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Disclaimer! - A lot of talking, like a LOT. Though I don't think the talking is bad so I hope you can enjoy this one too.
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Appearing back in her kaleidoscopic home, Ophis surveyed the area. From initial observation nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
"Hey System, did he swing by in the couple minutes I was gone?"
{No, there are no remains of residual Dragon energy. Only 3 minutes have passed after all.}
"Makes sense." Ophis responded swiping away the message she had left behind.
[Ding! Rewards have finished calculating. Do you wish to receive them now?]
A text option of yes or no appeared on the blue interface before her.
Tapping yes her eyes blew wide open in surprise.
[Ding! 1,200,000 Existence points/EP have been rewarded!]
[Ding! Shard of Propagation has been rewarded!]
"I Wonder how much 1.2 mil can get me." Ophis said coming out of her initial surprise.
"And this Shard of Propagation thing, kind of useless since I'm not going to be consuming propagation." She said shaking her head. "Maybe I'll find a use for it at some point, no use complaining."
Swiping away the rewards, she went to the group chat.
[Blank: The Shop function and Gacha are finally unlocked! Good for all the people with points!]
[Last Master: Don't feel too bad, there's definitely gonna be a mission you can participate in soon]
[Blank: Well if things keep going like they have been, with only combat missions. I'm never getting any points, unlike you guys, I can't get any stronger in my world at all. Humans here don't have access to magic at all. We're physically incapable of using it!!]
[Ouroboros: How unfortunate, I could probably help you out if you want.]
[Blank: Really!? Oh how I praise you Lord Ouroboros!]
Giggling at his enthusiasm she continued
[Ouroboros: How do you feel about snakes?]
[Blank: No particular way, some of them are pretty cool looking, but they are deadly so I would never be crazy enough to keep one as a pet like some others.]
[Ouroboros: Hm, good enough. Join the next mission, I'll give you something.]
[Blank: Sir yes sir!]
[Not a bad slime: Hey Ouroboros! How many points did you get? I got 40,000. I already had 15k so I have 65k total]
[Ugly Squid: I got 15,000]
[Ouroboros: 1,200,000]
[Not a bad slime: ????]
[Ugly Squid: …..]
[Blank: Envy is a sin… Envy is a Sin…..]
[Lolimancer: Why are we still surprised?]
[Last Master: I assume this has something to do with why Mr. Rimuru stopped moving then all the Bugs suddenly dying]
[Ouroboros: Indeed, there were around 5 million bugs on the planet and 1 leader bug outside of the planet which I took care of, so I Assume it rewarded me based on that.]
[Lolimancer: Why did the stream freeze anyway?]
[Ouroboros: it's a little complicated but, I basically stopped time on the planet. It was mostly just to make things less complicated.]
[Not a bad slime: What even are you powers, from being strong enough to destroy a solar system as you said before, now stopping time, what's next?]
[Ouroboros: I hold authority over Nothingness, Chaos, and Infinity. You can take your guess based on that if you'd like.]
[Ugly Squid: I've had my guesses but this confirms it. Your username is literal isn't it? You are the Ouroboros of your universe, the Serpent of Infinity.]
[Ouroboros: Yes.]
[Blank: Wish that was me…]
[Last Master: But then you probably would've never met your sister right?]
[Blank: Well… you aren't wrong, but a man can dream]
[Not a Bad Slime: Holy shit! Why is the stuff you got so expensive! Space manipulation, Time manipulation, Dragon energy, Divine energy, and Divine Dragon bloodline. Every single one of them is over 200,000.]
[Ouroboros: Oh? It's just those? Is it only based on what I have access to?]
[Last Master: Yeah, it automatically includes everything you have direct access to at present, then you can put other to stuff up for sale as you get them later.]
[Ugly Squid: Which is unfortunate, many things in our worlds are extremely hard to acquire at our current level of strength]
[Last Master: … Yeah, I don't even know how it would categorize me obtaining noble phantasms, or if they can count at all.]
[Ouroboros: That's likely why the Gacha function exists. All though it's random it pulls from all our worlds and with that exuberant price tag it definitely isn't going to give useless things.]
The price tag on the a single gacha pull was a staggering 50,000EP, Only she and Rimuru could afford it at the moment. Let's not even talk about the Multi-pull.
[Lolimancer: The Divine protections in my world aren't really something you can obtain willingly. I think that's the same with a lot of things from my world. Even magic is strictly based on affinity. The Gacha seems to be the only way for my world.]
[Ugly Squid: it's better to save up points and get guaranteed stuff from the Shop then try and get stuff from a Gacha anyway. Don't you guys know of Gacha hell?]
[Not a bad slime: Of course I do! But what type of man would I be if I didn't take some risks. I'm doing it! You all can watch this single pull and be awed at my majesty!]
At his words a stream popped up in chat, showcasing his system panel on the Gacha page.
[Last Master: I approve this message.]
[Galactic baseballer: What is this drama that's happening without me? Is that a new member oh and the shop and Gacha functions are back? I really missed a lot.]
[Lolimancer: Yeah, you really did.]
[Blank: Oh it's nothing really… just not a bad slime about to bomb 50k points into the Gacha. Thats a single pull btw]
[Galactic baseballer: ??? Why is it so expensive.]
[Ouroboros: It's pulling things from all our worlds, many things in our worlds could lead to instant increases in power by overwhelming magnitudes, especially yours. In the short time I was in your world, I could instantly tell there were things way beyond anything possible in mine]
[Galactic baseballer: Oh wow, I'm reading back at some old messages and if that's the case, maybe staying with Herta was the better decision. Also, thanks guys for helping out with the emergency, after beating Cocolia I don't think we'd have had enough energy to even take out half those bugs.]
[Not a bad slime: I've finished my prayers! Is everyone ready? @Galactic baseballer no problem, it's why we're here after all]
[Blank: Ready to see you bomb 50k just for you to get something you don't need, yes I'm praying on your downfall!]
[Last Master: Ready!]
[Lolimancer: I'll pray for you too brother]
[Ouroboros: I'm sure it won't be useless, don't worry too much. @Galactic baseballer, no problem, I'm happy to help.]
[Ugly Squid: Give it to me if you don't end up needing it. I need everything I can get out here. @Galactic baseballer you're welcome]
[Galactic baseballer: Good luck!]
[Not a bad slime: Yosh! I'm going for it!]
He clicked the single pull button on his panel and an animation began to play.
The screen shifted to a night sky filled with an uncountable amount of shining stars. One by one the twinkling stars dissipated until only one remained.
Its shine held determined in the void like sky then bloomed, painting the sky a crimson red.
The crimson light faded revealing a pristine pure white Sheathless Odachi.
[Congratulations! You've received a Special Grade item, One of the 14 Sentinel Swords of Izumo, Origin]
The screen flashed with Confetti and rainbow light like a celebration.
[Blank:… did he just get an item of the second highest rating…. In one pull?]
[Last Master: Absolutely magnificent!!!]
[Ugly Squid: I feel something isn't quite right with your level of luck.]
[Lolimancer: That was all me of course.]
[Galactic baseballer: What Ugly squid said]
[Ouroboros: What did I say?]
"Hmm, if I'm remember right that sword had something to do with Acheron. I don't remember much else though" Ophis said contemplating the repercussions.
"If it has something to do with her, it's probably pretty powerful, Rimuru just hit the jackpot" she continued.
[Not a bad slime: asdjjgddcjogsszfg!! Read this description!]
Looking back his stream they took read the weapons description
[One of the three final blades forged by Izumo and its destruction. This blade was forged from the shattered remains of the previous 12 sentinel blades, Truth, Sky, Howl, Mist, Frost, Fate, Flare, Thought, Root, Form, Bind, and Maw.
As a sword forged with the shattered fragments of those blades, it retains the power of those blades if only a little weakened. While obtaining an Ability of its own.
Truth - The ability to comprehend all things through analysis and dissection. The ability to analyze and recreate miracles through understanding.
Sky - Manipulate the very foundations of the Sky itself, warp the upper world into anything you may wish.
Howl - To summon and manipulate lightning by will alone, commanding soaring meteors to descend upon your enemies.
Mist - The ability to manipulate the winds themselves to shear the world unceasingly
Frost - Manipulating ice and frost to freeze the world in a moment of time for eternity.
Fate - To manipulate the very cycle of life and death, to bloom new life and decay old
Flare - Summoning Fires to torch the sky's and char the earth
Thought - To witness the future and discern truth from lies.
Root - Rend the earth, command the very ground you walk upon at will. Command mountains to take to the sky and valleys to collapse into soil.
Form - Make the masses form with unity, manipulating the form of all things.
Bind - Binding all evil into cages where they vanish from creation itself
Maw - Corrode the world itself, rip apart the souls of creation making all things equal.
Origin - Sever all things, whether it be Fate, destiny, or Karma. All things with an "Origin" shall be sundered.]
"Holy shit!!" Ophis exclaimed "I was expecting it to be strong but that's literally a cheat code! Especially that Origin thing, that could probably even affect me."
{While strong the blade isn't omnipotent, to sever your infinity, chaos and Nothingness. The energy output would be too much for even Acheron herself. It would be significantly easier to just kill you outright}
"… that's reassuring I guess?" Not quite sure how to respond to that she turned back to the group chat.
[Blank: ... I'm just going to go do some work, I can't watch this anymore]
[Blank has gone offline]
[Not a bad slime: Now I kinda feel bad]
[Lolimancer: He's just feeling down, he'll be fine later.]
[Ugly Squid: Congratulations Rimuru, I've gotta head offline too, something just came up]
[Ugly Squid has gone Offline]
[Galactic baseballer: I was wondering how he even had the time to be here so long, the breaks in his world are pretty short.]
[Last Master: I'm probably going to be busy again soon too. Doctor Romani and the other staff have started to pick up readings of another singularity.]
[Ouroboros: @Not a bad slime, that sword is pretty strong. I'd recommend keeping it mainly as a last resort, always remember that weapons are still just tools to enhance your strength, don't overlook improving your own personal power.]
Though she said this, her thought process more in the lines of making sure the "story" of his world doesn't derail due to him having such a powerful weapon. Though she does believe the chat group would've thought of that, it doesn't hurt to make sure.
[Not a bad slime: Of course! There's no way I'd rely just on this op sword… no way…]
[Galactic baseballer: He was definitely gonna rely on it lol]
[Lolimancer: Yep, I wish I had a weapon to rely on too. I'd rather not have to rely on dying so much]
[Last Master: You drew the luckiest and unluckiest ability around huh? I don't know much about Magi since I'm pretty new to this but I know they would kill for something like that.]
[Lolimancer: Well good for them, from someone who's died quite a few times now. the feeling doesn't get any better.]
Suddenly a second stream popped up, this time it was Ophis's.
[Ouroboros: How about wishing me some luck too?]
Her stream quickly shifted to the Gacha panel. Her 1.2 million points on full display and ready to be used.
[Last Master: Will you be a victim or a visitor!? Good luck and let's find out!]
[Not a bad slime: Hope you have the same luck as me!]
[Galactic baseballer: Good luck, My bat resonates with your very being gifting you luck like no other!]
[Lolimancer: Holy points galore, are you doing two 10 pulls or just one?]
[Ouroboros: just one]
Clicking the 10 pull option her panel instantly shifted into the same animation that played for Rimuru. This time however instead of just one star remaining ten stayed brightly in the night sky.
And in the same way as the single star, these ten exploded into a bright sky of blue, orange, gold, purple, and white.
The lights faded and revealed 10 items.
A glowing multicolored glass like orb.
A orange and blue katana, its blade shattered each shard floating together.
A large gray and green rock like sphere with a large six-pointed star crack at its center, inside the crack a golden light could be seen.
A black sphere with purple circuit-like lines flowing across its surface.
Another orb appeared this time with a glowing red sword placed firmly within it.
A vile of blood
A glowing blue glass like orb
A pristine and adorned gold and blue sword
A blank colorless glass looking sphere.
Then finally a large black and Gold Sword that can only loosely be described as a greatsword.
[Congratulations you have obtained
Skill - All of creation
Sentinel blade - Thought
The greater grail
Ex-Machina physiology obtainment tool
Divine protection of the sword saint
Dragonia bloodline transfusion
Skill - Water Domination
Noble phantasm - Caliburn
Reality Marble awakening
Noble phantasm - Laevatein]
[Lolimancer: The fact that not a single one is common grade is quite telling. And look there, you just got a divine protection like I was talking about!]
[Not a bad slime: Even luckier than me! You got one of the highest tier items! And one of those other sentinel swords that forged mine.]
[Last Master: four of those are from my world right? The noble phantasms, the reality marble, and the Greater Grail.]
[Galactic baseballer: My bat resounds even across universes!!]
Pulling up each description she read them all, even though she knew of all of these she doesn't remember the specifics.
[Skill - All of Creation: it allows to user to obtain information about any non-concealed phenomena as long as it is perceivable by the user and the user has a basic understanding of it.
Sentinel blade - Thought: A sword forged in the chaotic planet of Izumo, it alongside the other 12 sentinels were a beacon of hope for the decaying world of Izumo, their shattering forged the last two blades of Izumo, Origin and End, and the shattering of Izumo itself. - Allows the user to witness the future and discern truth from lies.
The Greater Grail: The Grail of Heaven, a wish granting machine meant for the purpose of reaching the Root. Although it does have the capabilities to fulfill wishes it isn't omnipotent nor completely conscious, if you want a wish granted you must provide a way for the wish to happen in the first place.
Ex-Machina physiology obtainment tool: A tool created by the Chat Group to obtain the body of an Ex-Machina, one of the 16 sentient races of Disboard, known as the Ixseed. Among the Ixseed, the Ex-Machina are ranked 10th. The Ex-Machina are cybernetic life forms with extreme computational power capable of analyzing and copying anything used against them in seconds. They however are a cluster hive mind type race and aren't that strong on their own. The Ex-Machina are separated into 5 different unit types, Seher - observation units, Prüfer - Analyze units, Zeichen - designing units, Kämpfer - combat units, and Befehler - commanding units. The user of this item can switch between all types at will.
Divine protection of the sword saint: Unlocks the users peak martial potential, and grants the user perfect swordsmanship intuition.
Dragonia Bloodline transfusion: An item created by the Chat Group to obtain the Dragonia race, one of the Ixseed of Disboard. Among the Ixseed they are ranked 4th. Dragonia are trans-dimensional entities that exist simultaneously across multiple dimensions allowing them to see the past the future and the present at the same time. The Dragonia possess the ability known as Ruler's Edict a magical speech allowing them to command the Phenomena of the world itself.
Skill - Water Domination: Grants the user complete domination over the phenomenon known as Water and heavily increases the power of said phenomena when used by the user.
Noble phantasm - Caliburn: The golden sword of victories. The sword of the stone and the sword of selection. It is the sword King Arthur pulled from the sword as Britain's destined king. It is a powerful holy sword and an Anti-Fortress class noble phantasm on a similar level to Excalibur.
Reality Marble awakening: Awakens the users Reality marble. A reality marble is the materialization and projection of the users inner world onto the outside world. Reality marbles are considered not only the highest form of bounded fields but also the closest magecraft to true magic. Though strength of Reality marbles vary as they are based exclusively on what the users inner world is.
Noble phantasm - Laevatein: The Sun-like sword that becomes a calamity. The Sword of Surtr, the flaming king of the Giants. It is a Divine construct forged from the planet itself made to rend the Gods and tear the texture known as the Age of Gods from the planets surface. It is a weapon made to end all life so it is strengthened against all things that are alive. In its normal state it is an Anti-Fortress class noble phantasm, its flames capable of reducing anything they touch to ashes.
Laevatein - Loptr Laegjarn: The ultimate attack of Laevatein. The sword is superheated to over 4 million degrees Celsius and descends in the blink of an eye like a shooting star. The attack is released as the conceptual flames of the end that signal the apocalypse. The attack becomes an Anti-World, Anti-Life, Anti-Divine attack capable of Incinerating Continents and even the world itself in an instant.]
"This is a crazy good haul from a single 10 pull" Ophis said in surprise. From what she could tell by her pull, even though things are categorized into different levels of power nothing is more rare than anything else. It's just that there's less of the more powerful stuff than the weaker stuff, which makes sense. She got strangely lucky getting this Sword.
Laevatein is a weapon mainly made from magical energy which mean it can get stronger if the magical energy poured into it is also increased, and as she has an infinite amount of energy, she could super charge this weapon way beyond anything Surtr could ever have done with it.
"Outside of Laevatein though, All of creation, Divine protection of the sword saint, and Dragonia bloodline transfusion seem the most useful.
Caliburn us strong but kind of useless to me, the reason it broke was due to not being able to handle Artoria's immense magical energy, enough said really.
Water Domination could be useful but I don't really see myself using it much.
The Greater Grail probably won't have much use here, and basically any wish it could grant I could probably achieve on my own.
And I'm not becoming an Ex-Machina so that tool is out of the question. Maybe I'll give it to someone and see how it goes?" She said to herself out loud.
Satisfied with her contemplations she looked back at the chat.
[Not a bad slime: Aren't those Dragonia guys like super overpowered!?? You're telling me they are born and are immediately some of the strongest in their world?]
[Last Master: They are called Ixseed and the description says Disboard so they are from Blanks world right? He said Humanity or Imanity as it's called there, is rank 16th… unsurprisingly.]
[Lolimancer: Of course they are, Humanity is always the weakest in every fantasy world to ever be conceived.]
[Galactic baseballer: I'm not sure what my worlds Genre would be but humans here aren't any weaker than any other race, at least not that I know of.]
[Lolimancer: You're world is a space sc-fi, fantasy I'd think. Your worlds power system is weird, those Path things come from higher beings, and they don't care what race you are so everyone's equal technically.]
[Not a bad slime: I'm not really sure about my world, I've only encountered a few humans so far and they didn't seem particularly strong or weak.]
[Last Master: In my world it's just modern humans that are really weak, go back a few hundred years and humans could get pretty strong.]
[Ouroboros: Humans here are also basically the weakest overall. They can get strong but unless you have a sacred gear you are basically capped at Ultimate class]
[Lolimancer: Sacred gear? And Ultimate class? That sounds pretty powerful already if you ask me.]
[Ouroboros: To put it simply, sacred gears are artifacts created by GoB or the God described in the Bible Though he's not even half as strong as the Bible describes, in this world at least. They are all unique and give the users exceptional abilities. Ultimate class on the other hand is classification of power and status mainly used by the devils of this world. It goes low class, mid-class, high-class, Ultimate-class, Satan-class, and Super-class. I'd say an Ultimate-class being is a country destroying level fighter. So it is powerful in retrospect]
[Lolimancer: Yeah, that's way more powerful than me. If I had even half of that power, most of my problems would be solved a hundred different ways without having to die.]
[Not a bad slime: Anyways guys, I'll catch you all later, I'm gonna practice with my new toy hehe.]
[Last Master: uh huh, have fun.]
[Lolimancer: Yeah, have fun with your weapon of mass destruction]
[Galactic baseballer: Sadly I can't test my own new weapon of minor destruction since we are helping out with some stuff before leaving Belobog]
[Not a bad slime: Oh I will! Don't worry]
[Not a bad slime has gone offline]
[Ouroboros: I think I'll be doing the same, I have a lot to do with these.]
[Lolimancer: Alright, since everyone's heading out we might as well too. Can't be here all day after all.]
[Last Master: True, I don't have much I can do right now but I guess I can go bother Mash. Cya guys]
[Last Master has gone offline]
[Ouroboros has gone offline]
[Lolimancer has gone offline]
[Galactic baseballer: Damn, I didn't want to go back yet]
[Galactic baseballer has gone offline]
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"Hey system, how useful would transfusing Dragonia bloodline be?" Ophis called out
{Very useful, not only would your affinity with time and space increase considerably, you'd gain access to Universal speech. You would also not have their weakness of being hollow vessels that float through time and space, unlike them, you'd exist on those dimensions as a complete entity. And as you are already a dragon, you would lose nothing from incorporating another dragon species into yours. However, I do not recommend doing it at this moment. Get used to your current powers first before making changes.}
"Yeah true, I'll get fully accustomed to my current personal power set first." Looking into her item inventory she glanced at the All of Creation skill reaching for it she pulled it out.
"This should help me do that. Now how do I use it..?" And on cue a system panel popped up before her.
[Assimilate skill?] [Yes|No]
Clicking yes, the orb shattered in her hand, transforming into colorful particles and flowed into her body. Her body was overtaken by a strange mortal's sensation and for a few seconds her body glowed in colors similar to the dimensional gap itself.
The glow and feeling faded quickly and all that remained was the feeling at the back of her mind that if she put her mind to it she could understand everything.
"Which one should I try first chaos or nothingness?" She said mostly to herself.
{Chaos, that skill wouldn't work very well in analyzing Nothingness. Nothingness predates creation and as a skill that was created to analyze all of creation it is stuck on that level. So while it could help with understanding an Analysis it won't be very efficient due to not being able to fully understand nothingness.}
Nodding along with its explanation she added onto it "And Chaos is a phenomenon that exists even in regular societies."
Chaos is a phenomena she'd witnessed quite a lot throughout her life. Chaos is disorder and extreme confusion, where even the smallest action could lead to the largest consequences. The first days of the trials when the government didn't station enough soldiers due to still not fully believing the supernatural mumbo-jumbo.
The days when the monster hoards drastically increased in size catching everyone unprepared destroying several cities.
When the Arbiters were announced by the Gods.
The day her family was taken
Disorder, confusion, everything jumbled into one. Cause and the effect trigger at once leaving behind not only destruction but seeds of hope.
Chaos is both the ending and the start. As why it is chaos. Cause and effect exist as one, igniting infinite possibilities. What if the Governments took everything seriously from the start? What if the monsters were never underestimated? What if they didn't get complacent with there current tools simply because they were working? What if the Gods never announced the Arbiters? What if the blessed never appeared? What if more blessed had appeared?
There are countless what ifs that could have taken place, perhaps they would've changed nothing, perhaps they could've changed everything. That is what Chaos is. Random yet set in stone, the Origin of Chaos and the End of all effects. An everlasting storm of infinite possibilities.
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"Wow, I could really feel the skill activate during that one." Ophis said in fascination.
At first she couldn't fully grasp chaos beyond simple disorder and randomness, then during her contemplation it suddenly felt like something had kicked her in the head and she instantly Grasped finer details. Chaos is a storm of what ifs, the start and end of cause and effect.
{It was a very good idea to incorporate that skill indeed. Comprehending chaos requires much more hands on experience, so with simply sitting here, it would take much longer to understand.}
"All of Creation for the win!" She said pumping her fist "How should I test it though? With it I can rewrite cause and effect, ignite new possibilities and change natural laws. Those aren't really usable here. The dimensional gap has no natural laws, it even lacks the basic directional concepts."
Contemplating for amount she came to a easy solution
"Is it time for me to peak my head into the outside world?" Ophis said in a thinking pose.
{Perhaps. Though, don't You don't want to test your other items first?}
With the help of her systems impeccable memory she was reminded that she did in fact want to test her other gacha items out.
"Thanks for the reminder. Indeed I do!"
Reaching into her chat group inventory panel, she grabbed the sentinel blade. Pulling it out she saw the incredible "blade" before her.
Generally speaking it held the shape of a regular straight katana, the grip was a gold and red stylized tsuka. It hoisted several golden spherical ornaments upon its pummel that also held a yellow tassel hanging down.
But Even though it's called a sword it is basically incapable of doing anything a regular sword could. It didn't have a true blade, its blade was like shattered glass. The individual pieces floated together to form the vague shape of a blade but that was all.
"Clearly not meant to be used as an actually sword." Ophis said casually.
She swung it side to side watching the shards drift along with her swings.
'I wonder..'
Pouring some energy into the sword and willed for it to activate.
Instantly visions bombarded her, but all she could see was basically cut outs of a pitch black void.
'…?'
"All I saw was black… I assume that's not how it's supposed to work"
{It's because it tried to look into your future. As an entity that has grasped chaos, it is incredibly hard to divine your future as all possibilities intertwine into one but many at the same time. That sword isn't powerful enough to define such a contradictory existence, if it tried, it would break. Alongside this, the world of Honkai: Star rail is locked onto one destined future due to the interference of Nous, certain other Aeons, and the Stellaron hunters. So, this sword can easily determine the future when it looks into it. This world on the other hand has no such concept, while people hold destinies, the future itself is not locked in place.}
"Ah, well now it's kind of useless…" Ophis said in disappointment "Whatever, I'll find a use for it eventually."
Tossing it back into the inventory and pulled out the Divine Protection of the Sword Saint.
"This doesn't require any practice and would instantly make me a master at using a sword so I don't see a reason not to use it" She said fiddling with the sphere.
[Assimilate Skill?] [Yes|No]
Clicking yes without waiting, the glass crystal like sphere shattered, and just like before its essence seeped into her, though this time it was a simple bright red.
"Oh! This feels quite different!" She could instantly feel the difference.
While she did study some martial arts in her early days planning for her revenge, as it was a tangible way to improve. She all but gave up on that idea due to never obtaining a blessing, martial arts won't do anything without actual power to back it up. So, she'd decided to simply wait until she could climb the tower, no doubt there would be ways to get stronger there.
She retained the basics of the basics, but that was basically it.
Now though, she could tell with just a feeling that not many could contend with her in either hand to hand or sword play.
Though, it's not as though many rely on those things in this world anyway.
Looking into her inventory she grabbed the blank colorless sphere from her inventory, she'd always thought reality marbles were some of the coolest abilities in fate. There probably isn't an uncool one in the entire series. But as she was going to click yes to assimilate, her system instantly appeared in front of her, flashing with a warning.
{Using that would be ill advised, much like the Dragonia bloodline it would add changes to your abilities that could impair your current progress. I'd say to wait until you've fully comprehend nothingness before using either of them.}
Her hand that was about to click the yes option instantly froze and dropped.
"Oh, thanks for the save. Completely forgot reality marbles are pretty nutty in how they work." She quickly placed the item back into her inventory, although she was a little disappointed she understood what it meant.
Reality marbles project your inner world onto reality. Your inner world is based on your experiences, attributes, and powers. Projecting aspects of yourself you yourself don't understand is unlikely to end with positive results. Especially something on the scale of nothingness.
So taking her systems advice she went for the other tests.
Reaching into her inventory once more Ophis pulled out Caliburn. A decorated blue and gold handle and cross-guard, a long blade donned with rune like inscriptions, and a blue and red sheath decorated with golden designs.
By design alone Caliburn is obviously a blade mainly meant to serve as a selector for king. Though very capable of being used as a weapon, that was never truly what is was meant for.
Holding the blade up to her face she began to examine it.
"…Even though I called it useless, couldn't I just improve it?"
Letting go of Caliburn she let it float in front of her.
"I could make the durability infinite, which would make it indestructible. I could also increase the attack power, anti-fortress while decent even in this world, isn't all that crazy. I can't have this Caliburn lose out to the Caliburn of this world." Ophis contemplated slowly on how exactly to do said enhancing.
Like Excalibur, Caliburn is a sword that amplifies. It takes in the users energy amplifies its power, then releases it. So the easiest way to improve the swords power output would be to increase how much it can amplify by.
Reaching this conclusion, she came to in her mind what seemed to be the perfect way to do it.
From the shadows of her cloak, a single pitch black snake slithered out. It slithered along her arm and off of it onto the sword.
It glided across the sword seemingly trying to find the perfect place to settle. It didn't take long for it to choose its optimal spot.
It phased into Caliburns blade, its inscriptions lighting up an ominous black before returning to normal.
"There it goes, all done! Now it won't break, it can be packed with a lot more energy, AND the amount it amplifies has been increased by almost 50 times. If released at full power it's probably strong enough to destroy a planet." Humming proudly she returned Caliburn to its sheath, planning to test it when she heads to the outside world.
Putting Caliburn back into her inventory she reached for her final subject, Laevatein. Pulling it from her inventory she finally remembered that yes, it is a weapon wielded by a literal Giant. She always found small characters wielding large weapons funny, but she wasn't so sure about a sword the size of buildings.
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Okay so what did you guys think of this chapter? I think I did decent on this. I know there was a lot of yapping but I felt it was pretty natural and wasn't yapping just to yap.
Btw, yes just like my other fanfic the pulls are completely random, she literally did just get lucky enough and got all those. Same thing with Rimuru, he literally did just get lucky enough for it lol.
All of creation is a really convenient skill for someone like her, but also didn't really matter in the pull itself. Rimuru has All of Creation as a part of his Great Sage skill so it available in the shop so whether or not she got it in the Gacha she would've gotten it anyway.
Great sage itself isn't though(neither will his other unique skill and ultimate skills be). For the same reason Ophis's authorities weren't listed for sale(nobody would ever be able to afford them at this point anyway), Sora's game skills, Stelle's unique body, Subaru's Return by death(who'd really want that anyway with the other stuff they could get), Kim dokja's 4th wall(ehem), And when Gudako gets her Shadow summoning ability, it won't be listed either. Because they are qualified as a part of the "users" unique s existence
Also to anyone wondering why I keep saying that Caliburn is Anti-Fortress even though it's categorized as Anti-Self on the wiki, it's because I'm referring to its attack power. Anti-Self in context to Caliburn is talking about its capability to choose to rightful king and making them no longer "human"