I would like to say that being the founder and leader of a new faction is a lot of work but honestly it simply isn't. Whatever work I might have to do is shouldered by either my cute NPCs or my children now that they are all grown and want to leave the nest to make something of themselves.
I on the other hand am served day and night to the point of being spoiled.
Truly the most work I do is studying magic which is a passion for me so I don't consider that work.
As for working out… Well, I rarely do that anymore. The fact is that no matter how hard I train I keep on getting diminishing returns. At this point I am quite sure that I am close to the peak potential of this body.
The only reason I continue to train on occasion is due to how it strengthens my lifeforce, Lifeforce being the greatest determining factor as to how strong my creations can be.
Anything I create that is even remotely related to life demands Lifeforce above anything else.
Hence why I am now able to create even high class NPCs with contemptuous ease. Even the Level 100 NPCs that used to drain me for days are getting less and less of a burden to create.
My faction has been growing nicely, we have now reached a monumental 220,000 members.
Granted the vast majority are low level NPCs but with my policy of creating at least one Unsullied per week, I now have over 1,900 Ultimate Class NPCs.
I also took this time to recreate some of the individuals I liked from the worlds I have already visited, all while strengthening them, so that they may help me in their fields of expertise.
It might sound impressive and it is, but compared to what I saw in Hell my faction would be lucky to withstand the assault of a single Legion.
Comparing what I can see to what I know will remain of the forces of Hell proves how devastating the coming war will be.
I know that I will get drawn into the Great War whether I want to or not, that is why I am doing my best to prepare.
…
I sometimes observe the forces of hell as they are the only ones I feel safe spying upon and what I found was truly shocking.
From what I could observe there are tens if not hundreds of millions of Devils with thousands more being created each and every day.
In sheer output Lilith surpasses my ability to create NPCs by over a hundred times.
Though to be fair all the Devils I've seen her create through some pool of blood are all at the low class of power. However, Devils have the ability to improve themselves and thus become stronger, whilst my NPCs are locked at the level I create them.
This is due to them not being truly alive and thus unable to produce Lifeforce, the greatest component in the growth of living beings.
As much as I would like to start analyzing Devil kind and assimilating their abilities, I am currently occupied with scanning a new universe.
That being the world of Mushoku Tensei.
At first glance you would think this a low magic world with some excellent swordsmanship, but I knew better. In this world exist a number of abilities that boggle the mind with powers that even I find impressive.
I knew that there are beings in this world that might be either strong enough to feel my sight or with abilities that would alert them to me, hence why I decided to start by copying all the books related to magic I could find.
Anything from Beginner to God ranked Magic and Swordsmanship.
Their magic is uniquely sooted for someone like me with a magic core and similar mana pathways, and frankly the God rank magic is absolutely terrifying. If I could master a single one then I would immediately be promoted to Satan Class.
These spells can affect entire continents and I have found mention of God ranked spells that can affect an entire realm.
The sword is not my most favored weapon but I live by the principle of having being better than not having and one day needing, so I spent some time scanning the Sword, Water and North Gods along with any written techniques they haven't mastered.
I might not be all that gifted with the sword but I am a natural with the spear and shield hence why I took special care to learn all I can from Ruijerd.
After plundering all I really wanted I then moved to analyzing the major figures of this world.
And indeed there were abilities I would not want to leave behind, the first being the curse Elinalise was afflicted with after all the difference between a blessing and a curse is paper thin and mostly depends on how it affects the person. Given some time I could modify this ability and thus become able to produce crystallized magic.
The next individual of interest to me is Zanoba Shirone with his Miko Body and super human strength, as I suspected Miko Powers are akin to Yggdrasil classes, that is to say that they resemble enchantment weaved into the body of an individual. The same applies to the Miko of Memory, Zenith, and even Elinalise.
I then moved onto Atoferatofe Raibaku. I was mostly interested in her immortality along with her regeneration factor and I was not disappointed. I finally found a method to grant myself two abilities that will no doubt prove crucial if I am ever in a pinch.
Perugius DOLA was of special interest mostly due to my curiosity of how dragons differ between DxD and Mushoku Tensei, after all I am unsure if I will be able to scan or even find Orsted.
My next target was the Demon Empress Kishirika Kishirisu, but that was when things took a strange turn…
"AAAAH! A pervert is spying on me! Badigadi, where are you? Come protect your defenceless wify." As soon as I laid my eyes upon her she started making a scene, granted she was butt naked but I mean she is in her child form.
I wanted to ignore her and instead focus on downloading her template but damn if she isn't annoying. It got to the point that I just had to pause my scan and instead looked for a way to communicate.
After a long time examining my abilities I concluded that I had nothing that could use my sight to communicate, until I remembered the ability of Mother Rhoyne to communicate through the manipulation of her would-be body (the Rhoyne river).
I tried to replicate it but still no success, but somehow Kishirika felt something.
"Hey! What did you do? Is this magic? But my Magic Power Eyes couldn't see anything."
I stopped trying to affect the nearby body of water and instead tried every other method I could think of, from imbuing words into the air to shaping dirt, nothing worked, and her insistent nagging didn't help either.
"Ha, a pervert I say, you are a filthy pervert that lusts after this Empresses' body. Just wait, I will tell my hubby and he will teach you a lesson…"
She was so annoying that I lost control and all but sent a mental attack telling her to "Shut The Fuck Up"
"Hey! no need to be mean, you are the pervert not me…"
At this point I didn't care how I did that, all I wanted was to strangle this brat. But logic prevailed and I decided to have my first trans-universal dialogue.
"Shut it Brat!" Yes, I decided to talk, that isn't to say that I wasn't pissed with this little shit.
"You can't see me because I exist outside your reality, I was interested in your eyes that's why I was analysing you, and to be clear the only one who would be interested in your imature body would be a fucking degenerate of legendary proportions."
'Yeh! that will teach this brat!'
"So you're saying that you are a degenerate of legendary proportions…"
…
I want to kill this brat.
'Calm yourself Noelle, she is messing with you… I think…'
"How did you notice my gaze?" This is important, if even Kishirika can feel me then there is no way Orsted and Hitogami won't.
"Umm, that was easy, it's a combination of my All-Seeing Eyes and my Eyes of Insight. The first allows me to see anything and everything that exists within this world and the other one grants me an understanding of what I see. Hah, you thought that you could gaze upon this majestic body without me knowing, keep dreaming, all this sexiness is Badigadi's." She brags with her nose in the air, making a pose.
Are her eyes that powerful? If so then I must have them or at least understand the principles to hopefully turn this ability into a magic spell or an item.
Thankfully all she can do is feel my presence.
It will take me a few DxD days to fully annalize her so I will just bear with her shenanigans.
"So where are you from? Are you with that Hitogami?"
I don't mind answering, if anything I will do anything to keep her acting sane.
"I am from another universe, most call it DxD or the Draconic Deus to honor the two most powerful beings although I believe that one of them has yet to be born."
I mean if Great Red was alive then he wouldn't have allowed me to enter his universe unlike Ophis who only cares for her silence.
"Ohh, so you were spared the wrath of the Dragon God. Interesting, I thought that there were only 6 worlds."
"No, well this is a bit complicated to explain but I will give it a try. As an outsider I can easily get an overview of your universe, I also know of your history and what will come to be. As far as I can tell there are two remaining planes of existence, yours and one devoid of all magic hence why you never knew about it. However I am from neither, we are separated by the True Void, hence our worlds are completely unrelated."
"Humm, I see… so you are using this ability to peer into other worlds to gain an edge over those native to your world."
She might act like an idiot but this is still the ruler of Demon kind. She easily caught on to what I am doing.
"Say, do you think that the Dragon and Human Gods will feel my sight?"
"The Human God I am not sure but the Dragon God will definitely feel your presence. I am not sure how you are doing whatever you are doing since it's definitely not magic, but the senses of the Dragon God are comparable to my Demon eyes hence why I believe that hiding from him is impossible."
Damn, and here I hoped to get a scan of Orsted.
Then again I have been looking for him for almost a decade (Mushoku Time) and yet I haven't got a clue about his location. I am pretty sure that whatever he is using to avoid Hitogami is also working on me. Either that or I have been very unlucky.
At this point I should finish with the Demon Empress then move onto Hitogami, he is the last person of interest to me.
To keep her from annoying me I decided to entertain Kishirika with stories of fiction along with sharing my future knowledge of her world. A cheap price for what I have gained. That isn't to say that I have forgiven her, I intend to get my vengeance one way or another.
The Demon Empress was the longest template scan I have ever made, 9 years (Mushoku Time) that's how long it took me.
Finding Hitogami's hiding place is easy, after all the entire universe is an open book to me.
However that was when I encountered my second setback for the Human God can somehow reject my sight upon him. Whenever my sight pierces through his hiding place I get the equivalent of a poke in the eye.
Somehow this bastard is able to prevent me from even gazing upon him.
I am assuming that this is a less refined form of what powerful beings do to keep me from snooping into their universes.
'Well, you win some and lose some, I am mostly grateful that there is no being powerful enough to shield this world from my sight for what I have gained is of immeasurable value.'
I retract my conceptual gaze to more easily assimilate my gains but before any of that there is something I must do.
I rose from my bed, a smile on my face.
I focussed upon my power and brought forth my latest creation, the Demon Empress Kishirika Kishirisu in the flesh.
I could see it in her face, the moment she opened her eyes and looked my way, she understood.
And that was when she knew, she fucked up.
"Well, well, well, look who we have here." I let out a sadistic laugh. "Tell me, did you enjoy making fun of me thinking I could not get my hand upon you…"
Kishirika quickly started groveling.
"M—Mistress, I would never, you know that I am merely a clone…"
"Indeed you are, however you carry the same memories, you also possess the same soul, but above all my wrath demands to be satiated so you will do."
I conjured a whip in my hand and with a flick of my fingers Kishirika found herself hovering midair, limbs apart, ball gag shoved into her mouth.
And so the first lash of many came down upon the great Demon Empress.
"Ohh, I will enjoy this."