Paul Greyson POV - ??? - ???
"Ah shit, here we go again."
These are the last words that come out of my mouth before I grit my teeth and prepare to once again endure the inevitable, endless waves of pain that are going to assault me at any moment while thinking back on everything I've gone through with the friends that I've just left behind to continue my journey for revenge.
I continued to help Matthew, Almeda, Grenier, and Angelica in their journey around the world to relive the memories associated with the shattered Langrisser in order to reforge the blade, and as expected by such an epic story, there were quite a few twists and turns, and things got quite crazy at times.
Like when Matthew found out that he had the blood of the Demon Tribe and went through the usual introspective journey, followed by a bit of edgy dark phase, or when Almeda prepared to give her own soul to reforge the blade, only for Yulia, the newest pope of the Empire that serves Chaos, to take her place.
Along the way, we met many incredible people, some were our allies who readily helped us in our quest, others were terrifying enemies that were quite difficult to defeat even with my Viltrumite powers and improved strength.
But in the end, with the help of our allies and summoned memories, we were successful in driving back Chaos and bringing a new era of peace to Gaia.
After that, I requested my friends to use the now fully restored Langrisser to summon and empower the memory of the only hero among those summoned until now that can likely help me leave this universe and continue my hunt for that robot bastard that destroyed my universe, killing everyone I've loved.
The hero in question had a defined muscular build with broad shoulders, and he was very tall, standing at about six feet, making him exceptionally tall considering the fact that he was actually a Japanese teen, making such height well above the average of his ethnicity standard.
He had thick red-orange hair that is greased back into a pompadour-type hairstyle that is popular with delinquents of the 80s or so, or at least I think so, since I've seen so many hairstyles in both this life and my previous one that I've basically become numb to it and only consider the Karen mom hairstyle as the ultimate stigma.
He had an angular face with narrow gray eyes, high cheekbones, and a slender, pointed nose. His attire consisted of a light blue jumpsuit.
The hero in question was Kazuma Kuwabara, more commonly known by only his last name, Kuwabara, who is one of the main protagonists of the series Yu Yu Hakusho, along with Yusuke Urameshi, Kurama, and Hiei.
The reason he was the only one who could help me among all the various memories summoned by Langrisser was because of his special ability, the Spirit Sword.
This is Kuwabara's signature ability, where he creates a sword comprised only of his Spirit Energy, and its strength depends on how much energy Kuwabara focuses into it, and it has been known to break if Kuwabara holds back too much.
More specifically, I needed the enhanced version of Kuwabara's Spirit Sword, the Dimension Sword, that enables him to literally cut through dimensional barriers and psychic territory.
This is formed when an immense energy is concentrated into his spirit sword, improving its strength tremendously, the sword's visual shape greatly resembles a western medieval sword complete with crossguard, is fully streamlined, perhaps to emphasize its perfection level, unlike the jagged appearances sported by the previous forms, and shines in a greenish-yellow hue contrasting with the previous pure yellow.
The Dimension Sword can basically be considered one of the ultimate offensive powers; as it can cleave space, it can theoretically cut through anything, and with it and enough power behind it, it could theoretically cut a passage between one dimension and another.
Needless to say, it was successful, the memory of Kuwabara, empowered by the fully restored Langrisser and a bit of help from the grateful Goddess of Light were able to cut a passage for another universe and after thanking and saying goodbyes to my friends, I didn't hesitate and jumped into the tear before it immediately closed behind me.
Now that I'm flying across the emply, multicolored void between universes, I clearly remember what I went through the last time that I made a journey to another universe without the protection of my Blessing or the use of the Unigate.
As I expected, suddenly a storm of incomparably violent spatial turbulence assaults me, causing me to feel once again as though my body were being stabbed and sliced by countless metal blades.
Even if I somewhat expected it, it is still surprising as my Viltrumite body is very, very tough and even more so as it was further reinforced by the Concept of Metal Blessing, something that luckly remained even after I lost the Blessing and that I've grown much tougher and stronger after experiencing the first spatial turbulence and all the battles in the Langrisser Universe.
Even with my stronger-than-average willpower, I almost roared out in pain as the Space around me was crazily being broken, twisted, and sliced, and my body was being broken, twisted, and sliced as well.
But as I've said, I'm stronger now, and will endure till the end as I did before, but in the back of my mind, something tells me that for some reason, this spatial turbulence is actually much stronger than the one I've experienced before.
Soon, I feel that my body is instantly completely unidentifiable with my flesh and blood, and the terrifying tearing force that is enveloping my entire body causes all the bones in my body to feel as though they were being wrung.
Despite the spatial turbolence being much stronger, the same can be said to my body and will to survive so this time I simply let out a growl, gathered all of my concentration on keeping myself alive through sheer will while allowing my natural Enhanced Healing Factor to keep my body barely alive as long as it is needed to reach a new universe.
The wounds on my body quickly become incomparably severe, and not a single untouched spot can be found on my entire body.
However, thanks to my Enhanced Healing Factor, although my body is enduring incomparably heavy damage and pain at every second, with every second, I am also slowly recovering.
Gradually, ten seconds passed, a minute passed, an hour passed, two hours passed, six hours passed, a day passed, until I again lost track of time and fully focused my whole being on surviving this journey by constantly reminding myself about what I had to accomplish yet.
I am still stained with blood on my entire body; however, ever since the start, my physical and mental state has been stable, and I continue to live through this horrendous ordeal.
The astonishing restorative power brought by the Enhanced Healing Factor that I inherited from my Viltrumite heritage has again caught up and tied with the rate of injuries created by this terrifying turbulence that makes the one I've experienced before look like a light dizzle in comparison.
This allows me to live as I pass through this trauma-inducing space that is filled with nightmarish spatial turbulences.
And the number of times my body was torn, restored, torn, and restored on is so high that it can hardly be calculated but in this cycle with terrifyingly high frequency, my body and will are again being refined using an inconceivable method, much better than any form of training I ever gone through to the point that I felt that I'm starting to believe that it is actually possible for me to catch up with figures the likes of Superman, and I mean the comic version of him as I'm pretty sure that I've already left the cinematic and live action version of him in the dust.
After some unknown time, I finally feel relief as I sense that the torment caused by violent spatial turbulence ends, and shortly after that, I open my eyes and see the literal light at the end of the tunnel.
With one last burst of energy, I use all my remaining forces to fly toward that light as I unconsciously understand it is the way out of this place and the entrance to a new universe.
As soon as I pass through that light, I almost instantly crash into what I can only recognize as a soft ground, feeling the fragile grass touching my body and the calming sound of what I can only interpret as the sounds of a lively forest, using my personal experience.
At that time, I am way too exausted to do anything else, even move my head, and so, I remain here, laying still on this soft and welcoming ground waiting for my body to naturally recover enough to move as I continue to keep myself awake through sheer force of will and desire to have my revenge against the ones that took everything away from me.
But all of a sudden, I feel everything strangely freeze as an ominous and deafening silence falls in the whole area, and then I hear a strange monotone voice in my head that says.
[New Extra-Dimensional Humanoid Species detected! Designation: Viltrumite. More Specific designation: Grayson Paul. Altering the constitution to align with world parameters. Species known as Viltrumite is found to be lacking but very compatible with the Fundamental Particle classified as Holy Power. Starting infusion of Holy Power.]
What I just heard feels icrediblily familiar for some reason, but I don't have any time to think about it as I sense some form of invisible energy enter my body and fuse with it, which at the same time, gives me a very pleasurable feeling as I feel my stamina and injuried body recover at incredible speed while a new flood of information resound in my mind.
[Confirmed the existence of the Species-Specific Intrinsic Skills: Smart Atoms.]
[Attention! The Species-Specific Intrinsic Skills: Smart Atoms producing derivative Species-Specific Common Skills: Reactive Adaptation, Superhuman Strength, Superhuman Speed, Superhuman Stamina, Superhuman Endurance, Flight, Force Field Generation, Enhanced Lung Capacity, Invulnerability, Enhanced Healing Factor, Decelerated Aging, Dominant Genetics, Enhanced Senses.]
[Attention! Species-Specific Intrinsic Skill: Smart Atoms interacting with newly infused Fundamental Particle classified as Holy Power, and started to assimilate it. Species-Specific Intrinsic Skill: Smart Atoms evolving into the Species-Specific Intrinsic Skill: Smart Holy Atoms.]
[Attention! Species-Specific Intrinsic Skill: Smart Holy Atoms forcing the evolution of Species-Specific Common Skills: Reactive Adaptation evolving into Reactive Evolution, Superhuman Strength evoving into Immense Strength, Superhuman Speed evolving into Immense Speed, Superhuman Stamina evolving into Immense Stamina, Superhuman Endurance evolving into Immense Endurance, Enhanced Lung Capacity evolved into Oxygen Independence, Enhanced Healing Factor evolving into Regeneration, Decelerated Aging evolving into Immortality, Enhanced Senses evolving into Superior Senses.]
[Attention! Establishing the Unique Skill: Avenger. This skill allows the user to partially gain the skills of their opponents after being defeated by them. Makes it easier for the user to accumulate hatred and resentment, which are then turned into power for the user. Strengthens attacks against targets of the user's revenge. Makes Holy Power and Stamina endlessly surge until the user's revenge is accomplished, constantly recovering a certain amount of them every minute.]
Immediately after that, I feel the foreign energy and my stamina surge with force while my recovery speeds up to insane levels, and before long, I feel better than ever, and without any hesitation on my part, I get up and start to take a look at my surroundings.
Just as I suspected, I find out that I've indeed arrived in some kind of massive forest with tall trees with very thick foliage that radiate an aura of very strong vitality.
After doing that, I can't help but focus back on my body while still being baffled by the voice I just heard in my head and the massive changes that my whole being suddenly went through while countless questions continue to swarm around my head, 'Just what is going on here? What was that monotone voice? Some kind of game-like system ruling this universe? The voice of an absolute Deity? If so, why should some Deity help someone like me who just arrived in this universe from the outside? No... Something about this setting feels familiar, but I can't remember; it's like I have the answer on the tip of my tongue, but it won't come out... Damn it! Maybe I should explore the area, if I'm lucky, I could actually find something that will jolt my memory and help me find out where I am.'
Coming to that conclusion, I start to carefully fly up in the air to take a look at the area from above, but while I'm slowly rising up in the air, I pick up the sound of something quickly approaching my position from afar.
The next moment, a young man around my age appears in front of me, he is tall and good looking, almost like a model, with olive skin tone, reddish-brown hair, and amber eyes, his attire consist of a white Japanese hakama, a black sash and a elegant white jacket that he leaves it open to expose his muscular chest, and he has a long straight sword straped on his back.
His overall attire that vaguely reminds me of the Arrancars from the anime Bleach, however, there are a few details that seem off, like the absence of the iconic "hole" and of the bone fragments of the broken mask, but this can also be somewhat explainined, especially if he has gone through a similar process I just went through.
At the same time, everything about this young man's presence seems to scream that he is exceptional; in fact, my very instinct is screaming that the man in front of me is, in fact, very dangerous.
Because of all these small details, I immediately suspect that this young man is a Champion, more specifically, the one who chose to be reincarnated in the Bleach Universe.
Before either he or I can say anything, a very diverse group also quickly arrives, stopping a few meters behind the young man dressed like an Arrancar.
There is a young woman who also looks around my age, she is short, about 1,58 meters tall, with wavy auburn or dark brown hair, bright light-colored blue eyes, and full lips, she wears relaxed yet somewhat gothic clothing that complements her full, curvy figure.
The more I look at her, the more familiar she seems, like I have seen her somewhere before, maybe she looks like some actress from my previous life.
Then there is a small dragon pokemon-like creature that looks like a blue lizard with red eyes and ice covering the head, tail, claws, and feet; there is also ice protruding on its back that looks like small wings.
It has white fur covering the neck and chest, which makes it resemble a fur collar winter coat, and bandages wrapped around the forearms. It also has three white hexagon symbols on its shoulders and back.
Right next to it, there is it is a short and stout Tyrannosaurus rex-like creature standing about 3 feet tall, it has ash black skin with red stripes down its back, tail, and legs, and light green eyes.
It also has flattened forearms with broad, three-clawed hands, and distinct pectoral muscles; its legs and arms are shown to be very vascular, while its tail is stubby, and its head and snout are almost as large as the rest of its body.
Then there is a tall, attractive, and slim young man, he has dark green hair that constantly blends with his hat, a visored, ornamented cap, torn at the back, a strong jaw, bold eyebrows, and green eyes looking at me with his arms crossed and a stern gaze.
This young man's appearance couldn't be more iconic as I immediately realize that he is someone from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Universe.
Standing next to him is a small, black and white dog very similar to a Boston Terrier; his paws, stomach, chest, and neck are white, as are the area around his mouth and forehead.
This one I also recognize immediately as he is Iggy, the dog that was part of the Stardust Crusader.
Right next to Iggy, standing very close to Jojo's dude, there is a very beautiful, tall, and slim young woman with pale skin tone, delicate features, very long, jet black hair, and large, black, pupil-less eyes.
She is very expressionless, but her eyes hid an amused light within them. But something about her gaze gives me a bad vibe, like she is constantly analyzing me, searching for weakness to exploit.
Then my gaze moves to yet another beautiful young woman with a round face, short brown hair, and grey eyes. She has a bookish but highly intelligent vibe, but at the same time, I sense an incredible power hidden within her body.
Looking at this very diverse group, I immediately realize that most of these people are Champions, or at the very least, former Champions, which means that all of them are quite powerful and dangerous.
But then my gaze lands on the last member of this group, one whose presence I've ignored until now, as it was calmly sitting on the head of the small, black Tyrannosaurus rex creature, and it has the appearance of a spherical mass of slightly blue and translucent ooze with a diameter of around 40 cm.
It is basically a slime, a common and weak monster in many fantasy works, but seeing that slime, something instantly clicks in my mind as I casually comment, "Oh! It's Rimuru..."
(Image Here - Rimuru Tempest)
At the same time, the answer to the question that was roaming in my mind immediately emerges, making me open my eyes wide and exclaim, "Fuck! I'm in the Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken Universe..."
Whistle POV - Warhammer 40K Universe, Ultima Segmentum, Octarius Sector, Octarius System, Octarius - 997.M41
I use the claws of my left hand to rip apart the Ork charging at me, while at the same time, using the gatling gun coming out of my right arm to fire a barrage of concentrated energy beams to mow down yet another group of fearless Ork rushing at me.
Right now, I leading my army against the almost endless horde of the Octarius Ork Empire in their core planet Octarius while my commanders are fighting all over this massive area of the Milky Way Galaxy known as Segmentum Ultima against the forces of the Imperium of Man and of the Octarius Ork Empire helping out newest ally, the Tyranid, who share my patron's desire to eat everything and thus chose to follow his will.
War after war, massacre after massacre, and countless worlds consumed, not by the flames of war but by the insatiable hunger of my greatest backer, the one that granted me immense power and many victories in this exciting competition for the rule of the Omniverse against the other Champions.
Needless to say, Unicron, known as the Lord of Chaos, the Chaos Bringer, and the Planet Eater, isn't a very safe choice as a patron.
After all, in exchange for the immense powers he gives, he only demands one thing: absolute servitude to the point that the ones who choose to follow him are sometimes stripped entirely of free will, and even if that isn't the case, his immense power may still be the cause of insanity and loss of self.
Luckily, I was able to avoid such an unfortunate fate thanks to my Blessing as Champion of the Concept of Power, and avoided being stripped of my free will by offering him the thing that no one else in his entire existence was able to: access to the Omniverse.
Naturally, an entity as powerful as Unicron knew about the Omniverse and even the Concepts, but he was denied access to it, and despite his unfathomable powers, he wasn't able to defy the Concepts' will.
With Unicron's help, I was not only able to unify the Cybertronians of the Transformers Multiverse under my rule, giving me a massive army of powerful robots, but also subjugate the former Champion, Rao-Jil, and his powerful Kryptonian Army.
After that, we continued to invade one universe after the other, destroying all forms of resistance before Unicron devoured them, and from time to time, we found some other interesting mechanical species that once witnessed Unicron's might decided to become his faithful servant.
The first ones were the Kaylon from the Orville Universe, humanoid robots that were well known in their universe to be a highly xenophobic species that views organic beings as inferior.
After the Kaylon came the Cindorite from the Tales of Arcadia Universe, hulking mechanized beings with an internal core composed of magma possessing a near-indestructible chassis with mechanical bodies that are impervious to almost any damage, even the full power punch of a Kryptonian was unable to damage a Cindorite's chassis.
They possess great physical strength, and they are also very agile; however, they have only one great weakness, water, which causes them to cool down and melt.
They were followed by the Mimic from the Edge of Tomorrow Universe.
Mimics are extremely fast and agile creatures with numerous tentacles, which can be used for moving on land, climbing, or digging through the soil to emerge and ambush unsuspecting prey, but their most important trait is their chronokenetic abilities.
They are all part of a single hive mind, which consists of three castes: the common Drones, the commanding Alphas, and a single gigantic Omega, which acts as the colony's central brain.
The Drones are by far the most common and lack the chronokenetic abilities of the Alpha and Omega, and serve as primary soldiers for the Mimic.
They can be identified by their small size, standing only around 4 feet tall, and their bright orange bioluminescence.
As their name implies, Drones' primary tactic is to charge the enemy in massive swarms and utilize their ability to move at rapid speeds, being able to alter their very physiology to form massive tendrils, and the ability to fire missile-like projectiles known as Mimic javelins adds to their danger in combat.
Alphas, in contrast, are extremely rare. I estimated that just 1 in every 6.18 million Mimics is an Alpha.
They are larger than Drones, and have light blue luminescence, rather than orange, but are most notable for acting like the hive's nervous system, connecting the Drones to the Omega, which is the brain.
Whenever an Alpha is killed, it triggers the Omega's chronokinetic response to reset time to one day before that occurrence, while retaining memories of it.
In this way, the Mimics learn about the enemy's strategy and have a chance of responding preemptively, as well as resetting time continuously until reaching a favorable outcome. Needless to say, this last feature is the one that helped us the most in the current wars against the Ork Empire and the Imperium of Man.
The Omega is the core of the Mimic superorganism and acts as its central intelligence, as well as the source of its temporal abilities.
It is telepathically connected to all Mimics and may also establish psychic links to other creatures who have been in contact with Alpha blood.
The Omega itself is a massive spherical organism and seemingly needs to be contained in water.
Destroying the Omega results in the loss of the hive mind itself, leaving the rest of the Mimics vulnerable and easy to take down, and for this reason, I made sure that every Omega is heavily protected and well-hidden.
Suddenly, I receive a transmission from the Alpha Mimics hidden among the forces of Rao-Jil, as lately I felt that something was off about him, especially since my sensors picked up a massive jump in the solar energy stored in his body and those of the other Kryptonians.
It seems that I was right in suspecting something, as I learned that Rao-Jil is going to betray me tomorrow by evoking the Chaos Gods, and pitting them and their forces against Unicron and my armies while taking advantage of the chaos to deliver a fatal strike in the hope of taking back his Blessing and ripping mine from my dead body.
Learning that, I can't help but smirk while thinking, 'Rao-Jil... You're so impatient and foolish. Did you think I would dismiss and ignore a slimy former politician like you? If there is one thing that I've learned in my previous long life is that you can NEVER trust a politician; they will lie, cheat, and take advantage of any little gap you give them for their own personal benefit. Time to cut off the head of the snake.'
Shortly after thinking that, I rip apart yet another Ork and give the order, "This is Whistle. Apostle of Lord Unicron. To all the Mini-Cons of the Kryptonian Army. Activate your Red Sun Generators and emit KY-66 Radiations."