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(A/N: For some reason I cannot create a new story in Webnovel bruh, so I am uploading the first chap of that fic here, this is only for review purposes!)
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3rd Pov
On the first day, when Natsuki Subaru got teleported into another world he thought adventure and romance will wait him.
However, all waited him a world full of despair, he died several times trying to save Emilia and only succeeded when Reinhard intervened.
After that he got to mansion where he died another few times, killed by the people whom he thought friends.
He could still remember her look of disgust and hatred as she swung her morning star on him, while shouting "Die Filthy Witch Cultist!"
Yet somehow through all that despair, he carried through and finally saved the Village and befriended Rem, the best part? She fell in love with him.
When he thought that things were finally getting better for him, finally he could be of some use and then he went to the Royal Capital, his worst decision ever.
There he stood for Emilia only to be humiliated and only for his efforts to be denied for all of the efforts he made, he was bitter and decided to get strong for real this time.
However, he remained the pathetic weakling he was, then he encountered the witch cult.
Everyone in the Arlam village, Rem, Ram and Petra were slaughtered, then after that shock he went almost insane and seeing Rem being killed horribly by the Archbishop of Sloth.
At that moment he vowed to kill him, however knowing the weakling he was he decided to beg the three candidates to help him.
The result?
He was denied any help, even when he was ready to put all of his dignity in gutter, he was humiliated and then used by the third candidate for some measly info before getting discarded.
He still carried on found some help, yet they encountered another calamity on their path, The White Whale, and it finally broke him.
In the end he decided to run away with Rem and persuaded her to leave with her, yet she denied him and was about to encourage him, her words which would have resulted him to make an alliance between the three camps.
Before she could say anything, Subaru said "Shut up! Leave me alone!"
She became silent, she wanted to persuade him, cheer him up. Tell him how much he meant to her, however the look on his face said it.
"Sub-" before she could say anything Subaru spat "Please leave me alone! Just please!"
She became silent as he cried "I will talk with you later, I j-just need some time alone"
In the end she accepted his decision, and that would change Natsuki Subaru's life forever.
What he did next?
He ran away, after purchasing a ground dragon from some meagre funds he had, without packing anything he just ran away.
He galloped the ground dragon towards an entirely different direction from the Arlam village, from all that despair, he galloped, galloped and galloped.
'If I run away! I don't have to encounter those monsters anymore!' he thought, he was leaving Rem behind, he was leaving Ram and Emilia behind.
Just how pathetic he was?! He thought.
Yet he was at his wits' end.
'Everything was my fault! Only if I hadn't met Emilia! If only I hadn't stayed in that cursed mansion! If only I was never teleported here!' he thought with clenched fists.
Only if he was never teleported to this world, he would have been free of this despair.
Suddenly he felt wind becoming turbulent and he pulled the reins stopping the ground dragon, 'A storm?' he thought.
However, in the end he didn't stop and hastened his pace.
As if, a storm could be worse than those monstrosities!
He didn't know what he will do next, however he thought it will be good if he goes to some remote village and spends his rest of life like the pathetic man he is!
Suddenly as if glass has been cracked, and a bomb has erupted. A sudden shockwave made him halt.
"What is that?!" his eyes widened, and fear took him as he saw the two figures on the skies, suddenly their bodies became bigger covering his vision.
"Yam hai hum!" a figure whose body was slightly fat and had fair skin and was cladded in clothes made of gold said in a language that he knew from his previous world. The other figure whose figure was slim and wore a robe chuckled and said in English "Yamraj! This time you shall die!"
"Filthy Roman! Die!" the fat figure or perhaps the one named 'Yamraj' roared and manifested a huge stick and swung it towards the second figure.
The second figure, vanished and appeared behind him and space itself bended in his palm, manifesting a transparent pole.
"What the fuck?!" Subaru screamed and as his words cut through the clash, both the Gods stopped.
"Hoho! A mortal here? To think there will be humans in this unknown world" said the second figure.
The first figure frowned and looked towards Subaru who trembled in figure.
"Mortal why are you here? You should run unless you are here to try your luck and become a Godslayer?" he asked.
"Godslayer?" he muttered however despite the distance between them, both of them heard him.
"Those who achieve the impossible act of slaying a God with their mortal body, become Godslayers and are able to steal the God's authorities" the second figure said.
"Mortal you better leave! I am rather a kind God, so I am warning you. However, if you stay here, you will die" Yamraj warned for the last time before manifesting a noose.
"Henceforth I shall fulfil my dharma and judge the sinner!"
The second figure snickered before chanting too.
Subaru meanwhile was in shock, his hands trembled as his ground dragon shrieked.
"Godslayer? I-If I become Godslayer can I save them?" he muttered to himself, and as if something has awakened him, he clenched his fists.
'What a joke! I am just a pathetic man, how can I slay Gods?!' he though berating himself, yet a feeling remained.
'I don't want to lose again, I don't to see Rem die again, I don't want to suffer anymore, I don't want to remain pathetic man I am!' he thought and he clenched his fists.
Finally, he looked at the two giant figures and attempted the most foolish thing of his entire life.
Challenging a God.
*Boom*
He was blasted into gore the next moment from a shockwave.
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Natsuki Subaru gasped as he looked around "M-My save point has been updated! It is just before I encountered those Gods"
He then thought what happened and snickered to himself "What a foolish thought! How can someone like me ever hope to slay a God?"
'I should just run away like the loser I am' he thought and turned around yet he couldn't pull the reins.
'Why? Why can't I pull the reins? Why I still have this stupid idea of slaying the God and usurping their authorities?' he thought.
'I don't want to die! I don't want to die! I don't want to die! I don't want to die! I don't want to die! I don't want to die! I don't want to lose!'
Yes, he finally realized, he didn't want to die, but more so he didn't want to lose. He wanted to see Rem survive, see her smile.
"I got angry on her… and even said her to leave me alone, while running away like a loser!" he said as tears poured down his cheek.
"I don't want to die… But more than that, I don't want to lose" he said and turned around looking at the two hulking figure that had appeared and were clashing against each other.
He grabbed his chest and clenched it with angry eyes "I have RBD, I can find a way… I will have to find a way!" he thought.
It wasn't Rem that give him hope in this timeline.
It was his Pride that was almost shattered, it wanted to show everyone how wrong they were!
It was his Sloth, which refused to take the hard route of watching them die.
It was his Gluttony, which wanted to devour the joy of his enemies.
It was his Greed, which wanted him to gain more power, the power of a God!
It was his Wrath, which he wanted to unleash upon his enemies.
It was his Lust, which refused to watch the woman he loved die.
It was his Envy, which envied those who had power, those who could have helped him.
In the end he had made his decision.
'First things, I will need to gather information seeing how those Gods stopped in the middle of battle just to warn me, tells that they are rather kind or foolish Gods' he thought.
However, Kind or not, they will be his prey.
He finally pulled the reins and the ground dragon carried him towards the clas.
"Stop!" he shouted and both of them stopped though not before creating some distance between them.
"A Mortal? You said this world will be free of humans!" Yamraj grunted while the second figure said "I was willing to go to another world, so we don't harm humans, who are you to accuse me?!"
"Listen to me!" he shouted and they looked at him.
"W-Who are you both? I know you are gods but-" they both chuckled.
"I am God of Death! Yamraj!" the first figure, completely cladded in gold on his upper half and wearing a dhoti on his lower half replied.
"I am God of Beginnings, Gates, Transition, Time, Passages, Space, and Endings! Janus!" the second figure introduced himself.
Subaru quickly realized who they were thankfully due to his vast Mythological knowledge, former was Hindu God of Death and Judge of Hell.
The latter was a Roman God, however why they were both fighting and why the fuck two gods from different mythology even interacted?
He didn't know, however he could infer they were from a different world considering their words.
Subaru soon acted on his plan, however realizing he was trying to kill them, Yamraj swung his stick, and shattered his body into gore.
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Subaru didn't give up, during his third life he finally found something that was capable of harming those Gods. It was shards of space from Janus' spear, the very fact that space itself was torn apart showed the prowess of the two Gods.
However the moment he touched the space, his skin burned and melted leaving him with agonizing pain, yet he gritted his teeth and threw it towards the both entities.
Lucikly it hit them both and pierced their skin, however it was unable to kill them and Janus stabbed his spear and created a big hole on his body, tearing it into two.
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Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and finally Seventh time, he had died six times and now during his seventh time he formed a plan.
"Oh, Mighty Gods! Your wrath shall consume this fragile world! Please have mercy!" he said.
"I understand mortal; however, I have to kill this filth," said Yamraj.
Janus rolled his eyes and said "Yeah, this fat man has to die!"
Subaru knelt and said "Then please oh might beings! Use your weapons to fight, however do not unleash your Divine Authorities!"
Both of their eyes lit up "Hmm, indeed if we both were to fight with our sheer strength it could give a better result"
"Are you so foolish to follow the words of a mortal?" Janus snickered however Yamraj laughed.
"Or you are so scared to fight me like a man?" Yamraj said and Janus roared "Fine! I shall take you in!"
Then they started fighting using their weapons, Subaru quickly got on top of a nearby small hill and watched their fight carefully.
His palms seethed with pain as he secretly grabbed two broken pieces of space shards, now all was left was to wait till the loop where both gods almost kill each other and he reaps their life.
He knew perhaps he would have to die more times, but Subaru wasn't willing to stop now, he finally saw victory in his sight.
"Arggh!" Suddenly Yamraj's chest was pierced by the spatial spear, he roared and pierced Janus' heart with his stick.
'This is the time!' Subaru thought, he didn't think he would be this lucky to have the chance on the first try. He quickly ran and jumped off the cliff, and silently threw both the shards at two gods.
He fell on the ground, and his bones broke, however his shards successfully pierced both the Gods.
Subaru turned himself, barely breathing and blood dripped from his head, when he heard the laughter of both the Gods.
"Mortal! Rejoice for you have slain the God of Death, Judge of Hell!" Yamraj said as his figure started vanishing.
"To kill two gods at once, you did take advantage of our kindness. Other Gods would have obliterated you the moment you have came near them, but still! You have become a God slayer!"
Both of them wished Subaru well before vanishing, Subaru's became unconscious.
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When Subaru opened his eyes, he was on someone's lap.
He opened his eyes to see a woman with violet hair, and blue eyes looking at him with affection.
"Fufu, to think I will have a child from another world! Truly a blessing!" she said as she gently patted his head.
Subaru jumped off from her lap and said "Where I am?!"
"Oh! How rude, you will make your Mommy cry" she said making a sad expression when Subaru remembered his act of slaying the Gods.
"Wait I slayed those Gods" he said and Pandora chuckled "Yes, even though you did take a bit of advantage of them, considering you were just a mortal before I shall make you my seventh child and the seventh God slayer"
"Who are you?" Subaru finally asked.
"I am a True God, Pandora the mother of all Campione's or the God-slayers, this also makes you the bastard children of my husband, Epimetheus. All those who have achieved the impossible act of slaying a god with a mortal body are reborn as my children, and as God-slayer" she said.
Subaru was stunned, he looked at her and saw how beautiful she was.
"A Goddess, otherworld, overpowered abilities" he muttered before he came to a realization.
"Is this the cliché isekai? Am I finally getting my powers?" he said and his eyes became moist.
"Finally! Finally, I won't have to die meaningless deaths anymore!" he cried and suddenly Pandora came and hugged him.
He tried to break from her arms when she hugged him tighter and patted his back.
"Shush, let it all out, son" the moment she called him 'Son' he broke and cried loudly.
He told her all he experienced, he told her the experiences of dying, of being betrayed, of being forgotten, of being discarded.
"Thank you, for listening to me while I was crying like a baby" he thanked her.
"To think they have the audacity to do that to my child! But don't worry! From now onwards your entire destiny has changed!" she said with a smile.
"You truly are my most broken child, I wish I could have given you more Authorities, alas I wouldn't be a fair mother if I were to do that" she said with regret.
"Divine Authorities? Isn't that the power of Gods?" he asked, he still wasn't clear about Gods and their abilities even if he had realized it was their trump cards.
"Indeed, I see you are rather devoid of any knowledge on this matter, as your mother I shall fill you in"
She then continued to tell him about Heretic Gods, Campione, Divine Authorities, and stuff about her world, pointing out Natsuki's previous Earth was a parallel world of hers.
"Th-This is a lot to take in" he said truthfully, he now realized what it meant to be a God-slayer.
"No need to hurry, I can slowly explain you all you want" she said softly caressing his cheek.
After a moment he asked "Pandora, can you tell me who sent me to another world?"
He did have an idea, but he still didn't know why he was sent to another world in the first place.
Pandora said "Only on one condition, you have to call me mother, mom, mommy whatever you prefer!"
Hearing her words he sighed and said "Please Mommy"
Pandora shivered in excitement, and flashed a wide smile.
"The one that summoned you to the other world is Witch of Envy and Satella"
"Wait? Aren't they the same being"
She shook her head seeing his confusion.
"From the memories of world that I gathered, Witch of Envy and Satella are two personalities inhabiting the same body. For some reason they love you" she said.
"Love me? That's it? I am loved by the Devil itself why did my life turned out to be like some third-rate romance story out of nowhere?" he grunted.
"I couldn't see the memories of past, Od Laguna is quite restrictive of it. However, you do possess an ability rivalling Divine Authorities" she said.
"It is RBD isn't it?"
"Yes, Return by Death, it is an ability that surpasses most of the Divine Authorities in existence, it erases the present and sends you to the past to a certain save point, and it can even affect the entire Earth, my world" she said shocking him.
"She gave you these powers so you could live without regrets, however witch of Envy doesn't want others to know of your ability so she stops you when you try to reveal it and kills anyone who discovers it" she said.
"I-I see" he said.
"I found another thing from the memories of the world, apparently you are a Great Sage Candidate" she revealed.
"Great Sage?! Isn't she one of the three heroes who sealed Satella, am I her successor?!" he was baffled.
He didn't even think he will have such a hidden ability.
Pandora then went on to explain him about the Authorities of Sin, and how he is a great sage.
By the end, Subaru had a bitter smile on his face.
"So, the path to get stronger was always in front of me?! I just had to slay those filthy Archbishops of Sin and take their authorities?" he punched on the ground.
"Son, don't worry. Now you are a Godslayer, you can even kill that Sword Saint, Reinhard" she said softly, however Subaru was shocked beyond measure.
"I can kill Reinhard? Is that even possible?" he asked in disbelief.
"Yes, for starters other than the Ten Great Swords and Divine Dragon Volcanica in your world, no weapon or person is capable of even harming you. Same with the magic, your magic resistance nullifies all the magic that isn't godly" she said.
"Damn, but how can I kill Reinhard? He has the strongest sword and bullshit cheats!" he complained.
"Yes, however both Divine Authorities and Sin Authorities are above Divine Protections, despite his ability to resurrect, if you were to use your Divine Authority 'Noose of Death' you will be able to bypass all his protections and kill him" she revealed.
"Damn! Doesn't that mean I can kill anyone? Even Gods" he smiled however she sighed.
"Subaru, you have two Divine Authorities, each gained from the two slain Gods. However, the Authority you gained from Yamraj while invincible against those who lack Divine Authorities, it is powerless against those who possess them" she said.
She then told him, how the authority 'Noose of death' as according to legend can only claim the lives of mortals, even if the said mortal has the ability to resurrect as long as he isn't a God or God-slayer, he will be instantly killed.
Then knowing that his second Divine Authority, which was of Gates, through which he could teleport was also no attack ability.
"So I am destined to be a support role?" he said with twitching eyebrows.
"Don't worry, as long as you slay more gods and acquire their authorities, you will have serious attack capabilities" she comforted him and he nodded.
"To be honest I am not angry, I now have two OP Divine Authorities, you did say I can use the 'Noose of Death' in form of a whip, which gives wounds that doesn't heals. Not to mention my second authority let's me teleport instantly, and I can even create gates between two worlds once a day! Combine it with my RBD! I am unstoppable!" he laughed.
"Good! Being cheerful is necessary!" she clapped.
"Say, Pandora can I return back to Earth? My one?" he asked and she said "You authority can achieve that, however since you don't have any coordinates of the world. It is very difficult"
Subaru sighed "As I thought, as if everything could be easy"
"Don't worry, I will transfer my world's coordinates to your brain. Once you are free you can come in my world to get stronger" she said.
He nodded and grabbed his chin "I will, however first I will save the village and kill that giant whale, and that Sin Archbishop of Sloth. I am also planning to steal other Authorities of Sin, and get some offensive means before going to your world"
"The Authorities of Sin are quite powerful, they have no time or usage limits, and their powers depend entirely on the personality of their user. The best part is, they don't clash with Divine Authorities and the Divine Authorities can even keep their negative effects in check" she said.
"I see… Send me back and thank you for giving me a second chance, mother" he said bowing, while Pandora was disappointed, he didn't call her Mommy, she caressed his cheek.
"You are a God-slayer now, a Demon King. So never let your Pride be hurt again, son" she kissed on his forehead.
He nodded, he knew that he was now God-slayer and from what Pandora said, they were Kings, true kings with power.
Finally, he returned to his world and his reborn body.
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"What a hectic day" Miklotov sighed as he sat on his chair, seeing the current affairs of the country when he heard a knock on the door.
"Enter!"
"What's the matter?" he asked the guard who said "Sir! I have received information from other Wise men that Dragon Tablet has given a message!"
Miklotov was surprised and nodded, hurrying towards the room where the Dragon Tablet laid.
"Bordeaux you are here, all of you are here too" he said looking at the other Wise men, however their expressions were filled with shock, disbelief, and fear.
"Miklotov! See what is written on the Dragon tablet!" he said with nervousness and Miklotov looked at the tablet, his eyes widening.
[Natsuki Subaru had completed the impossible act of slaying Gods. He had slain the God of Death and God of Time-Space henceforth usurping their Divine Authorities]
"T-This!" Miklotov was shocked beyond any measure.
"I-Isn't Natsuki Subaru that boy who claimed to be the attendant of Candidate Emilia?" a Sage asked and Miklotov nodded.
"Indeed… But this news! He had slain Gods?!" Bordeaux said in shock, thinking of the same boy who was said to be humiliated by Julius.
Someone who was said to be utterly weak and pathetic, had now slain Gods?
In the world Gods were mysterious figure, some said they were just different aspects of Od Laguna, the world itself while others said they were beings who created the world.
Very few Gods had been actually verified, like God of Death and God of Sword due to their Divine Protections, however they still remain a mystery… and now two of them had been slain?!
"Is this a joke! God of Death had been killed by a mortal?! And it was that human who was beaten by Julius?!" a Wise man said.
The others too also started doubting the words of the dragon tablet wondering if it was tampered.
After all, to them it was much believable that Reinhard had slain Gods than some random nobody who is weaker than a common knight.
"Is the Dragon Tablet tampered by someone?" a Sage proposed.
"No way! Dragon Tablet has always received messages only from the Divine Dragon, to tamper it someone must be way powerful than the Divine Dragon itself!" Miklotov pointed out, shutting all of them.
"S-So that boy had really killed two Gods, and usurped their Divine Authorities or whatsoever?!" a Wise man said horrified.
"We must call the Sword Saint and verify this news!" Miklotov said and everyone agreed.
At this moment the entire future of Lugunica was uncertain.
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Meanwhile Subaru was checking his newfound abilities.
He casually punched, unleashing a shockwave so powerful that it uprooted dozens of trees and created a small ravine on it's path.
"T-This is my strength?!" Subaru was shocked, he had just punched casually and realizing this was his current strength, he was baffled.
"Damn, at this rate I will punch people to death!" he muttered out horrified, and decided to test out. This time he tried to limit his power and punched, not even a dent formed on the trunk of the tree.
After a few more experiments he realized something "I see, my body works like what I want to. If I want my strength to be suppressed, it is easily suppressed to the level of a normal human!"
He breathed in relief, realizing that whatever he touches won't be casually destroyed.
Then he checked his running speed, and he easily broke through the sound barrier.
He was faster than sound, perhaps twice as fast as sound?
He was somehow able to calculate the speed rougly.
Next he checked out his jump height, and he was gobsmacked when he created a crater on the ground, jumping nearly hundred meters above.
"Fuck!" he screamed in horror as he crashed on a rock, breaking it and coughed out dust.
"What? Not a scratch" he checked himself not finding a scratch.
"So I am really invincible to ungodly stuff huh" he smiled in delight.
Then he decided to check his Authorities.
First was the 'Gate' it was divided into three stages.
At first stage he can instantly teleport to anywhere in the world, it consumes his mana however he can use it infinitely without any restrictions.
He teleported a few dozen times finding out that there was no change in his mana.
Soon he realized the reason! He was regenerating mana faster than it was being used!
He then tried the second stage, he created a gate in front of him, connecting two points in space through which he could go himself, and let others teleport as well!
Finally, he didn't check the third stage, the 'Gate of the Worlds' , he could use it once a day and it lets him travel to a random world, or a chosen world if he had the world's coordinates.
He did have the Campione's worlds, and to be honest it was huge and complex, he wasn't able to understand it thankfully he didn't need to travel through the worlds.
Then he checked his next Authority which he gained from Yamraj, it was the 'Noose of Death' or 'Whip of Death'.
He manifested a noose, which could transform into a whip.
He had an instinctive mastery of the whip, and it grow longer upto 100 meters.
From what he knew the wounds given by the whip cannot be healed or undone.
Then came the actual Authority of Death associated with the 'Noose of Death' after using a certain chant he can target anyone and the Noose will grab the target's very soul ignoring space-time and pull it into purgatory where the soul is burned into nothing.
It was OP, and he loved it.
He could use it three times a day… or rather it had three uses each day, and if left unused it would stock infinitely.
It also was a two-sided authority, so it can both reap life and resurrect someone.
Of course, only if they were a mortal, against Heretic Gods and Godslayer it was a pretty much useless Authority.
Perhaps the Whip can be used to inflict injuries on Heretic Gods and God Slayers, but whether it's property of being inflicting unhealable wounds work on them?
He didn't know.
"Good, now that I have tested my cheats! It is time to return!" he said and pulled the Ground dragon and created a Gate.
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Rem was getting worried about Subaru; it was evening and he had yet to return.
"Subaru-kun did ask to be left alone, but where is he?" she muttered to herself when suddenly a gate appeared in the Garden below.
She was surprised, and shocked and she quickly leaped off the window landing on the grass and warily looked at the Gate.
It opened and revealed a person and ground Dragon.
"Subaru!" she said in shock, surprised, and quickly ran towards him and hugged him.
"Subaru, what is that thing behind you?!" suddenly Wilhelm and Felix came out, and looked at the gate behind Subaru surprised.
"Well, I will explain to you… later on" he said, his voice distant and cold.
"For now, Rem would you come with me?" he asked the blue-haired Oni who nodded.
"I will go wherever you want me to" she had a lot of questions; however she decided to follow him.
He smiled and patted her head 'This is my Rem, the woman I love!' he thought and then his eyes saddened remembering about Emilia.
'Whatever' he decided to deal with the problems first, and feelings later.
"Wait a minute! You must explain what's going on! And are you really Natsuki Subaru?!" Wilhelm said and Felix got on guard, while Crusch followed by some Knights came out.
"What's going on? And what is that gate?" she asked when suddenly her instincts screamed.
It was as if she was standing before a superior being, her eyes widened as she looked at the source of this feeling.
"Natsuki Subaru?!" she said in shock as her hand went towards her hilt.
"Why are you all going so aggressive towards me?!" he instantly noticed their aggression towards him.
"Are you truly Natsuki Subaru? Because I am feeling danger from you" Wilhelm explained grabbing his sword.
"Stop! This is truly Subaru-kun! His smell is the same!" Rem got in front of Subaru in defensive position.
At this moment Subaru felt as if he won life seeing Rem standing in front of him, in a defensive position.
"T-This, indeed the look on your eyes is the same. However, why I am getting this feeling?" Sword Demon sheathed his sword, realizing it was truly Natsuki Subaru.
"I am indeed Natsuki Subaru" he said and Crusch too realized he was not lying.
"However, for now, I shall depart with Rem. If possible, I will explain to you this later on" he said grabbing Rem's hand, and took her in a princess carry.
"Subaru-kun, this!" she blushed seeing her position however Subaru smiled and took her and the ground dragon, crossing the gate.
The next moment the gate closed before their eyes, and disappeared out of thin years.
"What a jerk! Nyaah! To not even explain Miss Crusch what's actually happened with him" Felix grunted in dissatisfaction.
To her, Subaru was a patient who needed their help, and after getting so much help from her and Crusch, he pulled a mysterious gate out of nowhere, and gave them a feeling as if they are looking at their death and then walked away!
"Indeed, we must know what happened to him" Wilhelm said.
As of him being secretly a powerful magician? Wasn't his gate broken by using a measly Shamak spell? That's why they had so many doubts in their mind.
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Subaru and Rem were transported to the place were the White Whale would appear, by the Flugel's tree.
"Subaru-kun… can you let me down?" Rem asked in a soft tone.
Subaru smiled and let her down gently, he looked at her blue eyes and recalled every memory of her death.
'This time even if Gods want to kill you, I will slaughter them' he thought as he grabbed her cheek, caressing it gently.
"Say Rem… will you forgive me?" he said and she looked at him confused.
"Actually, I have an ability… I cannot tell what it is, however through it I knew we would encounter the White Whale and Arlam village will be attacked by Witch Cultists… everyone, including you was supposed to die" he said.
She looked at him shocked, she knew he was hiding something, but this?
"I-I tried to find way to save everyone, maybe you don't understand what I am talking about… but I was denied, Crusch didn't believe in my words, Priscilla humiliated me and threw me out as for Anastasia? She used me to get some info before leaving me helpless" his words struck.
"I tried… I really tried, but everyone just kept dying… I was out of options. I didn't want to die; I didn't want any of us to die" he revealed and she silently listened to him.
"W-When you denied to run away with me… I was hopeless, I told you to leave me alone, however I actually ran away… like a pathetic loser" at that moment Rem put her fingers on his lips.
"Subaru-kun… You must be really in pain, forgive me for not realizing your suffering earlier" she said and Subaru grabbed her palm.
"Rem to be honest I know everything I said is crazy, and doesn't make sense" he hesitated.
"I believe you Subaru-kun, with every fiber of my being" she planted a kiss on his palm.
She had already a few guesses about his ability 'Perhaps he can see future? Or rather, multiple futures?'
Subaru felt blessed to have someone like Rem.
"I-I ran into two Gods fighting each other, and believe it or not I have killed them and usurped their Divine Authorities, atleast a part of it" he said the craziest words in the world.
Rem knew how weak he was, Rem knew it should be impossible for him to kill Gods, yet their was no doubt.
He showed a new ability, she could feel something else from him.
It was as if she was standing before a Predator at the pinnacle of the food-chain, she could feel death.
Combined with the Witch's scent on him which was so thick, it would have scared anyone, but she?
"I love you Subaru-kun" she said it, she finally said it.
Subaru was speechless, yet their moment was interrupted as white mist appeared, creating a haze.
"Rem, I am really angry that our moment was interrupted by a big White fish" he said surprising her, as she quickly pulled her morning from below her skirt.
He stopped her and flashed a smile "See Rem, see the growth of your Subaru, the power of the man who had slayed Gods!"
Then he summoned a Whip in his hands surprising her.
Subaru started swinging it and the sheer force created a tornado blowing the White Mist away, revealing a huge monstrosity in the skies.
Rem's eyes widened in fear and she muttered "White Whale"
Subaru looked at the monster with no fear, defiance burned in his eyes.
He lowered himself, before jumping creating a shockwave and appeared above it.
He swung his whip, it widened to hundred meters and struck the White Whale, in a single hit the whale was thrown on the ground.
It's back was sunk, and a bloody huge mark of whip stirred as the wound started decaying.
"I am the God of Death" suddenly Subaru chanted, and his entire Aura changed.
A horrifying aura released from him, just in being the presence of Subaru Rem trembled, her senses were screaming even if it was not targeted towards.
A Golden throne appeared in the sky as Subaru casually sat on it, bones spurted out from the sides of the throne and below forming a platform.
"I am the judge of Hell, the end of living
I shall judge thee unworthy of living
I henceforth deprive of your life
Burn under the weight of your sins, karmic retribution henceforth comes!"
His whip escaped his palm and started floating in the sky cladded in an ominous aura.
"Yamadoot's call!"
Meanwhile the White Whale has already gotten back in air and had summoned his clones which flew towards Subaru trying to attack.
"Subaru!" Rem cried out, in fear of Subaru being harmed but before anything could happen the whip flew and grabbed the soul of the White Whale and pulled it back, it was so fast that as if the whip hadn't moved at all.
The clones vanished; the White Whale froze it dropped from the sky to the ground.
Meanwhile bone wrenching cries of a beast ran out as the soul of white whale started burning down, pain million times worse than being struck by needless on your most sensitive areas filled the beast.
However, in a few seconds, it was burned into nothing, the throne of gold started vanishing and so did the enormous bones.
"Rem are you alright? It seems my Aura affected you" Subaru asked her with worry; however, she smiled to sooth him.
"I am alright… But the White Whale" she looked at the corpse of what was once one of three biggest disasters in the world.
She recalled Subaru's Aura the moment he used his Divine Authority, it was as if being the presence of God of Death himself.
'Subaru-kun killed gods and usurped their authorities… Is he God now?' she thought, the man she loved was no less than a God right now.
She even doubted that someone like Reinhard could survive that.
"Rem, this is unfortunately not over" he said and she nodded.
"I am with you… Subaru-kun" she said leaning against him.
'As long as I am alive, even if the Witch herself comes. I will protect her' Subaru swore in his mind.
He had already told a part of his abilities, although indirectly and he didn't feel being choked and his heart grabbed again.
But he knew if Rem realized what his ability was, perhaps Witch will come out again.
But this time… he was ready for her.
(A/N: Bro I am rooting for you to fix her)
…
Meanwhile back in Royal Capital, all the Royal Candidates were summoned by the Wise men, Miklotov thought it would be better if the Royal Candidates knew the truth, and could help them verify it.
Reinhardt was called back from his mission; his abilities were must for them to verify about Subaru slaying Gods.
The Wise men seated on their seats, while Royal Candidates came one by one, this time the Hall was free of Royal Knights and Nobles, only some important people and the allies of the Royal Candidates were present.
"May I know why have we been called so late?" asked Crusch and all the Wise men showed troubled expressions.
They have gone and read through everything about Natsuki Subaru, they had found prior to his first appearance in the Royal Capital a month ago there was no information of him.
As if just dropped out of nowhere, and now knowing what had transpired prior to this meeting they cannot help but feel uneasy.
The man who had killed Gods had been insulted in the worst way possible, by one of the candidates nonetheless.
Marcus the Captain of the Royal Knights said "Please be silent! Soon a very important discussion concerning the very future of Lugunica is about to happen"
"Another one?" smiled Anastasia, realizing some wise men were giving weird looks toward her… or rather to Julius who was confused as heck.
Soon, Reinhardt followed by Felt entered the room and all the Wise men breathed in relief.
A servant slowly took out the dragon tablet on a luxurious trolley, and placed between the two groups.
Wilhelm's eyes narrowed as he looked at Reinhardt before looking away pretending to not notice him, however Reinhardt had already felt his eyes looking at him.
"May I know for what I have been called off my mission?" he asked in a tone full of respect.
"An hour ago," began Miklotov "We got another message from the Divine Dragon and it still persists till now" he continued.
The servant took off the red cloth presenting the Dragon Tablet for all of them to see.
The Royal Candidates casted curious glances at each other.
"See the message for yourself" said one of the Wise men.
"Julius, can you go and read the message for us?" Anastasia looked at her loyal knight, who nodded and went forward, standing in front of the Dragon Tablet.
The moment his eyes fell on the message, colour drained from his face as his eyes widened, his figure started trembling.
Everybody quickly noticed something was wrong, Reinhardt seeing Julius stunned quickly walked forward and looked at the Dragon Tablet, becoming stunned as well.
"What's written on that damn tablet!" Felt grunted at her Knight who turned around and took a deep breath.
"It is written here 'Natsuki Subaru had completed the impossible act of slaying Gods. He had slain the God of Death and God of Time-Space henceforth usurping their Divine Authorities'" he broke the news.
Gasps rang out throughout the room.
"S-Say again?" Felix looked dumbfounded.
"Natsuki Subaru had slain Gods of Death and Time-Space, that's what written here" Reinhardt said again.
"Is this some kind of joke? That peasant had slain Gods?" snickered Priscilla, her opinion of Natsuki Subaru was very low.
He was just a peasant who had been beaten down for overstepping his boundaries, not even worth remembering.
"Can we be sure that Dragon Tablet hasn't been tampered with?" suddenly pointed out Anastasia.
"Miss Crusch, are you saying that someone is capable of tampering with the magic of the Divine Dragon itself?" Marcus seemed to heard the words of blasphemy.
"Indeed, even I cannot tamper with the messages" Reinhardt said, there existed no Divine Protection in the world capable of doing that.
"The messages states that Natsuki Subaru had slain two Gods, enigmatic beings whose presence had been a question for decades. Normally all the words on the Dragon Tablet are considered absolute truth, yet the absurdity of the situation makes it necessary for us to verify this news" said Miklotov.
"Indeed, there is no way that boy who was beaten like an idiot can kill gods" said Anastasia confidently, Julius also finally recovered.
'Yes there must be a mistake with the Dragon Tablet!' he thought in relief.
"~Nyaaah, although I don't want to believe this but perhaps the possibility of Natsuki Subaru slaying Gods or atleast acquiring their abilities is very high" suddenly said Felix surprising everyone.
"Indeed! Natsuki Subaru just a few hours ago used an Unknown Magic to teleport away, which should be impossible considering his Gate is very weak and damaged" said Crusch.
"Can you tell us in detail what happened?" Bordeaux happened and Wilhelm stepped forward and detailed everyone what had occurred back in the mansion.
"Teleportation magic is the pinnacle of Yin Magic and is a lost magic, there exists no mage in the world capable of doing that, even Roswaal is incapable of it" said Miklotov the most knowledgeable of all.
After all, if something like that existed in today's date, it would have been a trump card for the countries, the ability to send their armies directly into the centre of their enemies' camp would have been too valuable.
"Is this the power he acquired from God of Time-Space?" asked a Wise man.
The room became silent.
"Not to mention Wilhelm describing how his instincts screamed at him in the presence of Natsuki Subaru basically confirms it" said Miklotov, his face dead serious.
If someone like Wilhelm who once beat the Sword Saint says that he felt danger, extreme danger just by being in the presence of Natsuki Subaru tells a lot about the situation.
"Reinhardt you are assigned a new mission right now. Find Natsuki Subaru and…" Miklotov stopped.
He wanted to say to 'Neutralize him' however he knew if Natsuki Subaru had powers of God now, perhaps he was no weaker than the Divine Dragon himself, he didn't know if Reinhardt would actually win so he changed his motive.
"Invite him to the Royal Castle, and we will fulfil whatever demands he might have" Miklotov said.
Reinhardt nodded and said "I shall complete this mission as soon as I can"
"Wait! The words in the Dragon Tablet have changed!" suddenly Marcus pointed out shifting everyone's focus towards the Dragon Tablet.
"Al, go and read what is written there" Priscilla was getting interested in Natsuki Subaru… Once again.
Al nodded and quickly walked in front of Dragon Tablet and muttered "Damn, bro's not stopping huh?"
[Natsuki Subaru had slayed the White Whale]
"*Ahem* It is written that Natsuki Subaru had felled the White Whale" he said shocking everyone.
Wilhelm clenched his fists and Reinhardt was shaken.
"Is it true?! White Whale is dead?!" Wilhelm himself walked towards the Dragon Tablet and looked at the words written on it.
Hatred… anger… grudge… intense feelinsg took over him.
"Sir Wilhelm! Control yourself!" Julius reminded him upon seeing the hideous face of Wilhelm.
"F-Forgive me, I lost control for a moment" he said calming himself, however his emotions were still turbulent.
While the Royal Castle was filled with doubts and hesitation.
Pandora was smiling from her dimension "This should help my son"
Yes, she was the one was tampered with the Dragon Tablet, however she didn't lie and tried to make these foolish mortals understand her son was not someone that they could provoke.
…
Natsuki Subaru and Rem instead of going towards the mansion first went into the forest where the Witch Cult had gathered.
"It's them" he said as he looked at the people dressed up in Witch Cult's clothing.
Rem clenched her fists, when Subaru stopped her.
The Witch Cultist walked in front of Subaru… and then bowed, before leaving.
"Natsuki-kun why did they leave?" Rem was confused by their actions.
"They must have mistaken be as one of their own due to the Witch's miasma on me" he said and she understood.
They went deeper, it was still night and an hour before the sun rises, they reached before a cave.
"Oh believ-" before the Sin Archbishop could say anything, Subaru invoked his divine Authority.
"I am the God of Death" he chanted and a Golden throne manifested as he sat on it, this time he grabbed Rem and made her sit on his lap.
"Subaru-kun" Rem blushed as she snuggled on his chest, this time the Aura of the Death God didn't affect her.
"I am the judge of Hell, the end of living
I shall judge thee unworthy of living
I henceforth deprive of your life
Burn under the weight of your sins, karmic retribution henceforth comes!"
Petelgeuse didn't remain standing upon realizing that Subaru was attacking him and quickly manifested dozens of Unseen hands and unleashed them upon Subaru.
However, a spherical barrier manifested over Subaru and Rem blocking all his attacks.
"Yamadoot's Call!"
The noose grabbed Petelgeuse' soul out of his body and Subaru smirked.
"I said I will kill you Petelgeuse, you are dying in the most painful way" Subaru said caressing Rem's hair, who looked at the spectacle.
Bone-chilling screams of Peteleguese rang out as his soul started melting, the other Witch Cultists looked in confusion and with hesitation.
To them Subaru was perhaps another Sin Archbishop so they didn't know if they should intervene.
Soon Petelgeuse's scream dried out as his soul vanished into oblivion and Subaru felt something latch onto him.
'This must be the Sloth Witch Factor' Subaru thought as he recalled Pandora's words.
Then the throne disappeared and Subaru let Rem down from his lap, and she pouted.
She was obviously enjoying sitting on his lap and being caressed like a pet.
(A/N: First Reina and now Rem, all Subarus have an history with getting Yanderes)
"Now it's your turn" Subaru said as he looked at the Witch Cultists, he decided to check on his new Authority and dozens of hands manifested from his back.
"Subaru-kun, I am ready to kill them" Rem took the Morningstar hiding within her skirts.
The Witch Cultists too realized that Subaru wanted to kill them so they got on a offensive position.
Subaru controlled the invisible hands and captured the Witch Cultists twisting their necks off, and they fell on the ground.
"Huh?" Rem blinked her eyes and looked at Hero who was looking at her with a smile.
"You have protected me enough Rem, now it's my turn to protect you" he said.
She wanted to protest, she wanted to say that she wanted to help him, however seeing the look on his face, and remembering his earlier words she nodded and took back her morning star in submission.
After that hell began for the Witch Cultists.
…
'Subaru-kun… Why did he do that?' Emilia thought again of her self-proclaimed knight and felt disappointed.
He didn't listen to her words and barged into the Royal Castle with another Royal Candidate.
She thought he wanted to betray her, then he made a mess during the Conference, and then another mess by getting beaten up by the Julius!
She was thoroughly disappointed in him, and then he said that he did everything 'For her!'
His actions still troubled her till now, as she tried to make sense out of the situation.
"Miss Emilia, may I come in?" suddenly she heard Ram's voice, knocking on the door.
"Yes, come in" Emilia flashed a smile as the Red Oni entered.
"Miss Emilia some villagers had just informed me they had seen weird people in the forest and… heard cries from the forest" she said.
Worry appeared on Emilia's face as she followed Ram towards the village, wondering what happened.
Soon the first rays of sun struck the village, casting a gentle glow on everyone.
"Argghhhh!" a man wearing shredded clothes came out running from the forest surprising the villagers, and Ram and Emilia.
"Save me! Please! Save me from that monster!" he cried out, tears pouring down his cheeks as he showed a horrified look.
Emilia stepped forward "May I know what has happened to-" she paused upon seeing the mess of his hands.
Both of his hands were bent in completely wrong directions, he got behind Emilia.
"He is coming!" he shouted and Emilia quickly got on guard, while Ram frowned as she observed the man.
'His clothes' her eyes narrowed in suspicion when two people came out of forest.
"Subaru-kun?!" Emilia eyes widened as she looked at Subaru and Rem, their clothes drenched in blood.
"Monster! Save me! He is a Sin Archbishop!" suddenly the man cried out much to the horror of the villagers.
"S-Sin Archbishop?" Emilia's eyes widened in disbelief, betrayal hit her, Subaru frowned looking at her.
"Subaru what does he means?!" she shouted but Subaru remained silent, instead Rem grabbed her Morning Star and ran forward, and Swung her Morning star hitting the man behind Emilia.
He landed on a pavement a few meters away, blood pooled below him.
'Did she just?!' she thought looking at Rem in disbelief.
"Did you all just hear that?! That man said he was a Sin Archbishop!" a villager cried out in fear tumbling back.
"Impossible Sir Natsuki has saved our village from Mabeasts!" another villager debunked him.
"Sister what's going on?" Ram asked, and Rem pointed towards the man's clothes.
"He is a Witch Cultist" she said, surprising Ram.
"Everyone! Please listen to me!" Rem shouted gathering everyone's attention towards her.
"What that man said was a lie, in fact he is an Witch Cultist! You all can see his clothes!" she said and everyone looked at the man's clothes.
"W-Wait I recognize it, these are the clothes of the Witch Cultists" an old man instantly recognized it.
"Subaru-kun in fact had killed all the Witch Cultists dwelling in the forest, who were preparing to attack the village!" Rem said, and the villagers gasped.
While Emilia looked in disbelief, then she looked at Subaru understanding she had misunderstood but 'Why I am feeling danger from Subaru?'
Her senses screamed extreme danger just by being in the presence of Subaru, as if embodied death itself.
Even Melakuera didn't come off as dangerous as Subaru right now.
Even Ram was getting the same unsettling feeling from the Subaru, it just made shiver from it.
Meanwhile Subaru wondering what to say to Emilia.
'Not anymore, I am not a weakling anymore' he thought as he recalled Pandora's words.
'Never let your pride be hurt' he muttered to himself.
"Barusu, tell me what's happening" said Ram as if ordering him.
"To be honest, I don't think if you will believe me sooooo, Rem you can brief her later on" he said.
Ram grunted and Rem nodded "Barusu!"
"I am resigning from my position as the Butler of the Roswaal mansion" Subaru bluntly said before she could say anything else, leaving everyone surprised.
He then looked at Emilia and bowed "Thank you for taking care of me when I was… all alone, but I don't think I would like to stay as a butler anymore"
He is literally the Demon King, working as a Butler? It didn't suit him.
He was done with following Emilia like a dog.
If someone had said it earlier that he was Emilia's dog he would have accepted it as a compliment, and now he thinks about it again he realizes how much just he had degraded himself.
Of course he was grateful to her, after all she saved him and helped him when he had no idea on what to do in this unknown world.
But following her like a dog wasn't the solution.
Meanwhile Ram seemed offended by Subaru's words as if he was betraying Roswaal who employed him when he was most helpless.
"Stupid Barusu! What are you saying?" she shouted; however, Subaru ignored her.
"Anyway, I am getting a bath, let's have a meal after that" Subaru said, deciding to talk to them after taking a shower.
However, Ram stood in front of him with anger and glared at him "If you have left your job, then you are not allowed to enter the Mansion"
"Sister!" Rem quickly went protective and stood in front of Subaru, while she too was surprised by Subaru leaving his job, she understood his reason.
Not to mention anything, Subaru was equivalent to a deity now, how can he work as a butler to Emilia?
Subaru meanwhile sighed, he could have forced to go into the mansion ignoring her, but in the end decided not to.
(A/N: His personality change will be a gradual one, so be patient!)
He could use help from villagers but…
"Whatever, Rem you go take a bath, I will meet you after a few hours" he said to the blue Oni.
"Subaru-kun… Alright" she nodded, and Subaru just gave a smile.
"Meanwhile I will check the forest for any hidden dangers" he said ignoring Ram and Emilia and then jumped.
He casually broke the ground leaving a small crater as he jumped dozens of meters and landed away in the forest.
His sudden jump and the small shockwave left behind shocked everyone.
Ram meanwhile was frozen on her place, unable to comprehend what she had just witnessed.
She saw Subaru show a superhuman feat which he shouldn't be able to considering how weak he is.
"R-Rem, is he really Subaru?" asked Emilia dryly and Rem nodded.
"Onee-chan and Emilia-sama I know you must have doubts and be confused; I shall explain to you to everything… and don't blame Subaru for anything. He has gone through a lot, I don't think I will be able to forgive you both if you keep shouting at Subaru like that, even you Onee-chan"
Her words shocked Ram who looked at her sister in disbelief, because her sister never went against her wishes or words, but now she was taking a firm stance for Subaru.
Ram calmed herself down and nodded "Very well, we shall return to the mansion… Though not before disposing of this corpse" she looked at the dead Witch Cultist.
The villagers still had many doubts and were murmuring, however the superhuman stunt that Subaru pulled off definitely gave them a huge surprise.
…
Meanwhile Subaru deep in the forest sighed, he didn't know what to say further and just decided to bail out and gather his thoughts before approaching them again.
"Still, I need to clean myself" he muttered looking at his dirty clothes, he had kept the Ground Dragon by Mansion before venturing into the forest with Rem.
"Hmm, how about I try my other Authority?" Subaru thought out loud, he hadn't tested the 'World Gate' as of yet.
'Well Pandora did say RBD works out of the boundaries of the world I am in, so it can reboot the strongest of the realities with ease' it was horrifying to be honest, and it showed how strong the Witch of Envy truly was.
'With that Authority I should be safe, and Pandora also said my body can survive a few Nuclear attacks with having just minor injuries, so yeah, I should be safe in most of the worlds' he thought.
Subaru actually had no idea how strong the world could be since for him Pandora's world was strongest yet, as Campione could destroy entire continents with their Divine Authorities.
Coupled with his intense curiosity he decided to give it a go, conveniently forgetting that he can cast the Authority only once a day.
'Just a sneak peek' he decided and invoked his authority.
"Infinite Realities, Myriad Worlds, I gaze upon the Cosmos out of the Cosmos
Open a gate to real yet unknow to me! World Gate!"
A Gate manifested before Subaru and opened slowly revealing a swirling portal.
Subaru touched it and was suddenly sucked in it, much to his surprise and the gate closed.
…
"Damn it!" Subaru cursed to himself as he landed on dried sand.
He stood up and patted the dust off his clothes and looked around.
The place looked Eery however it gave him a soothing feeling.
Suddenly he heard the rustling of bones and found a few skeleton creatures moving to him.
"Huh? Are they Skeletons?!" Subaru looked at them surprised as they stopped before him, before letting out a cry and attacking towards him.
Obviously, Subaru simply smashed a few times in the air absolutely obliterating them.
Subaru further explored the area and cursed to himself for even invoking the Authority.
"I just hope Rem doesn't get too worried about me" he sighed.
As far as he could see, the sky was covered with dark clouds, it casted a shadow upon the entire place.
Suddenly he saw a structure in the distance and broke through the Sound barrier running towards it.
He reached the structure, it was an Castle made of black rocks, Subaru wasn't exactly a genius at guessing it's material.
As he explored the area further, suddenly his sense screamed danger and he dodged by a hair's breadth.
"Not bad…Intruder" he looked to find a woman with long purple hair, and red eyes, her body proportions were just perfect, she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen… more than Emilia he admits.
The moment her eyes locked on Subaru he got on guard.
"For trespassing into my realm… Die!" and thus she summoned a spear stabbing towards him, not giving any chance to speak.
Just like that Subaru found himself in danger… again!
To be continued…
(A/N: FUN FACT, the chaps 1-7 of this fic are the parts of the same chap!)