocked due to reaching Level 75]
[Legendary] Anti-Spell Body (Passive – Lv. 1/1): Around your body is a coating of Anti-Magic, which will no matter how powerful the spell, absorb one Epic or higher magical attack regardless of collateral damage around you. It takes 12 hours to reform, so be careful. It will also negate all spells that or Rare or lower, so long as the spell absorption shield hasn't been destroyed.
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[New Spell Unlocked due to reaching Level 100]
[Legendary] Cellular Regeneration (Passive – Lv. 1/1): No matter the injury, so long as you have even a single cell of you remaining, you will regenerate completely! However, the process is incredibly painful, so don't go lopping off limbs just for shits and giggles! The pain negates your Endurance stat, so you will feel it regardless of how much pain you can endure.
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[Whitesnake has levelled up to Lv. 114! Whitesnake needs 3,000 Exp till the next level up! Whitesnake has 54 Skill points that you can use!]
Whitesnake has unlocked a new (and final) ability!
New – "Melt your Heart" & Illusion: Whitesnake can produce an acid that slowly digests objects like stomach acid. Using this, it can take a partially molten form, and hide away in places where it cannot otherwise be seen by the naked eye. However, it can only be used once per summon, so use it carefully! Anyone who is hit by this goo, by any amount, it does not matter, will be placed into a dream-like state. A person trapped within this dream-like state can only wake up from it by noticing discrepancies between the dream and established reality. The melting portion of the ability requires a significant amount of time to fully dissolve someone, or something, usually around an hour to an hour and a half. It can also use this ability to disguise itself as someone else entirely, turning into a 100% accurate copy of whoever Whitesnake disguises itself as.
-[Evolution Quest unlocked at Lv. 150]-
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[Your Magu Magu No Mi has levelled up! Your Magu Magu No Mi has gone from Lv. 7 to Lv. 14!]
Jolyne blinked, jaw dropped as the sound of electricity crashing into the ground behind her roared around her, along with several shouts, and screams of horror. She ignored it, of course, mostly because she was too shocked to see the massive level jump. From level 65 to Level 110. That was like… 46 levels from one boss fight.
That wasn't even to mention the new stuff she got, let alone how much of a boosts her Stats took. First things first, with all of the blood-related abilities she had, she wouldn't be surprised if the end result of mastering Blood Control would be her turning into a Vampire of some sort. Seriously, she could drink blood, absorb blood via a staff made of blood, control blood, manipulate blood, and now she could even suck back in her own blood if it was spilled.
Don't get her wrong, she wouldn't mind being a Vampire, on top of her being a Magma-human, that was fucking busted! Or, actually, if what she thought was true would that then make her a Magma-Vampire? Would she be immune to the sunlight because of that? Or maybe she'd be like a Hellsing vampire, and be immune to the sun just because? Wouldn't have that been nifty?
Oh well, that was a what-if, not a fact. What was fact, however, were the two new spells she just got! Anti-Spell Body and Cellular Regeneration. Both of which were fucking overpowered! She could block spells that were rare or lower, and she could regenerate from just one cell. That was stupidly broken! The only downside was that Anti-Spell Body had a long cooldown if she was hit by an Epic or higher-tiered spell, and with Cellular Regeneration, it apparently hurt a lot when used, and it negated her Endurance stat.
A part of her wondered how fast the regeneration was. Maybe she would test it out, just once, to see how long it took for her body to regenerate. "Whatever, I'll do that later. I don't need to traumatize the children any more than I already have," Jolyne thought, summoning Whitesnake next to her.
Speaking of Whitesnake. It had a massive level boost as well. It went from Level 67 to Level 114. She now had 50 tokens that she could use to upgrade it, but, that wasn't all. It got a new ability and quite the overpowered one at that. Just by reading the description of "Melt Your Heart" & Illusion, a whole new fountain of possibilities opened up. The trickery, the backstabbing, all of it, it was quite amazing, really.
However, there was one thing that caught her attention more than anything else. "Evolution Quest? Whitesnake can Evolve? To what? And why? Whitesnake is already overpowered as fuck! What else could it evolve into?!" Jolyne thought, frowning. Regardless of whatever Whitesnake could evolve into, she now had a new avenue that she could upgrade Whitesnake, and with 54 skill points at her disposal, she was pretty sure she could upgrade Whitesnake a crap ton with it! And so, that was exactly what she did.
[Dreamworld Accuracy 1 – Increases the accuracy of the Dreamworld in comparison to our established reality! The chances of someone waking up are now only 45% – Cost: 10 Sp]
[Dreamworld Accuracy 2 – Increases the accuracy of the Dreamworld in comparison to our established reality! The chances of someone waking up are now only 30% – Cost: 11 SP]
[Dreamworld Accuracy 3 – MAX: The Differences between the Dreamworld and our established reality are so minor, that waking up is nearly impossible, however, it can be done! The chances of someone waking up are now only 10% - Cost: 20 SP]
[Digestion Time Reduction 1 – MAX: Instead of taking 30 minutes for someone to be fully digested, it now only takes 15 minutes! – Cost: 12 SP]
Jolyne hummed. She only had one Skill Point, and by the looks of things, Whitesnake was now fully maxed out. And now that it was, she had no use for that last skill point. Since she couldn't use it on herself, it was just going to sit there. "Chances are that it'll probably be used to Evolve Whitesnake, once I complete whatever this Evolution Quest is," Jolyne thought, before having Whitesnake go away.
The only thing that she was annoyed with was that she was only one level away from unlocking the next attack with her Magu Magu No Mi. Now that… that was fucking annoying. Aside from that, she was pretty happy with the results.
"Now, let's see how everyone's doing!" Jolyne thought, turning around to watch the utter chaos that was about to unfold….
[Chinatsu]
"Thank you, Satoshi! You're the best~!" Chinatsu called out, waving away the man who she just had the most wonderful time with, and as she waved bye to him, the man waved back with a sheepish smile on his face. Chinatsu turned around, sighing. "I fucking hate this body… that guy's thing was WAY too big, I swear to god, those stupid Hentai videos weren't kidding when the possibility of being split in half is a real thing… I thought it was just a porn thing! Never. Again. I will never do anything below 6 inches ever again!"
Honestly, if it wasn't for Gamers Body, she was pretty sure she would've been torn in half! Her endurance was somewhere around 4,000, or at least close to it, so she was lucky, even if it hurt like a bitch and a half. And the bastard had the gall to finish in her! If it wasn't for Gamers Body allowing her to void things like that, she would've been completely fucked! Not that it hadn't happened before, but that was beside's the point.
As she left, she got a bunch of strange looks from a few passersby, as well as a few people glaring at the house that she walked out of. "Ah, fuck, well, sucks to be that guy. And sucks to be me. The police are gonna be looking for me to confirm if that guy raped a child, among other things…. Ugh…" Chinatsu thought, playfully punching herself in the gut. "Stupid body. Just change already! Look more adult! I don't want to look like a loli for the rest of my life!"
As Chinatsu walked down the street, she hummed a tune to herself. She had swapped out her clothes in that guy's house, no longer wearing that white dress thing, instead wearing a black tank top and a pair of jeans, over top which was her black and white checkered scarf. She even got the guy to put her hair into a ponytail! Though that was for… other reasons.
As she walked down the street, humming to herself, she saw a ramen shop just ahead, and seeing as she was a bit peckish, and seeing as she had around 500,000,000 Yen to her name, she came to the idea that she was going to get something to eat! Besides, she had some money to spare. What was the harm in buying some food?
Popping into the ramen shop, she stood in line and waited to place her order, when she noticed just who it was she was standing in front of. Doing tippy toes so that she could tap on Gundham Tanaka's shoulder, the self-proclaimed Overlord of Ice looked over his shoulder, saw her, and smirked. "Ah, if it isn't the Good Witch, how are you doing?"
Chinatsu shrugged. "Just finished doing something that made me work up an appetite, saw this place, and decided "why not". Didn't know you'd be here, though. How's the revenge training?" Chinatsu asked as Gundham scoffed.
"If I wanted to, I could freeze this entire city block! Nothing can get through my ice! Not The Wicked Witch, not an active Volcano! Nothing!" Gundham proclaimed loudly, gaining a few stares from patrons, which made Chinatsu roll her eyes. Gundham coughed into his hand, before shaking his head. "Never mind me, what about you? Do you think you can take down The Wicked Witch?"
Chinatsu scoffed, crossing her arms. "Damn straight I can. She's not even a quarter of my strength! If she thinks she can waltz up to me and my friends and pick a fight, she can think again. I won't let her win. She'll die by my hands, no problem," Chinatsu said as someone spoke out.
"Talk about your DND Campaign somewhere else!"
Chinatsu gave said person the finger, before looking at Gundham. "Yo, I'm going to head somewhere else to get food. Contact your friends and tell them to meet back at the warehouse in a few hours," Chinatsu said, earning a nod from Gundham, as she left the small ramen shop. Now that she thought about it, she was probably going to go to a Ramen stand, that way she wouldn't have to deal with other people.
One problem….
"Hands up! We have you surrounded!"
As she exited the Ramen Shop, she was greeted by at least 20 police cars, 10 SAT armoured trucks, and at least 50 officers with guns trained on her. "Right… I forgot… I'm wanted for blowing up The Future Foundation cause someone saw me leave the rubble unscathed… goddamnit…. Oh well," Chinatsu thought, before snapping her fingers and uttering the name of one of her spells. "Reality Breaking Wave."
The moment she cast the Mythic-Tier spell, every officer, vehicle, weapon, and so on, was blown up from the inside out, before being blipped out of reality, as if they never even existed in the first place. The best part? When she cast the spell, everyone who saw its memories was wiped the moment it was finished, so they'd go back to doing what it was they were doing. The worst part? It completely drained her Mana, and it completely drained her Stamina, and half of her HP, which was in the 10,000's.
It was quite a powerful spell, meaning it had quite a drawback. Reality-warping spells were extremely dangerous to use because warping reality was taxing on the mind. Of course, that was another thing Multiversal Gamers could do carefree, which was why they, and by extension Jolyne, were so dangerous.
As she took laboured breaths, she closed her eyes, grit her teeth, and stood up. "Hopefully, Jolyne doesn't have anything like that… if she does, I might be screwed…." Chinatsu thought as she looked behind her. No one noticed what she did, which was good. "Now, let's get the fuck out of here!"
And that was exactly what she did. Leaving the area, she made a mad dash for a fast food place. There was a Mcdonald's somewhere here, screw Ramen, just grab something, eat, and head back to the warehouse. The police knew she was here, and that was not a good thing. Maybe she shouldn't have nuked that building from orbit. It did give her 25 Evil Karma, which wasn't what she was looking for, and considering she had stuck true to her True Neutral Route, she kinda wanted to keep it that way.
"I found the suspect! Hey! You!"
"Nevermind, straight to home it is!"
(Thus, for the next two hours, Chinatsu Ouma was chased by the police. Many police officers died that day. Chinatsu had this to say about the incident: They got in the way of my meal, sue me.)
-To Be Continued-
Yes, I know Chinatsu's part was a bit short, and that was on purpose. I wanted to add someone else other than this chapter is only two characters. Plus, we get some Gundham. Be. Happy! We also learn more about Chinatsu and a little bit more information on Gamer's Body that will be important later on. Read the tags on Ao3 for that knowledge. Anyway, see ya!