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Chapter 526
🕑 Added 2024-12-16 21:22:30 +0000 UTCA/N
Read the feedback, will do some changes and some additions tomorrow after driving up to my dad's place.
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I sat on my butt, looking at the twisted world around me, silently.
Eventually, I fell on my back and looked up at the strangely beautiful sky. It was sort of cracked and warped in a way that reminded me of those kaleidoscope toys, but without the myriad of colors.
Rather ironic, considering everything.
[Are you seriously waiting here like she asked?] Ddraig’s voice sounded in my head.
“I’m just….taking a moment.” I let out a sigh. “Less than an hour, Ddraig. I did absolutely nothing, if anything, I did a good deed by overpaying for the stuff I just bought. And still, less than an hour, and something happens.”
[I heard some rumors that Gremorys had some bullshit luck.]
“You think it’s because of my bloodline?” I questioned him.
[Well, no. But I thought it would make you feel better if you could blame it on that. Honestly, I think you’re just a magnet for trouble.]
“….thanks Ddraig.”
[Like seriously, you get into more trouble than I did in my life. I actually caused trouble intentionally, I can’t remember the last time that you tried to cause trouble rather than it just happening because of your presence.]
I let out a sigh again.
“I’m going to complain to her manager.” I sat up.
[What if the monk girl is the manager?]
“Then I’ll write a bad review.” I stood up, brushing myself off.
[Alright, Karen.]
Though, this place was kind of interesting.
I immediately took out Mirage and stabbed it into the ground so I could begin some calculations about this strange place I found myself forcibly put in.
Obviously, I could pretty much leave whenever I wanted, but for what reason was I here if not to explore new and interesting things?
While that was going, I took out my wand and put a pile of books on the ground next to me. Figured I could multitask while that was going on, and one of my goals was to get a beter mastery of this wand-based magic system that was developed where Kunou is staying.
I had skimmed these books here and there, basically with cursory glances mostly. I kept telling myself that I would sit down and study them properly later.
The thing is, these books aren’t what I would call….reliable, in every context. Some of them were meant for younger readers, some of them were…..let’s say generous with their explanations on how certain things works.
For instance, the Snake summoning spell!
Just one of the hundreds of spells I’ve glanced over that made me question the purpose of it being added to the systematic learning conventions they developed.
What possible use would someone have to summon a snake compared to one of the thousands of other spells they could potentially learn?
One of the baffling things I suppose. Not to say I’m ever against additional and non-dangerous knowledge being freely available.
Simply, it’s one of those head scratchers that I wish I could peek into the minds of the authors.
But I digress, I was going off on a mental tangent.
The most hilarious thing was that the book stated quite authoritative that the snakes were ‘created from thin air’.
Yes, clearly every Witch and Wizard was creating life from nothing with a casual wave of their wand a handful of words to accompany it.
It just made me roll my eyes.
No, it was a summoning spell. It summoned the nearest creature matching the spell’s structure to your location. Which, was ingenious enough that I don’t know why they had to bullshit it with that other nonsense.
Though, it was a bit of a misnomer.
Reading up on it, looking over its spell structure, it could also summon other things closely related to snakes, mostly other reptiles. However, there seemed to be a limit to the mass. I’m pretty sure I could summon a baby Alligator with the same spell if I tried.
Why was any of this important? Well, this place I was ‘trapped’ in, I couldn’t sense any life so rather than just waste time trying to examine it closely, I was just going to overpower this spell and see what happens.
I flared my substantial Magical Energy. “Serpensortia!”
I felt the spell actualize, I was experienced enough to catch it just based on feeling, however, it sort of fizzled after a moment or two.
I clicked my tongue and twirled my wand in my hand absentmindedly.
Honestly though, I wasn’t surprised. Just one of those things that I tested just for the sake of it. This basically implied that there was no ‘life’ within dozens of miles of myself.
Sure, I guess there could be something else, but with such a vast area, if no reptiles existed, then no proper ecosystem existed, which heavily implied no life.
I had some first guesses at what this place actually was, but before that, I flipped through the books quickly again until I found the spell I wanted.
Humming to myself, I looked it over then found the corresponding detailed text in another book. It only took me a few moments to get a proper understanding of it. I always admired simplicity when it came to spell casting.
Getting the job done in the most simplistic manner was a mark of talent in my eyes.
I looked around to find a suitable target and noticed a trash can not far away.
“Bombarda!” He flicked my wand at it.
The trash can immediately exploded as the light from my wand connected with it.
It was rather loud and boisterous, perhaps even moreso than the equivalent of blowing it up with the same correlated amount of explosive.
The spell was actually intriguing though. As the name implies, it causes things to explode, rather violently.
But that didn’t quite do it justice because nothing else around the trash can exploded with it.
Based on what I read and my own observations, the spell seems to specifically cause the internal structure of the object it connects with to explode rather than causing an externa explosion around the object. Despite it literally being a spell to blow the shit out of something, it was very constrained and delicate with its effects.
I also took note that some of the pieces of the trash can were suspended in air, like they were frozen in time after the explosion occurred.
I walked over and flicked one, it sort of glided through the air a bit more, like it was pulled by a string, before it came to a stop, still floating in the air.
This place was certainly strange.
One last experiment, there was a secondary activation associated with the Bombarda spell. On the surface, there was an additional spellword and a slight deviation in the wand movements. However, underneath that, the spell sequence changed drastically, yet still retained the same overall identity.
This time, I wanted to see both the effects of pumping it up and what would happen to the surroundings, so I set my sights on what looked like a ten story building just a bit down the street.
“Bombarda Maxima!” The light erupted from my wand and collided with the building, and a thunderous explosion rang out, sending shockwaves throughout the false city.
Like glass, the building shattered into millions of pieces, a stark difference compared to the real world.
I also noticed that nearby structures or object were also damaged. It was rather easy to see because no ‘dust’ or ‘debris’ was kicked up as it doesn’t exactly exist in this place.
Interesting, the Maxima combination removes the limiters of the spell and just pushes it past its original constraints into a full on explosion.
Well, I was satisfied.
[Seems like a good place for some training.] Ddraig commented.
“I had the same thought. I’ll see if I can’t mimic this somehow. I’m sure Scáthach and the others would love the ability to cut loose for whatever reason without the concern of collateral damage.” I nodded along.
Because I was sure this wasn’t a ‘real’ place.
Casually, I walked back to Mirage in the ground to see what the calculations it finished it. Of course, it’s not like the numbers just gave me an absolute answer as to what this place was, but it was enough that I could solidify my hypothesis.
I went over and double checked them a few times and pursed my lips.
“It seems like a higher dimension was quite literally pulled down around us.” I summarized.
[Like a godly realm?] Ddraig asked. I’m not surprised that’s his first thought, considering what he’s used to back home.
“Kinda, sorta.” I tilted my head back and forth. “There are hundreds if not thousands of smaller dimensions connected to the Dimensional Gap back home. Of course the more famous ones are known, as that’s where the gods had carved out their own domains. Olympus, The Nine Realms, Heaven, Takamagahara, etc etc. But not all of them are godly in nature, some just exist by happenstance or by other creation. Take that Soul Cairn we visited awhile ago.”
[So what, just a weird reflection of reality?]
I shrugged. “I’m not omnipotent, I’m only guessing at a few things at the moment. But yeah, it seems to be the case. This dimension we’re in doesn’t really do anything by itself.”
I made it sound mundane, but it’s actually really neat!
Not many forces play with dimensions like this, it’s a rare thing to come across. If nothing else, this little discovery made the trip worth it just for the intellectual value. I think gramps would absolutely love the data I’m collecting on it as well. Don’t know where it will be useful, but I know it certainly will be later at some point.
[Can you copy it back home?]
“Probably not, it’s a dimension native to this world and connected to it. It’s like asking if someone here can step over to Asgard back home.”
Regardless, it was time to leave, I got all the information I needed here.
Some quick calculations and I opened up a new portal, about to step through, but I came to an abrupt stop.
[…pretty sure that’s not where we came from.] Ddraig said first as I looked through the portal.
The stench of death and decay immediately invaded my senses. Almost right away, I was reminded of how it felt to go to Yomi for the first time.
Not to mention it was very dark and eerie on the other side, no stars or moon or sun could be seen. Yet, there seemed to be some strange aurora that hung overhead, illuminating the place, if barely.
I pursed my lips because I was certain I copied the same coordinates used previously.
“Ah….” I blinked. “Seems things were reversed somewhat. Like how my calculations would have been turned upside down when trying to go to the Fae Realms. Similar concepts, really.”
I just feel silly for not realizing immediately.
And easy fix, literally could do so with a snap of my fingers, but now I was curious.
Where did I accidentally connect to?
Fuck it, I’m here to explore, so I stepped through.
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The place was, exactly how it looked from the proverbial outside.
It also felt strangely….familiar, like I should recognize it despite never being here before. I knew for a fact it wasn’t Yomi, nor was it the Land of Shadows and it certainly wasn’t Hades. I can’t think of any other place that would elicit a familiar feeling from me that also had such a strong sense of Death.
It was well and truly a Death Realm like the ones I’ve been to before.
Hmm, there wasn’t nothing here again.
Well, there was atleast more of ‘nothing’.
I kicked a rock and it….behaved like a rock when it rolled and cracked and broke into pieces.
Weirdly, this Death Realm seemed more in tune with normal universe physics than whatever that previous place was.
With a shrug, I took out my Kaleidophone and just took a few pictures. Realistically, I had nothing else to really peer into the mysteries of this Death Realm with.
Calculating its location in relation to Earth is…..irrelevant? I’m clearly adjacent by how I managed to come here and I could easily come back now after knowing the initial Calculations.
Though, I paused because I did notice something.
There were a bunch of stacked rocks not far away. Stacked in a way that is clearly by design, not something possible through random chance or whatever.
Oddly enough, there was another. And there seemed to be more going off into the distance.
I followed them, like a trail left behind by someone. They weren’t…of anything in particular, it looked like someone was just seeing if they could stack stones as awkwardly as possible without them falling.
Someone must have been really bored….
I followed along several dozen, maybe walking a couple miles before I finally found something, noise and I picked up my pace.
Someone cursed in a language I didn’t recognize, and there was the sound of rocks hittings rocks and seemingly falling over.
There was a woman, with messy black hair, in some sort of green – albeit torn – body suit that looked to be some kind of leather.
My presence did not go unnoticed because with a rock in her hand, she froze, turning to me and her eyes widened.
There was a moment where it seemed like the world around us froze.
“…..house cleaning?” I blurted out.
“Odin!” She bellowed and threw her hands forward. Out of the air, swords seemed to appear in the dozens and fly towards me.
Flying words, a woman after my own heart!
Actually, that’s very literal.
Because they were most certainly aimed at trying to kill me.
Jesus Christ, I felt it now, she’s a Goddess.
I dodged out of the way from her abrupt attack but more and more swords were seemingly throwing magically through the air.
And they weren’t something to swat away either, each one of them had the oomph behind them to bury themselves dozens of feet into the ground if they missed.
Also, don’t know what’s going on, but fuck Odin.
“Stop throwing swords at me!” I shouted, as more came at me.
“No!” She screamed hysterically.
“What did I do to you!?”
“Exist!”
Seriously, why is everyone so hostile towards me!? What the fuck did I even do? Did I somehow time travel and piss off everyone in this world without knowing it?
Screw it, I let all my swords flash out and they spun around me deflecting her own sort of deathly swords she kept manifesting.
Was that Gradation Air? A form of it backed by Divine Power?
Sparks began to fly as my swords danced in the air protectively, clashing with her thrown swords. Mine were winning out in quality quite easily, shattering her deathly swords with ease, but hers kept coming.
I of course shot her a smug look.
She noticed because her own expression twisted and she seemed to erupt with a bit of power and the sky turned a strange hue, the aurora above reflected off the glistening edge of tens of thousands of swords hovering in the sky.
Huh.
I think for the first time, I’ve felt inadequate in my life.
“We can talk this out.” I said evenly.
She looked at me tilting her head, and pushed through the sky, a dozen or so massive sky-scraper sized blades emerged, pointing down at me.
“Die.” She responded with a hiss.
I scrunched my nose in annoyance.
Actually, why was I even staying here, waiting for her to attack me?
I raised my hand, pointing behind her. “Odin, is that you!?”
She jerked her head around without a second thought. I was genuinely surprised she even fell for that.
But I didn’t waste time, my brain went into overdrive and I quickly went through everything I had in my ring.
No.
No.
No.
No.
Ah, that’ll work.
The split second that took her to turn her head back towards me, white frosting already splattered across her face.
[Did you just….throw a piece of cake at her?] Ddriag asked incredulously.
Yes.
[Why?]
I didn’t have a brick on hand…..
Very slowly, the unknown goddess wiped it away from her face and stared silently at me with a very clear and distinct anger.
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Screams followed as I quickly jumped through a portal.
Screams of anger that is.
Along with plenty of sharp edges trying to stab me in some very unpleasant areas.
What’s wrong with everyone here though?
That’s two times now, I did absolutely nothing wrong and I get targeted like that!
Hmph.
“Just wait until I come back.” I promised.
[Why would you want to go back?] Ddraig asked.
“My pride was challenged. I can’t lose out on flying swords, Ddraig.” I just needed to finish my Mystic Code, then we’ll see who can throw more swords at whom!
Where was I now?
I looked around, noticing I was back in London and nodded to myself. I knew it didn’t take much to correct my previous calculations.
Actually, I wasn’t too far from where I was before.
Oh and look at that, I noticed some spells being cast in the area. It seems like all the humans around just stopped what they were doing, with glazed eyes, and started leaving the immediate vicinity.
Followed by that, some people dressed in similar monk attire to that first woman were running around for some reason.
Hmm.
I wonder if I can follow them back to their home?
I think I’m owed some compensation for the emotion distress I was put under.
Let’s go see what goodies they have.
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A/N
Wilhelm: Exists.
Strange woman: Angry Goddess noises.
Woman continues to exist in MCU which seems to be a problem in of itself.
Comments
Fire_Fox2590
He would only be able to use it in its home reality. There might be universes with stones that would work properly, but in the MCU the stones don't work outside their home universe.
Phantom knight who can’t think of a better nicknam
Oh shit I just imagined will with the reality stone or well anyone of them
Ofeq 2003
Strange woman ❌ Hela ✅
Raibeart TReiss
Sooo... Will will have a new waifu xd? For some reason this reminds me of when he met salem
Ototsu_Yume
How Wilhelm has not already achieved a divinity in Chaos from his sheer bullshittery I don't know. Thanks for the fun chapter. :D
krn
+1
Pierre laplant
Moar
EllaHulk
I love seeing Wilhelm get to be the researcher he wants to be in his heart. I will always enjoy the little moments of Wilhelm just rambling about magic systems and how they work. The cake was great too!
Mustafa
Meh wand magic has a lot of utility that he currently lacks and looks good for a self proclaimed researcher whose only field of study currently is violence.
Suika Nine
Its a chappie before christmas, so I'll just take it. The Hel stuff was entertainibg enough for me.
Belly
Eh... kind of boring chapter with hin monologing about nothing in the mirror dimension for 90% of the chapter Was funny when he encountered Hela but that's pretty much it, to br fair I wasn't expecting much since it's the beginning of a new arc but it's slowly becoming one of those Chinese novels where thry prolong a short scene until a full chapter, or describing and explaining things for 2-4 chapters for no reason, until we finally get to the point buy then thar point ends up becoming "meh" due to the buildup.
fireball77
This was pretty boring I can understand getting put in timeout by the Ancient One but practicing HP spells and throwing cake at Hela just felt like unnecessary filler
ZloGlaZ
Surprised Pikachu face 😮
Bole
I wish there would be less HP magic in the story. The spells are completely obsolete, Wilhelm learning them is pointless.A spell to summon a snake?, oh wow so cool its not like he can summon an actual dragon from his soul. Lumos? Skyrim has ilusion magic that does the same thing, disillusionment?, he can already go invisible as we have seen in the apocrypha timeline. Anything from HP he can already do, and much better in most cases. "Experimenting" with those spells brings no substance to the story and is merely filler, at least thats what it feels like without knowing if you have any specific plans for it.
Chris Rose
2 people who aren't Gilgamesh doing there best impression of him. Not sure if he would be flattered or pissed.
ThighsWithRice
Wilhelm is a chick magnet to women who are affiliated with life and death
savitar
If someone told Tiamat that there were a series of stones that controlled the universe, she would probably make a necklace out of them, although she would certainly demand that Willhelm find them. That dragon is too shameless.
Edward Radikov
heh, rather than Brother, Odin will get to call Wilhelm son (in-law)...DxD Odin. Campione Odin and Fate Odin are a while different keg of mead. MCU Odin... heh, if Wilhem trolls him by calling him father (in-law)... would Thor readily call him Brother? would Loki try his usual plots? Freya would know he is trolling, but I bet she would accept him nonetheless... Wilhem probably would enjoy having her as a pseudo-mother figure.
dondondon
Sadly this chap feels a bit off. I was expecting maybe some actual stuff happening? Either way, maybe it's the pacing. Would have been nice if it's a pho chap instead.
Mathieu Toulet
Nice chapter!
ThighsWithRice
Yuna would be proud that someone is starting in the dao of cakes
Tristan R Mitchell
I believe your answer is yes.
the implord king of all imps!
If you think about it tiamat is a celestial. So....
AStoryForOne
Not every woman who appears is going to be in his harem.
AStoryForOne
Sorry it felt like that, I'm going up to my dads a few states away, when I get there, I'll give it another look. I have another scene I can add to round it out.
Lu Dawei
Yeah I agree. It’s a pretty disappointing chapter.
omar ayoubi
Does Wilhelm have a thing for objectively evil women that the plot somehow whitewashes to becoming good or does the author have that quirk?
StarSmith
It’s honestly feel like a disappointment of a chapter. I’ll half expecting him to actually do something and not just wine
Aeden Emrys
I really hope that Hela will NOT join our MC's harem! But in any case, thanks for the chapter! Looking forward to seeing what more trouble our MC can get into!
Deimon97
more
Orchamus
... Wilhelm angering MCU Hela just by existing😂
Bishop7053
He will annoy her till she grabs and tries to pulverize his hips via hate fucking that turns into cuddles. Calling it now
Green One
The dastardly Ichigo Kurosaki strikes again. Offending others by simply existing in the same reality. When will his evil ever be stopped?
Iori Daemona Angel
I bet Hela is the new waifu xD
willowskeith
Wilheim... just because someone tells you to go to Hel... doesnt mean you need to take it literally...
Johny5
Never have I wanted more of this fic. Fae realm war was fun, but mcu shenanigans are always good. What's next? Keep going with this, or we looking at the aftermath of Arachne's fight Clarissa-Ares?
Son-Of-Scorn
Wonder how Hela will react in the future, enemy? Lover? Both?, chapter was quite slow this time but that's probably for the best, nice to start small with something like Marvel
savitar
You can already see the strong ties between Willhelm and Hela, it's not like anything bad can come out of it I almost feel sorry for the poor order of sorcerers, they're going to be left with nothing to their name. And they're lucky Tiamat isn't in that world.
Hiram
Unprovoked angry goddess noises for once.
Vicente Huerta
Will gets into the weirdest things
loyd
Not up to your usual standards but good chapter
