Chapter 30 - Goals.
The Empire that stood on this land disappeared this day. All that's left is a deep giant hole filled with magma at its end.
The revolutionary army spies that were stationed away from the capital, watched the Empire vanish with their own eyes, which put them in shock for a long time.
All their thoughts were, this is it, and all that we fought for was archived. But strangely, they were feeling empty. Even the commanders of the revolutionary army were in the same state of joy and emptiness. They shared the same feelings as the culprits who did this.
However, they had more things to take care of as a lot of people appeared in a place very close to the spy's base.
In the sky, far away from the capital, Moby Dick was sailing slowly away from the crime scene. The team didn't want to pay for any losses they may cause during the battle.
The group was standing in a circle while looking at a white orb on the ground. The orb was slightly dim as it was almost broken, but the group didn't grab it.
"....." The silence continued for a while before Misaka broke it "So... What should we do with this thing?"
"How about... We sacrifice it for the great gods(Chat Room)?" Kazuma didn't want to touch the system as there might be an Outer God in it.
"And how we do it?" Whitebeard frowned while looking at the small ball. He couldn't believe they came all the way here for this little thing.
"Put it in the Chat Room?" Kaguya also didn't want to touch the system.
"Good idea... Saitama" Leo nodded before he looked at Saitama and so did all the group.
"....." Saitama felt this group is kinda angry about how he finished the fight before he said " Why me?"
Leo pointed at the clear sky where there were no clouds or even sign of them existing because of Saitama punch.
"....." Saitama felt this group is targeting him now before he sighed and picked the system from the ground.
Saitama didn't feel this small orb had any weight as he was putting it in the Chat Room screen while the group was waiting.
Both of the orb and the Chat Room screen glowed before the holographic screen absorbed the orb. The group activated their Chat Room as they noticed that all of them were glowing.
[ Detecting a part from the root of Die Ewigkeit... Extracting the root and sending it back to the original world]
"Wait what?" Kazuma stopped completely as he looked at the name on the screen.
"Die... Ewigkeit..." Kaguya opened her mouth from the shock as she couldn't believe what she's looking at.
Die Ewigkeit, a magic formula belongs to the world of Shinza Banshou, which allows the user to absorb souls and convert them into power. However, this formula is a completely different thing from the regular stuff. With merely 1000 souls, nuclear weapons are completely ineffective, which grows stronger until the universe isn't safe from the users of this formula. But Kaguya couldn't understand how can this thing appear here.
However, Kazuma's reaction was unique from the almost calm Kaguya.
"SPIT IT OUT!!!" Kazuma was shaking the Chat Room screen as he was screaming to get back the Die Ewigkeit formula.
{... Root...} Leo frowned as he looked at the screen that disappeared. He spotted a few interesting things from this brief message.
Even if Die Ewigkeit is broken, but Leo felt there were limits after he saw the system user as he didn't kill them all, which means there's something hidden in this situation. However, Leo didn't think too much before a new screen appeared.
[ Detecting The Greatest Holy Empire system... Recover the origin from the system]
[ The Greatest Holy Empire system: Belong to the Outer God #############. (A/n: They can't understand the existence of the Outer God to read his name).
The system originated from the event that almost destroyed Shinza Banshou world.
The world of Akame ga kill was able to lock the system in his world while waiting for the solution.
The origin is now recovered and the pattern of the system is being memorized.]
The group was staring at the new messages, but Leo frowned even more.
[A message arrived...
########( Shinza Banshou world will): Thank you for the help \(^0^)ノ]
"What?..." Leo stared at the kaomoji as he didn't know what to feel about a world will using them.
When Leo was thinking about life problems, the group stared at the screen as nothing happened.
"Is this is it?" Kazuma felt he was scammed by this Chat Room as nothing happened.
"Maybe we need to confirm something..." Misaka stared at the screen before new messages appeared, which made her say "Never mind"
[The mission finished and rewards will be distributed now... Another message is appearing... Rewards distribution is put on hold]
The team stared at their screens as they were pulled into a private Chat by...
[You were pulled into a private chat by #####( Akame ga Kill world will)]
{I have a bad feeling about this...} Leo didn't like where this is going because he wasn't really friendly with this world.
Misaka stared at the screen before a message appeared.
[ #####( Akame ga Kill world will): You did well during your first time experiencing such events, I hope to see you again in the future or any type of way you calculate time... I can't believe a normal person like you is from the world of that will with a lot of loose screws in his head]
"Hold on! What do you mean my world has a lot of loose screws!!??" Misaka grabbed the screen in desperation, but the world will left the Chat at that moment.
When Misaka was in desperation, Kazuma received a message.
[#####( Akame ga Kill world will): Honestly, I expected worse from you as the protagonist that his own world will keep laughing at]
"HEY!! WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT!!!" Kazuma completely snapped as he felt even his world is laughing at him.
But the world will ignored Kazuma and went for the next target.
[#####( Akame ga Kill world will): I see that even old age can't stop you from destroying my world, huh...]
Whitebeard looked at the screen as he remembered the fight with Leo and decided to not talk about it.
[#####( Akame ga Kill world will): Was it really necessary to use that serious punch?]
Saitama turned his head away as he knew that he could just kill the system user by a normal punch.
[#####( Akame ga Kill world will): I don't have much complaints, but... Can you at least recover your stupid eternities when you finish them?! Do you expect me to do all the work for you?!]
Kaguya coughed as she looked away from the screen. She remembered that she usually never stops her power when she uses it, which means the world was recovering them.
Leo stared at the screen as his face was expressionless when looking at that message.
[#####( Akame ga Kill world will): I only have two words to say to you at first... FUCK YOU!!! Do you hear me? Even if that cannon that hit the face of that asshole(Outer God) was cool, but still, FUCK YOU!! Do you have any idea about the damage you caused?! I don't get me started on your stupid nukes!! Space God! A fucking Space God!!! What wrong with you...]
Leo watched the messages and the cursing increase until he needed to scroll down to see them all before he chooses the only thing he can do now.
[Annihilation Maker(Admin): Well, I'm glad someone is appreciating my natural reflexes, but fuck you too]
[#####( Akame ga Kill world will):.... Why can you reply?]
[Annihilation Maker(Admin): Our great world will can't see the reply button, huh... What a shame]
[#####( Akame ga Kill world will): This Chat Room need an update]
[Annihilation Maker(Admin): When you're here... Can you explain why our initial goal in this Chat Room changed suddenly? Mister world will who doesn't care about his origin]
Leo stared at the screen as he was waiting for a reply from this world will or hope to at least get some information. He has a lot of questions about these messages he was getting on this mission.
Why the goal of this Chat Room changed from origin to something called roots? Why the roots seem more important than the mission or the system, even the origin as the Chat Room went for it directly without looking at the system at first? Shinza Banshou's world was almost destroyed. Which means he's weak now, so are they helping that world?
This world was locking the system and Leo doesn't believe he didn't use the origin to do that, as the Outer God will not just sit still. The Outer God didn't even want to leave the system as Leo saw from earlier.
Leo old habit of thinking about things kicked in again as he clenched his fist. He felt that all what he understood about this Chat Room was shattered by these small messages.
He waited patiently before the last message from the world will arrived.
[#####( Akame ga Kill world will): This Chat Room really needs an update, but... When the world perish, it doesn't really disappear in a sense. However, for the other 'worlds' that 'world' has disappeared and it will never come back]
Leo widened his eyes as he held his head from the headache he's having now. This was a short message, but it gave more information than all that this Chat Room gave before.
Root is probably something even higher than the origin, and it's something that determines the life of the world. Leo doesn't know how far can it go, but it seems that the roots aren't recoverable like the origin.
The Root of Shinza Bansho was stolen when it was almost destroyed, and Leo has all the reasons to think the world was in critical condition all this time. This can explain why the Outer God will go as far as buying time to recover the system and why Akame ga kill world wasted his origin to lock it in here.
Leo even thought that the Outer God didn't expect them to come here, as he gave the system user a lot of powers because he didn't want to lose the root. And that was only possible because the root acted like a cheat. But the Chat Room memorized something called pattern, which may be a protection system from these kinds of things, so they can never happen again or to recover the missing Roots, which can also be a reason why the Outer God was desperate.
But what shocked Leo is the next part of the message. The world wills seemed to know each other, and all of them have a different personality and even feelings. The worlds even seemed to act like friends and a big family that try to protect each other.
The last phrase was meant for the world wills, if one world perishes it doesn't mean it'll disappear as it'll reborn at some point, but the world will and the family member will never be the same. It'll be a completely new world will.
{If this was the goal of the world wills, then what the reason of the Outer Gods to join this war? And those Multiverse spaces...} Leo took a deep breath as he felt that the situation became very complicated.
"Leo... Leo..." Leo covered his face with his hand as his thoughts kept racing in his head, but he woke up by a scream.
"LEO!!" Leo turned his head to see the group looking at him and Misaka was the one that just screamed.
"Ah? Oh, right, what happened?" Leo shook his head before he asked Misaka.
"The Chat Room gave rewards..." Misaka wanted to ask what happens to Leo, but she chooses to not talk about it. Maybe it was something personal.
The group also decided to not go deeper into this problem as they know that Leo will tell them if it's important.
"Really? Well, we have a lot of things to talk about when this is over..." Leo sighed before he looked at the rewards.
[Distributing the rewards...
A Hero For Fun gets 350000 points for destroying the system.
Annihilation Maker gets 350000 points for participating in killing the system user and stopping the Outer God from recovering the system.
The Strongest Man In The World gets 150000 for participating in killing the system user and doing more damage than a scattered barrage.
NEET princess gets 100000 points for participating in killing the system user, and the barrage didn't do a lot of damage like the other members.
Bri-Bri gets 40000 points for dropping some lightning of the system user, which didn't do a lot of damage.
Advocate of gender equality gets 10000 points for guiding Bri-Bri were to shoot and stealing some points from her.]
Everyone stared at their rewards before looking at Kazuma that didn't even feel shame from stealing some points from Misaka.
"Why I'm the lowest in the attack group?!" Kaguya stared at her point before he grabbed the screen.
" Surprisingly, scattered barrage doesn't do a lot of damage on a single target" Leo waved his hand as he laughed at Kaguya's weak numbers which made her even angrier.
However, before another fight between space and time begins. Another message arrived.
[ The store function is open... Members can buy world travel cards, world power compatibility cards, and sell things for the Chat Room to give them points.
The abilities sending function is open... Members can send their abilities to other members for free without losing it just one time, and in the other times, they can buy it if they want the ability.
Because this is the first mission, and a very important thing was recovered from this mission... All the members will get one Gacha opportunity sponsored by the world wills.
One member from this world will join the Chat Room after the members leave the world]
"...." Leo, Kazuma, and Kaguya stood in front of the screen as they were trembling. Gacha is a word that brought terror to their hearts in the past.
"What happened to them?" Misaka asked Saitama that shrugged his shoulder and said " They remembered a terrible past"
Whitebeard didn't even have anything to say while looking at the degenerate trio trembling in their place as they were whispering Gacha is a bad civilization.
After a while, Leo, Kazuma, and Kaguya stopped trembling as they took a deep breath and calmed themselves.
"So, this is it, huh..." Leo looked at his team before he said " I can't say it was the best time in my life, but... I'm glad to meet you all"
"Said the guy who kept destroying everything around him..." Kazuma corrected Leo's words before he said " Well, I guess I'm happy to meet you guys"
"GUAHAHAHAHA!! Why do you guys act like we'll never meet again?" Whitebeard smiled before he said " But it was an enjoyable journey"
"Thank you all..." Misaka had a slight blush on her face because she saw surprised as the group suddenly became emotional.
Saitama nodded at everyone in the group even if he saw better days, but having such an interesting bunch isn't bad once in a while.
"Getting emotional... But I also hope to meet you guys again" Kaguya put her sleeve in front of her mouth as she was slightly smiling.
The group looked at each other as a slight smile was on their faces. This wasn't a fake one like the usual jokes, but a genuine smile.
"What do you guys plan to do?" Misaka saw the group is getting disbanded as she felt some sadness in her heart. Even if the group can gather. But this team put a mark on Misaka's heart.
"Well, I'm going back to my world... I finished all my games here" Kaguya waved her sleeve as he was planning to leave immediately after this conversation finish.
"I'm also leaving... There's a lot to do in my world" Kazuma scratched his head as he was thinking about what he should do with the points.
"I'm going to fetch my mansion before leaving... Old man, here's the ship ownership" Leo gave Whitebeard the control of the ship and the right to take it with him.
" I will meet someone before leaving..." Whitebeard seemed to have plans to do before leaving this world.
"My sale..." Saitama said a few words which reminded the group about the philosophy of life in the last conversation.
" I think I can just teleport you, old man..." Leo stared at Palkia above the ship before he said " Once again, It was fun to meet you all... Let's meet again"
The group stared at each other before they smiled and said " Yes!"
This is the last goodbye between the group members as they smiled one last time to each other. However, they knew this isn't the last time, and they are looking forward to the next time the team will gather.