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"Speech"

Time*

Arc 1 - Chapter 1

"Sato Daisuke-san, welcome to the afterlife. Unfortunately, you've died, and it might've been short, but your life's now over."

Someone suddenly spoke to me in this white room, which seemed to have neither an end nor beginning, with an office desk and chair set. Where the one who announced that my life was over sitting across from me.

I have so many questions after all the things I have read in my life. I can tell that this person. It must be either a God or ROB, a random overpowered being, before me.

Therefore, even if this person before me is a girl who looks around my age, I won't deny she is beautiful beyond all the girls I have seen. Well, in real life, that is, not the fictional worlds, because almost all the females there are sexy as hell, and many men wish they were real. Who knows, maybe this girl is a ROB, who has got bored and decided to take me from my boring life and see what I could do in another world.

If so, I will be pissed and promise to get back at this girl as no one will use me for entertainment.

Either way, finding out that I died kind of sucks, in my opinion, but I knew I would die at some point. Be it a natural cause or an accident. Mostly the latter, since I remember hanging out with some... questionable people that are 'friends' of mine during a festival. Then, end up here. No clue how I died, though. But, not too eager to find out.

"Well, damn. Am I dead? Shit, I had many things to do." The girl in front of me, with blue hair and eyes, blinked at me as I finally answered her, and I cursed at that. "Now, what? Because if this place is heaven. Then, where are the other people, or is this a heaven especially made just for me? If so, it's shit. Not going to lie unless it's a blank slate for me to work with, then I guess it's alright. However, this place could also be hell too. A special kind of hell, where it might be something on the line of leaving me here alone with nothing to do while the loneliness alone would cause my mind to snap."

"Heaven? Pfft, you wish!" She smirks at me, then slowly looks around her. "Hell? Er, I'll have to get back to you later about that. But, no. This place is neither heaven nor hell, more like limbo. Besides, you haven't done anything bad to be sent to hell. Unless you count skipping class or not doing any homework."

I narrow my eyes.

Okay, she is not a ROB, that's for sure. Maybe she some a low-ranked goddess? Because it looks like she doesn't know what I've done in the past. So it's best to keep my mouth shut and see how this plays out. I rather not go to hell since I've no idea which version of hell I would end up and I don't feel like testing my luck to find out if it's the lesser cruel version of hell.

"Now, where was I? Right, this is our first meeting, Sato Daisuke-san. My name is Aqua, the goddess that guides young people who die in Japan. Where you have two options to choose from." Aqua introduced herself with an air of arrogance.

I pay attention to what Aqua will say next as each word could be important later, so it's best not to miss out on anything.

"The first option would be reincarnating and starting a new life. The other option is to stay in a place sort of like heaven, similar to a retirement home." Aqua explains the two options without going too much into detail.

Hold on. There is barely any information! I'm starting to think there is something wrong going on.

"I'll pass on the second option." I said calmly, not showing anything other than an expression of serene.

"Eh?" Aqua looked a time in surprise, no doubt because I rejected the second option before she could continue.

Aqua coughed in her hand, then looked at me with a big smile. "I see. Someone like you would wish to live longer than go into that boring place called heaven!"

I sweatdrop and wonder how those heavily religious people would do if Aqua said that to their faces.

"However, there is a downside to the first option. After all, asking you to let go of all your memories and start again as a baby is the same as erasing your existence since your memories will be gone. So, how about a third option?" Aqua grinned at me with excitement, and I got this gut feeling she was faking it. Nevertheless, I won't lose anything if I hear this third option.

And suddenly, I can see where this is going now, instead of asking me which worlds to reincarnate into or mentioning how I would lose my memories. Something I didn't realize, and Aqua wouldn't have said anything about it if I didn't want to hear the third option.

Also, note to self, this Goddess Aqua sucks at subtle with the way she is trying to get me to pick the third option after barely informing the first and second options. Plus, she even mentions that heaven is boring for some reason, and for her to say that, it must be boring. However, she could be lying, but whatever.

"Let's hear it." I decide to humor her.

"Do you... like games?" Aqua says with a grin, trying her best to make the third option mesmerizing.

She explained the third option, summarizing my entering an alternate world. There is a Demon King in that alternate world, said Demon King, and an army of demons attack the world, throwing the world into chaos.

To my delight, there is magic and monsters in this alternate world, which should be a given fact, with the whole Demon King going on.

So kind of the same setting with nearly the same fantasy light novels and anime I have seen in the past. Seem alright for me.

"The people who died in that world were killed by the Demon King's army, making the others very afraid. Therefore, almost everyone who died would reject the option of reincarnation in that world again. More specifically, that world will end if this continues since babies will cease to be born due to the lack of people living in that world. Hence, we've solved that problem by sending the dead of those from other worlds." Aqua looks proud.

I feel the urge to break her face, but I suppress that urge. I continue to listen to her explanation for now. Also, other worlds?

"And since we're sending people over. We had to find people that have died young and still yearn to live and send them over with their original bodies and memories. It would be meaningless if they were to die immediately after going over. So we'll grant a privilege to all those going to that world, allowing them to take one thing they like. It may be a powerful ability, an exceptional talent, or even a godlike weapon." Aqua leans forward, grinning in excitement. "What do you think? It might be another world, but you can live again. How about it?" She looks at me with eyes of pride.

I find this annoying. It was as if Aqua expected me to accept this option after telling me how I could be the savior, heor, whatever—gaining fame, glory, and riches, along with other things.

Not that it matters, because she got my undivided attention when she mentioned powerful abilities, aka plot armor.

But, first.

"Quick question." I stare at Aqua's face. "Will I be able to speak, write, and read the language of that world?"

Honestly, if I can't even do any of those three, then forget taking down the Demon King and their army. I would have a hard time figuring out what everyone was saying, and I might accidentally kill someone by mistake that wasn't supposed to die in the first place.

"There is no need to worry. With the gentle aid of the gods, knowledge of the language will be beamed directly into your brain the moment you enter the other world. You'll be able to do all three!" Aqua pauses for a moment to whisper the last part. "As a side effect, your brain might be wiped blank if you're unlucky... Anyway! All that's left is for you to choose a powerful ability or weapon!" Aqua tried to change the topic away from a dangerous fact she had just revealed.

"Did you just say my brain might get wiped blank if I'm unlucky?" I stare at Aqua coldly. The desire to bash this goddess' face became much harder to suppress.

Of course, that's a wish-fulfillment. Since Aqua is still a goddess and even the weakest one would be able to kill mortals like me without much of an effort. So I'll keep this in my heart, and no need to ruin my chance at a second life.

"I didn't say that."

"Bullshit."

She ignored me and instead pulled what looked to be a catalog out from behind the desk and handed it over to me.

"Please choose. I may grant you one and only one power. It may be a powerful, unique ability or perhaps a legendary weapon. So choose; it can be anything. You have the privilege to bring this one thing to the other world." Aqua repeated the sweet offer from before to move away from the dangerous topic. As she expected, this would make me forget what you just said—making me twitch a little.

A few minutes later*

"Hey, hurry up. It doesn't matter which one you choose. I have no expectations of a random useless schoolboy with no talent like you, so can you pick one and be on your way? Anything will do, so hurry up!" Aqua shouted at me for taking my time in picking what my plot armor would be, something that will stick with me for a long time and most likely help me achieve my goals.

Yup, if I get the chance. I'm going to enjoy dealing with this goddess slowly. Hopefully, once I've finished gathering all the resources available for me to ascend into godhood, if that's possible, if not, then I can be a god slayer.

I responded calmly, "I died, and it hasn't even been an hour; unless there is no concept of time in this place, then there's no point in pushing me to hurry up." I look back at the catalog. "By the way, can I take stuff from Earth to the other world?"

"No." Aqua answered while munching on some potato chips she got somewhere while waiting for me to pick, with a bored look on her face. "You can only select from what's in this room or whatever is in the catalog I gave you."

Only in this room? Not much to pick, really. No way am I picking the goddess. Only a fool would pick her and expect her to do your bidding or provide the help you need to beat the Demon King. Who knows if she can keep her divine power upon entering the other world? Actually, I already got my answer to this, and it is a yes on losing her divine power. Since if they didn't, they would have killed that Demon King long by now.

So yeah, going back to searching for that unique overpowered ability for the grab. This is a lifetime chance for me to get without having to do any long-term chain of tasks to get it with or without all my limbs attached by then. I may be an old man just a breath away from dying.

Therefore, I will pick the one that suits my needs and could be used in all situations.

"Can you hurry up and choose already?! There are still many dead souls waiting in line!" Aqua shouted at me, causing me to feel annoyed by the second, and just as I was about to allow my rage to cloud my judgment before I found something I was not expecting to find.

"Alright. I pick Omnifabrication as my unique power." I did not expect that to be here since this is something almost every mad scientist would have in certain worlds.

"We had something like that?" Aqua looked confused for a second there, letting me know she, a goddess, also doesn't know everything in this catalog. "Whatever, granted. Please don't move from the center of the Magic Circle."

Under my feet, a large blue Magic Circle appeared. It was making me have to squint due to how the bright light almost blinded me. Furthermore, this made me believe that all this happening wasn't a prank or one big dream. Good things this proved me wrong. I already pitched myself to check if it was a dream, and I know that the people who hate my gut and would kidnap me will never forget to tie me to a chair or something without risking me escaping before paying them back for kidnapping me.

"Sato Daisuke-san, you'll be heading to another world now and become one of the hero candidates to defeat the Demon King. When you defeat the Demon King, you'll receive a gift from the gods." Aqua said to me, not caring about her appearance as she said all this in a bored tone of voice, much to my irritation.

"Gift?" I caught on a vital word she just said.

"Huh?" Aqua looked at me with a hint of surprise that I wasn't gone by now, "You're still here? Uh, yeah, gift. You'll get a wish; it may be anything you want. But only after you defeat the Demon King. Now, hurry up and disappear from my sight." Aqua waves at me dismissively like I'm some peasant or something. And now I have a god; well, goddess, for me to curse at whenever something terrible happens to me or whenever I feel like it.

A bright light surrounded me until I couldn't see anything else.

Soon, the light dies out, and I find myself somewhere different. I can see everything around me, where the houses are built from red bricks, the streets right out of Europe from the middle ages. No cars, bikes, power lines, or telecommunication cables in sight.

Yup, I am in an entirely different world. Talk about unbelievable. I would never have expected this to happen to me.

I close my eyes and take a deep breath to smell the fresh air before opening my eyes, where I think about if I should aim to defeat the Demon King, but I decide I won't.

After all, if I remember correctly. That damned Aqua mentions how she and maybe other gods have sent people from different worlds into this world I'm in currently. But, the Demon King still lives, even with all these people coming here to save the world. So, the people sent here are just fools who picked something useless as powers or overpowered weapons that were useless for them later on.

Nevertheless, even if there are some smart ones out there. The Demon King is still alive; honestly, I don't see anyone here who worries about their life being in danger because of the Demon King.

From the look of it, everyone goes on their daily lives without worrying about an army of demons invading this place. Nope. No demons around me.

Well, I better gather some information and try out the unique power I gained. To see if I really got it from that shitty goddess.

A few minutes later*

After asking a few people, which led to me where I am. At the adventurer guild. A place for adventurers to take up quests, providing a place to exchange information, and operating a restaurant for people to eat as well. No clue if this is a common thing with the other adventurer guild scattered across the world, but good for me at the very least.

I even learned where I am.

The town is known as the Town of Novice Adventurers because it is where all those become adventurers, hoping to earn big to live freely without having to worry about anything for the rest of their life or to make something of themselves. In addition, this is the place for the main character to form a team, among other things.

Sure, I won't be aiming to defeat the Demon King, but that doesn't mean I won't dismiss the idea of becoming an adventurer. After all, in this fantasy world, it's better to join the adventurer guild early to earn money before going elsewhere to improve oneself further.

Looking around, I spotted where the counter of staff ladies, where there was a line of people for the pretty one while the rest were empty.

I raise an eyebrow at this and go for the empty ones to register as an adventurer, but if they are for something else. Then, no skin off my bone since I could just go back end of the line and wait.

"Good morning; how may I help you?" The receptionist asks me with a hint of hope.

"I would like to become an adventurer." I begin, "I'll be honest; I have no idea how this whole thing works."

I hope this counter worker lady is willing to explain more while I register.

"Oh! I'm happy to help you register, but there is a registration fee. Will that be alright with you?" The receptionist asks me.

Well, it looks like my anger clouded my judgment more than I thought since I forgot to ask other things after picking my unique power. And money is one of them.

"Sure; how much is it?" If the fee is too much, I will have to do something else for a while until I save up to pay.

"The fee is 1,000 eris." The receptionist replied.

I hope that is a small amount because if not, then I'll have to do more budge management after checking the local market prices.

"On the way to Axel. I used up all the money I had on me. Is there any way I can register without paying the fee, or maybe I can take a loan?" I ask the counter worker lady, hoping there is such a thing or I would have to wait a bit longer before becoming an adventurer.

"Oh, I'm sorry about that." The receptionist gives me a pitying look. "As for the 1,000 eris fee. You can pay the guild back by doing quests, and we would reduce the payment from the rewards of those quests. Would you like to do this?"

"Yes." I nod my head at her.

"Alright, now let me explain. Every adventurer has their occupation or 'class'. You'll register what class you want to be onto your registration card." The receptionist explained as she placed a small index card on the counter. "This will keep track of the monsters you've killed and your level, skills, and experience points."

"Okay." I replied, letting her know I understood. So, this registration card is like a status/skills list menu, with other features. But, instead of just a pop-up menu in some video games, I have it in a physical form of an index card.

"Next, we'll decide what your class will be. But first, please place your hand here." The receptionist placed a gadget with a glass ball onto the desk, and I could look at my first authentic Magical Item. Maybe I can make my own later; who knows if I need it at some point.

I placed my right hand onto the orb, where it began to glow as energy visibly spurned around the gear-like parts. A stream of magic beamed down to the registration card placed under the Magical Item, and I looked with interest to see letters appear on it.

"Interesting." I mumble to myself as I witness this happening before my eyes.

The receptionist grabbed the card when the Magical Item stopped writing and began looking over the information on the card before I could, which made me wonder if this is a common thing to do or not. But, then guess this isn't something worth hiding and maybe a common thing for the people of this world, where showing information about other's class, level, and skills to others.

"Let's see what your stats are...! This is...! Leaving the average strength and vitality, everything else is very high! Especially your luck and intelligence, it's abnormally high!" The receptionist screamed after looking at my card.

The place was in an uproar after hearing this.

"This... This is way beyond amazing! With these stats, it would be a shame not to get any Mage-type or Merchant-type class with these kinds of stats!" The receptionist exclaimed before listing out all kinds of classes and the pros for each one. Along with other top-tier classes as well.

Seeing how I have a unique power that helps me physically means I can see if I can train my body. This is a fantasy world, where many dreams are to come, and among the many things we reach for is... magic!

So it wasn't any hesitation to pick the class: Arch-Wizard, one of the top-tier Mage-type classes. I want to do magic in a fantasy world; otherwise, it is a waste to pick other classes when I can do some of them without having those classes in the first place unless I don't meet the requirement to use magic.

Magic, on the hand, is something more of a party trick back in my world, but here. It's actual real magic. So there is no way I'm giving this chance up like how I got my unique power from that shitty goddess.

"Done. Welcome to the adventurer guild, Daisuke-sama! All of our staff look forward to your grand exploits!" The receptionist said with a pleasant smile.

I heard the adventurers behind me cheering the guild gaining a top-tier class.

I asked for other information like how I gained skills if I didn't have any yet and how they work. As well as additional information I should know. Once I got that done. I found out I have 10 skill points, enough to purchase a few low-tier skills or buy one that's somewhat decent but would take all 10 skill points.

Quickly, I asked for any quest I could do to pay the fee as soon as possible as being in debt is a nasty thing.

Once I got the quest along with brief information about it, including where the quest's location is and what I need to do to claim the quest is done before coming back here to get my reward.

Afterward, I left the adventurer guild's building as I had other things I got to do before doing my quest right away.

5 hours later*

On a grassland with many hills, some higher and others smaller than others, I look for my quest's targets before finding them not too far away from where I am.

I am hunting down giant toads for the eliminating monster quest. The giant toads live up to their name. As they humongous toads, large enough to swallow livestock and humans whole. And from what little information I got. During their mating season, they occasionally venture toward human settlements.

Guild usually issues kill quests to protect the city inhabitants and the livestock.

The giant toads dislike metals, so most properly equipped adventurers can easily take them out. As long they are bladed weapons since these giant toads are immune to brute forces.

On a side note, during dry and winter seasons, they burrow underground to protect themselves from nature. I wonder how the people deal with the countless giant holes after these giant toads leave them once the winter season is over.

"Okay, let's hope this works." I mumble to myself as I figure out how to use Omnifabrication, the ability to invent and create any item, device, weapon, etc. I want/need with limited resources in an exceptionally short time, which can perform actions that manipulate/distort reality.

I became a godly inventor but lacked knowledge of HOW to make said inventing. Seriously, I don't need to know anything other than what I want, and the Omnifabrication would make it happen. Although, I still need materials to make it happen, no matter how small amount there is, and the Omnifabrication needs something to work with.

In addition, the Omnifabrication will help me locate the materials needed to craft what I desire. So it might take hours before I finish making anything, depending on what I wanted to make in the first place.

To be honest, getting the Omnifabrication was a big gamble. I didn't know if the gods nerfed it or not, but in my right hand is a long black sword handle with green circular designs on the bottom half of the handle and a green line in the middle of those designs and in my left hand is the Fox Mask I got from the festival back in my world. It came with me into this world along with my clothes, which I turned into a Magical Item, proving the Omnifabrication work.

What I have is something not possible in this world or created by the people of this world. No clue if the gods can? But who cares about them, not like I have to deal with them anytime soon.

So I've recreated the Black Trigger: Fujin from the manga/anime World Trigger. Something I shouldn't be possible to do. Yet, I have.

As for the Fox Mask, it's mainly a support/augment item. It has a nerve sensory control type system. Where placing it on my face will allow me to manipulate my body movements with just a thought. Also, I can remove my body's limiter and ignore the pain upon using it, to perform superhuman-like actions, including a regeneration feature to heal any internal and external injuries by using the mana or any other type of energy inside me. The ability to read selective people's surface thoughts, even with the Fox Mask not being worn. As long it's on my person. And finally, the last ability required to help me use the Black Trigger: Fujin without the downside of all its past users but one person.

Foresight is the ability to see some of the near potential futures of people around me, but instead of the same as Jin's Side Effect: Foresight. Mine will be more combat specialized, and anything else outside of combat would be out of the potential future I would see.

Honestly, this is very dangerous, but all things come with risks. Mine happens to be that I can't do long-term battles due to how limited my current mana capacity is, as everything I use would require mana. One big fatal flaw. Where if I were out of mana, I would be completely defenseless. So I should figure out how to learn martial arts or outright create a Magical Item to solve this problem of mine.

Placing the Fox Mask onto my face, preventing anyone from seeing any slip-up expression I may not be able to hide as something clicks in my mind, which should be the nerve sensory control type system activating.

"Trigger on." I feel my mana being drained even more after wearing the Fox Mask. Then again, I did make sure to modify the Black Trigger from being powered by Trion to being powered by my mana instead and any other energy inside me I don't know about. Plus, I made sure to include the feature where I won't end up dying from overusing the Black Trigger. Nevertheless, using two Magical Items that suck up my mana is seriously a disadvantage. In hindsight, I was and still am, excited about everything happening to me.

Upon activation, the long black sword handle releases a blade of green color mana. Along with the extra blades are undulating and semi-transparent and similar to tentacles. These are the reason why I wanted the Fujin. When these extra blades are attached to a surface, they become invisible until they are triggered, in which case they become thin glowing lines that extend into blades. Lengths of these extra blades, I have no idea how far they grow, but I know the size of these extra blades will depend on how much mana I have at the time.

Looking for a nearby giant toad, I charged right at it at my regular speed since I wanted to see how I could deal with these monsters without having to go beyond my limit.

I swing Fujin horizontally, cutting through it like butter, while quickly running around the giant toad before its blood splash on me.

"Well, one toad down. Four more to go." I mumble to myself as I start hunting down the other four giant toads to finish the quest and pay off my debt today. Also, I should have leftover money to rent a place to sleep and something to eat.

Of course, I took this chance to test the Fox Mask's abilities.

20 minutes later*

I lay on my butt as I push the Fox Mask onto the side of my head, deactivating the Magical Item and stopping it from draining my mana any further.

While the Fujin doesn't take too much mana since I didn't even use the extra blades feature, I also turn it off. Even if it isn't taking too much, it's still draining me, making the rate of recovering from an average rate to a slow pace. Plus, there's is no point in wasting mana for not doing anything at the moment, so it's best not to have it on for the time being.

I wipe the sweat off my forehead, where I discover the limit of how long I can use the Fox Mask's abilities. The first one is the nerve sensory control type system. Going above 10% of my limit had broken both of my ankles.

Suppose it wasn't for the regeneration feature. I would have a hard time returning to the town. Also, the regeneration takes a good chunk of my mana to fix both ankles in just a couple of seconds. It didn't even take 5 seconds to repair all the damage I did to myself while testing the Fox Mask and Fujin.

Taking out my Adventurer's Card to see if I leveled up or not, to find out I did. I'm now level 8 after killing four giant toads. Now, I have 24 skill points, including the 10 I already had at the beginning, which I didn't use when I was too excited to want to check if I have the Omnifabrication or not.

Still holding the Fujin with my right hand, I use my index finger to touch the card to switch over the skills list to pick which ones to grab. I still can't believe this little card has a touch screen feature like a smartphone. But I just think it's because of magic. Almost all answers would lead to magic in some way.

Magic Name: Sleep
Magic Tier: Intermediate
Effect: An insidious spell that quietly puts a target to sleep. Victims rarely realize they have been cursed.
SP Cost: 10

Magic Name: Paralyze
Magic Tier: Intermediate
Effect: Makes the target unable to move.
SP Cost: 10

Magic Name: Tinder
Magic Tier: Beginner
Effect: Conjures a small blaze in the user's hands and is too weak to harm enemies directly.
SP Cost: 1

Magic Name: Create Water
Magic Tier: Beginner
Effect: Shoots a jet of water to soak the target.
SP Cost: 1

Magic Name: Freeze
Magic Tier: Beginner
Effect: Creates an expanding sheet of ice from any water source, including atmospheric moisture.
SP Cost: 1

Magic Name: Magic Hand
Magic Tier: Beginner
Effect: Create an external hand made of mana for the user to manipulate from afar.
SP Cost: 1

And like that, I used up all 24 skill points. Once I clicked accept, I didn't feel anything different. Then, I remembered how to use newly gained magic and skills, thanks to asking the counter lady from the guild.

I got up from the ground, put the Adventurer's Card into my pocket, then raised my left hand and used beginner-tier magic since I'm still low on mana.

"Create Water." I said without shouting as a small stream of water shot out from my left palm that didn't even go that far before falling to the ground. Around 1-2 feet away, I'm disappointed, but I remember this is beginner-tier magic. So I shouldn't expect too much.

I stopped using Create Water and headed back since I killed enough to pay my debt and maybe a decent place to rent a room for the night. Overall, I would say I had a great day.

Author Note:

Just for those that are curious or not. The mc DOES NOT have any knowledge about Konosuba. The mc is like Kazuma, who knows some anime and so on. I want to let everyone know before someone says how the mc should have done that and done this like he knows Konosuba, but if it's something else. Let me know. Thanks for reading.

Oh yeah, I'm going to do something completely different that some people may hate me for or not. I'm going only to update this story by an arc. So, who knows when the next update will be? Since I will only update this story once I finish typing up the next arc. This way, I won't be so influenced by the reviews and PMs.

EDITED AUTHOR NOTE: 8/29/2022

I've gone back to change a few things in all chapters from 1-29. So, if you want, you guys can reread the chapters to see the difference, but if not, no harm done. You'll see a few new additions here and there, and it won't change from the original story that much.

Happy reading, and thanks for the support!

Also, hot damn, I got a newfound respect for editors! Also, this killed my motivation to resume working on this fanfic. Sorry! But, at least things should be more bearable to read now.