Jayr POV - Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken Universe, Central World, Magic Continent, Jura Forest - 2013 AMB
As my Digimon Partners gather around me, I continue to analyze the other, remaining abilities of the Ultimate Skill I've just gained, 'The ability to generate a memetic aura that can make others forget what they are doing, where they are, who they were, leading to complete memory loss, cause targets to become subservient to the user, give others false beliefs of reality and cause insanity... The effects of this aura remind me a lot of the effects that Eldritch Entities have on mortals with weaker minds and will. However, I can easily turn this on and off whenever I want, and can also willingly choose who will be affected by it. While the effects of the this memetic aura give me a slightly evil vibe, especially the 'cause targets to become subservient to the user, give others false beliefs of reality and cause insanity' part, that is mostly dependant on my intentions and the will of my target, so I'm not that much against using this particular ability of my Ultimate Skill. Personally, I think that in a fight, this memetic aura is going to be especially effective, even more so, in high-level battles where a small distraction or a minuscule opening can become the decisive factor.'
At this point, I focus on the last major ability of my Ultimate Skill, 'The ability to transform into a meme, an idea that spreads between people by informing them about it, similar to how sick people spread diseases. This is, without any doubt, one of the most powerful abilities of my Ultimate Skill... With this, I can basically transform myself into something akin to a Concept, something that exists and can't be killed, erased, or destroyed for as long as it isn't forgotten. This means that as long as even 1 single person in the whole Omniverse still remembers about me, then I can never truly die in any way.'
After analyzing the last major ability of my Ultimate Skill, I smile wryly while thinking, 'Unfortunately, as powerful as this last ability is, it doesn't guaratee my safety in any way, after all, as I said many times before, immortality is very common in the Omniverse and so are the way to go around all kinds of immortalities. In the case of this specific Concept-Dependent Immortality, the weaknesses are quite clear. Destroying the meme and making it forgotten will make me, the user, mortal and destructible again. Absolute Character Erasure, Conclusion Dominance, and Absolute Destruction can erase/destroy me. I can still go through immense levels of mental trauma that can destroy my mind, effectively killing me despite being still technically alive. I can still be weakened, constrained, or sealed. And so on. The disadvantages of literally infinite possibilities mean that anything is possible.'
Done with analyzing my Ultimate Skill, I focus back on my Digimon Partners, asking them what they felt when they stepped into this universe.
Patamon, Wormmon, and V-mon quickly told me that the Voice of the World simply gave them the ability to convert their Data into Magicules, but that nothing else changed, as the Digimon by nature are quite compatible with this reality, so the Voice of the World concluded that there was any need to make any changes.
While listening to my Digimon Partners, I also quickly go over the information that the Voice of the World gave me regarding how it categorizes the skills.
Skills are a type of special phenomenon activation system that automatically perform inscribed supernatural effects known as powers.
The nature of the power varies from skill to skill, some belonging to magic, some manipulating the world through purely natural means, while the most powerful among them are capable of bending the laws of the world to suit the user's will.
When a skill is acquired, it is chiseled into the person who awakened it.
The exact location of the skill varies, with five different potential spots: the material body, spiritual body, astral body, soul, or heart core.
Weaker skills typically reside within the body, while skills that are fully sublimated into their user are settled into the soul and are subsequently more powerful as a result.
As long as the user has a sufficient amount of energy, like soul force, Mana, magicules, etc., they can instantly activate a skill just through a thought without any need to understand the mechanism behind it, having an instinctual awareness of its existence and how to activate it.
Though it should be noted that the potency of the resulting power is determined by the willpower of the skill owner, two of the same skill can have vastly different results when activated, depending on the will that drives it.
The inverse can also be true, with a powerful skill requiring an equally powerful will to activate at all.
In total, there are six types of Skills: Intrinsic Skills, Common Skills, Extra Skills, Unique Skills, Ultimate Skills, and Resist Skills.
The Intrinsic Skills are skills inherent to the physiology of the user, typically obtained from birth or through evolution.
The Common Skills are the most basic level of skills; they're typically limited to only a single effect without much flexibility, making them easy to master in exchange for a lack of versatility.
This doesn't necessarily mean they are weak or useless, however, as some of them can have lethal and destructive effects.
The Extra skills are a step above common skills in terms of power and versatility; they are the highest level of skills that can be obtained through effort and come in a wide variety of different powers.
The exact power of extra skills can vary greatly; some are just barely stronger than common skills, while others can potentially match or even exceed the power of unique skills.
The Unique Skills are skills that are born as the expression of the mind, emotions, and desires of their user.
Unique Skills, like their name would suggest, offer their user access to a completely unique power different from that of ordinary magic or skills.
They're usually the manifestation of the mind brought about only when a strong individual is filled with strong desires and emotions, usually after overcoming a trial or experiencing some sort of growth.
The Ultimate Skills are the successors to Unique Skills and the final evolutionary stage of skills in general.
Ultimate skills, as the name implies, grant their wielder the ultimate power to control the very laws of nature.
The only ways to counter an ultimate skill are with another ultimate skill, Administrative Authority, ultimate-level magic, God-grade equipment, or divinity, although it all boils down to willpower.
If unique skills are born from one's individuality, ultimate skills are born when unique skills are brought past their limit; that is why no ultimate skill is identical.
A strong will and soul, as well as being a Spiritual life-form, are necessary to awaken an ultimate skill. Similar to all skills, a large amount of energy is consumed and converted to awaken them.
Lastly, the Resist Skills, a special category of skills that passively protect the user from being damaged by certain types of attacks or phenomena. They can be intrinsic skills, although they are more often acquired through repeated or prolonged exposure to certain attacks or phenomena.
Resist skills come in two varieties, resistances and nullifications.
Resistance-types grant the user an extraordinarily high tolerance towards attacks or phenomena of their type, while nullification-types make them outright ineffective, no matter the intensity.
The two flaws with resist skills are that certain abilities are capable of bypassing them and that resist skills for holy and demonic attacks cannot be obtained as nullifications.
After going over the information given to me by the Voice of the World, I use my Cosmic Awareness to search for Nikita, Zandeer, Blucomon, and Agumon, and it doesn't take me long to find them, especially since their location is relatively close by.
Because of that, I also immediately realize that our current location is actually the Great Jura Forest, a large woodland situated at the center of the Magic Continent.
For a long time, the Great Jura Forest had served as a buffer zone, mitigating direct confrontation between countries. It's unknown whether the land started off barren or was already a forest, but it was inhabited by Storm Dragon Veldora and had been his territory for centuries.
Under the influence of his magical energy, the forest expanded and grew to cover a vast amount of land.
When the dryads and treants led by Treyni sought a new home after the incarnation of the Elemental Queen at the time perished, Veldora welcomed them with open arms.
The Dryads happily took up the task of maintaining order in the forest, with Veldora as its guardian. Under the two, the monsters in the forest enjoyed security from outside forces.
Until Veldora's disappearance from the forest, the Demon Lords had a mutual pact in place that forbade them from setting foot there, to prevent Veldora's seal from being undone.
Due to the presence of the dragon, even in his sealed state, his presence alone was presumably enough to deter the Eastern Empire from invading.
The monsters of the forest were under the impression that they received divine protection from the Storm Dragon - that was why they could live inside that brutal surge of magic power it emitted. Though it was unpleasant, it was because of his existence that external aggression was impossible.
Without wasting any more time, I teleport us all to our friends' location arriving a few meters away from a lively plot of land located nearby a water source and some cleared land suitable for farming where thousands of green-skinned humanoid, Hobgoblins and Goblinas, and what looks like classic fantasy Dwarves are busy building houses and other structures essential for the creation of a functioning town while huge, horned canids, the Tempest Wolves, are helping and guarding them.
These are the people under the rule of Rimunu Tempest who are clearly building a new town after their previous village became too small to host all of them, as their number increased.
The Hobgoblins are the evolved form of male Goblins. They retain the green skin from their pre-evolved form, and their average height and appearance are improved.
The Goblinas are the evolved form of female Goblins, and they too retain the green skin from their pre-evolved form, and their average height and appearance are improved.
The Dwarves appear as they do in most fantasy works; short, stocky, and full of muscle, with most of the men sporting large and luxurious beards.
Their skin tone can vary between a deep brown and pale white, and while a majority of them have heights around the size of human children.
Lastly, the Tempest Wolves have jet black fur, similar to their black fang counterparts. However, their fur has an ever-so-slight purplish shine, due to their storm influence.
They are up to 3 meters in length, with their leader being slightly larger and having a horn on its head.
As I and my Digimon Partners are watching the Hobgoblins, Goblinas, Dwarves, and Tempest Wolves working together to build the town, a group of people is calmly approaching us with a pair of familiar faces leading them.
I immediately recognize my friends Nikita and Zandeer with their Digimon Partners, Blucomon and Agumon, following after them before I focus on the other members of the group behind them.
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 looks very similar to Jotaro Kujo from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Universe, something that gives away his identity as the former Champion of Fusion, Jouichi Kujo.
Standing next to him is Iggy, a small, black and white dog very similar to a Boston Terrier; his paws, stomach, chest, and neck are white, as are the areas around his mouth and forehead.
Right next to Iggy, standing very close to Jouichi Kujo, 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 and cautious light within them. But something about her gaze gives me a bad vibe, like she is constantly analyzing me, searching for weakness to exploit.
I also immediately realize that she is the former Champion of Reality, Nellika Zoldyck, from the Hunter x Hunter Universe, because she looks like a genderbent version of Illumi Zoldyck, who is likely her brother.
Then my gaze moves to yet another beautiful young woman with a round face, short brown hair, and grey eyes, she gives bookish but highly intelligent vibe, and the immense Magical Power hidden in her body also immediately gives away her indentity as the Champion of Chaos, Aletha Longbottom who obviosly chose to reincarnate in the Harry Potter Universe.
Lastly, there is a young man who looks kind of similar to Mark Greyson from Invincible; he has short, black hair styled neatly, combed back from his forehead.
He possesses a strong jawline, a straight nose, and a calm, serious expression, while his eyes are a light gray and are fairly large in proportion to his face, and he has a muscular, athletic build.
His posture is straight and confident, suggesting strength and self-assurance, while his attire consists of a form-fitting bodysuit primarily white in color with teal/blue accents around the chest and waist.
Over this, he wears a long, flowing white robe or cape that extends to the floor, giving him a regal appearance. A gold-colored belt or sash is visible at his waist. Teal/blue vertical panels on the chest and waist area are accented with gold. Gold colored wristbands or cuffs are present on his wrists. His boots appear to be white or light-colored, long, and seemingly part of his costume.
Overall, he truly looks like a powerful hero that jumped straight out of a comic, which also makes it quite clear that he is the tragic Paul Grayson, former Champion of Metal.
(Image Here - Paul Grayson)
Right behind them, there is another group of familiar faces formed by a mix of humans and monsters.
The reason why they are familiar faces is not because I personally know them, but because I recognize their features from the images I saw in my previous life.
The tallest among them is a tall and robust Hobgoblin with short grey hair and deep-set eyes.
He is Rigurd, the former village chief of the Goblin Village found by Rimuru and the very first subordinate named by him.
(Image Here - Rigurd)
I move my gaze away from Rigur and focus on the 5 meters long a Tempest Wolf with a growing horn that protrudes out below the center of the star mark on his forehead.
The ends of his limbs are now covered in green socks, which are divided into sections roughly the same size as one another, leaving his paws exposed.
He is Ragna, a magical beast who was named by and is now in the service of Rimuru Tempest.
He is the leader of the Tempest Wolf Clan and the son of the previous Direwolf Boss.
(Image Here - Ragna)
After looking at Ragna, I focus on the adventure party led by a young man with medium-length brown-blonde hair, golden eyes, and a light chin strap beard, seemingly in his prime.
He is Kaval, the leader of his adventure party, where he serves as the 'fighter'.
(Image Here - Kaval)
Another member of this adventure party is Gido, who serves the "thief" role.
He is a male with a tall and strong build, a rectangular head, brown hair that is cut short, and a goatee, while his cheeks have distinct depressions.
(Image Here - Gido)
The last and most important member of this party is "Ellen", true name Elyun Grimwald.
Elyun is a young woman of fair stature with blonde hair; she has green eyes with special markings under them and wears a blue tie-on headband.
Her attire consists of clothes fit for travel as an adventurer.
She may appear like a normal human, but it is clear in my eyes that she is an elf and that she is currently hiding her pointy ears with Magic.
(Image Here - Elyun Grimwald)
The reason she is the most important person in this adventure party is that she is a member of the Sorcerous Dynasty of Sarion's royal family, and Kaval and Gido are, in fact, her bodyguards.
The last two members of this group are without any doubt the most intriguing, mostly because if one ignores a few clear differences, they look like a pair of sibilings, and more importantly, because one of them should be dead.
One of the pair of seemingly sibilings is a beautiful young woman of average height with black eyes and black hair, as well as red burn scars under one of her eyes.
She is Shizu, formerly called Shizue Izawa, who was the companion of the previous chosen hero as well as a Japanese Summoned Otherworlder.
She is also known as the Legendary Hero "Conqueror of Flames", an A+ ranked Adventurer of the Free Guild's Headquarters and the former homeroom teacher of the Freedom Academy's S Class students.
(Image Here - Shizu)
The other, smaller and shorter one, is actually the Human Form of Rimuru whose facial features are nearly identical to those of Shizu, but the long silver-blue hair and deep golden eyes give off an otherworldly divine beauty that sets the two apart.
There is also the fact, that Rimuru's Human Form is very androgynous because of the fact that he is actually a genderless slime.
(Image Here - Rimuru Tempest Human Form)
Once they are close enough, Nikita and Zandeer enthusiastically greet us, with Nikita even hugging us before Nikita starts to formally introduce us to the rest of the group, "This is the friend we talked about, Jayr. And these cuties are his Digimon Partners, Wormmon, Patamon, and V-mon. With their help, we will surely be able to defend this universe from the invasion of the Champion of Power and his army."
Nikita's introduction is met with mixed reactions; some are hopeful, some remain calm but polite, and some are still very tense, especially those who have a faint idea of what kind of danger those enemies will bring.
Following his wife's example, Zandeer also introduces the rest of their group to us, starting by pointing at Jouichi Kuju, "Well, let's start in order... This serious-looking guy is Jouichi Kujo, the former Champion of Fusion. He was my opponent in the last Random Battle. He is quite powerful, as he was my toughest fight yet. He actually forced me to go all out to defeat him."
Jouichi steps forward and says, "It's nice to meet you. You can call me Jouichi," before he tells me a little more about himself, "As you probably know, I'm from the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Universe, and as you've guessed, I am a Stand User. The name of my Stand is Smooth Criminal, which has the power to fuse anything it touches. I've also infused Gourmet Cells into my body, gaining overwhelming life force and power to overcome the limitations of my physical body. On top of that, when I arrived in this universe, I acquired a Unique Skill that allows me to evolve my Stand."
After saying that, Jouichi points at Iggy and says, "This is my best friend, Iggy. He is a Stand User like me. His Stand is The Fool, a Stand with a basic-but-versatile power of Sand Manifestation and Shapeshifting. Like me, his body was also infused with Gourmet Cells, making him much stronger than regular dogs. And it seems that he has also gained the Unique Skill to transform into sand anything he or his Stand touches, of course, with some limitations."
Iggy then proudly puffs his chest while wagging his tail before he demonstrates his Unique Skill by tapping a single blade of grass with his front paw, turning it into a handful of sand in an instant.
After that, Nikita hugs Nellika from behind and says, "Meanwhile, this cold beauty is Nellika Zoldyck. She is Jouichi's girlfriend," which makes Nellika nod and says in an even tone, "It's a pleasure. Like Nikita just told you, my name is Nellika Zoldyck, and I'm the former Champion of Reality. You can call me Nellika. I'm a trained Assassin. My upbringing prevents me to not revealing anything about my abilities that may be used against me. But I have no problems in informing you all that I also infused Gourmet Cells into my body and did gain a useful Unique Skill when I arrived in this Universe."
Without waiting for either Nikita or Zendeer, Aletha steps forward and cheerfully introduces herself in a clearly British accent, "Heya! My name is Aletha Longbottom from the Harry Potter Universe, obviously. I am the Champion of Chaos and an exceptional Witch. I fully specialize in Magic and have fun learning all kinds of Magics from all over the Omniverse, and of course charming lovely ladies. Like us all, I also gained a Unique Skill when I arrived here, but since it is possible that we may face each other in the future, I won't reveal it unless absolutely necessary."
Then Aletha points at Paul Grayson and says, "Lastly, this poor brooding hunk is Paul Grayson, the former Champion of Metal. The woman he loved was killed before his eyes, and his family and the rest of his Universe are completely gone too."
In response to that, the muscles of Paul's face twitched a little before he simply looked at me, nodded, and said in a muted tone, "Nice to meet you..."
At this point, I focus on Paul a little bit more and see that his Soul is shining in a clear blue light, a sign that my Divinity as God of Justice is informing me that he is a good, just person who spent most of his life doing good and helping people.
Seeing that, I smile and say, "Again, nice to meet you, Paul..." before I inform him, "I have some good and bad news for you."
This immediately catches everyone's attention as they fully focus on us while I ask, "Which one do you want to hear first?"
In response, Paul smiles wryly and says, "I have heard enough bad news to last me a lifetime... For a change, I'd like to hear the good news first."
Hearing that, I smile and, without going around the issue, I inform him, "Well, the good news is that I can restore your destroyed universe."
As soon as I finish saying that, everyone around me freezes for a moment before they exclaim.
"""""""WHAT!!?"""""""
Of course, Paul has the greatest reaction as his body starts to shake, barely able to hold himself back while growling, "Are you telling the truth...? Is such a thing really possible...?"
In response, I calmly nod and curtly reply, "Yes, it's possible," before I add, "However, not at the moment," which makes Paul simply ask, "Why? Is there some kind of price I have to pay?"
Hearing that, I look at him straight in the eyes to convey my sincerity and tell him, "No, there is no price you have to pay. This is about the bad news I still have to tell you."
After saying that, I don't give him the chance to interrupt me by saying anything and start to explain, "You see, if your home universe was simply destroyed in any other way than the one it happened, then I could have easily restored your universe in no time. However, your home universe wasn't simply destroyed or erased. It was consumed by Unicron, which means that in some way, it is a part of him now. This means that if we want to restore your Universe, we first have to completely destroy Unicron himself. Only after he is completely gone, I will be able to restore your home universe."