Okay. So as many of you know, this fanfic will be stopping at Arc 6 until the formal Arc 7 finishes, so I have some ideas for the future.
Once this reaches the end of Arc 6, this'll be on a short hiatus, and I'll begin a new series. Y/N from this series will transport one of his soul copies to another world, and I have a few in mind:
Konosuba
Saga of Tanya the Evil
A Certain Scientific Railgun
Other?
Vote plz and I'll see what to think about. Thx!
Y/N POV
"No need to look surprised. You don't need to act in front of me, you know. Also, your friend just left, so there's nothing to worry about." Echidna said as I slowly walked up to her.
"Um, hello, I guess? I'm Y/N L/N. And yes, it seems that I do know you." I politely took a seat in the other chair, where Subaru probably sat just a few minutes ago.
"You don't seem surprised." Echidna commented, and I shrugged.
"Well, all I see right now is a pretty girl with a butterfly hairclip, so I don't see what is there to worry about, personally."
"Oya? You went straight into it, huh?" Echidna's tone suddenly changed, and my whole body was rejecting her change in tone as if a disease was going to get spread.
"To be honest, what I was referring to was your actions and how you came into my domain." Echidna said as she straightened up and took a sip of her tea.
"Wait... you didn't invite me?" I asked, bewildered.
"Yes. You came in here on your own accord, probably because Frakine-chan has said something, right?" Echidna asked, and I nodded.
"Sigh... despite sealing herself in a witch factor, I still cannot predict how she thinks... so unfair." Echidna stretched her arms as she regarded me. "By the way, why have you not drank my tea yet? I thought you were quite bold, considering that you can indeed come in here unannounced."
"Because I'm still questioning what bodily fluid is inside the cup." I answered truthfully, and she laughed.
"It's just my saliva. What, did you expect something more...?"
"No-nononono! I'm just simply wondering, that's all..." I said as I looked down at the brown tea. I did not think of anything else, I was expecting nothing... yes. I am simply wondering.
I then gulped the tea down in one go, knowing that it will help me soon enough. I'm not sure how long exactly I can stay in the Castle of Dreams, but this tea might just help me. This earned another snarky comment from Echidna.
"Well, let's get to business, shall we? What do you want to ask me, considering that you have eagerly came here on your own?" She said as she lowered her head onto her hands, holding them up as she set her elbows on the table, awaiting the answer.
Faced with an entity who could easily bring about the destruction of the world, I decided to obligate. "Actually, I'm just here to ask questions to confirm something."
"Sure, I'll give you a pass for asking things, considering that Dottir-chan is my friend, and you are her successor. What do you want to know?"
"Is you favourite colour silver?"
"Eh?" Echidna was taken aback at my simple yet personal question. "Yes, it is, I suppose. But why would you ask that-"
"Are you tone-deaf?"
"WHAT" Echidna suddenly jumped back in shock, completely being caught off guard from my unsuspecting question. "Well, yes, I guess? It's not a fact that I'm proud of, but uh, yes, I cannot sing."
"Did you not also one time, uh...." I struggled to remember the weird fact, but it popped into my mind at the last moment. "Go into public while wearing your nightgown because you forgot that you were-"
"AHHHHHHH!!!!. Stop, stop, stop!" Echidna flipped out as I watched in bewilderment before she suddenly cupped my cheeks with her hands as she touched her forehead with mine.
"Hey, what are you doing-" Before I can finish my sentence, however, a flash of memories entered my vision.
I saw myself, 5 years old, playing in the park, unaware that people are trying to prank me constantly but only failed because I was too smart for my own good.
I saw Echidna, meeting Roswaal for the first time, as she decided to 'help' him...
I saw myself, 12 years old, cowering from the fear of the bullies as Mizuryu tried to protect me.
I saw Echidna, facing off against Hector while waiting for the Sanctuary to complete.
I saw myself, 16 years old, being called a 'nerd' because I-
I saw Echidna, older now, collecting the other witches' souls-
I saw myself, 17 years old-
I saw Echidna, creating her Castle of Dreams' version of herself-
I saw myself, 18 years-
I saw Echidna, laying in the tomb-
I saw myself-
I saw-
I-
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"Urk, blegh!" I coughed as I spat out a black liquid as it submerged under the grass in the domain, and saw Echidna looking at me with genuine curiosity from the other side of the table.
"I see why Frakine-chan chose you. You are indeed quite special. For one who could predict the future of this world and have extensive knowledge of what happens, you are quite special. Although, you are not using it to fulfill your full potential, are you not?"
"I..." What Echidna said was true. I was not using my knowledge to the full potential. I could've achieved many great things, including killing the White Whale on my own before it could decimate a single soldier. I could went and solved many things, problems, so why didn't I?
I soon found the answer.
"It's because I want to preserve the main timeline until the story ends."
"Oh-ho? Story? What do you mean?" Echidna said as she suddenly went through my memories again, and she found her answer.
"So this world is a story written by an author from your world, huh? Well isn't that interesting! With you, a person who knows how the world is going to turn out, what would you do, to leave it, or to save it? I want to know the endless possibilities that you could achieve, and my greed thirsts for it!"
"You look... a little, uh, crazy right now, Echidna?"
"But it is quite suitable, is it not? You and I, two beings of immense knowledge of this world. One that came from within the world, and one from beyond it. We could make many things possible, in this world! And plus that, you're Frakine-chan's successor, are you not? Can you show me your witch factor?"
"Uh, yeah, sure." I said as I proceeded to take the rotating tesseract out, and she examined it carefully. However, before I could say something, a flash of pain struck me, and I struggled to sit straight as I huffed and puffed, before I realized what happened.
"That was your tea, was it not?"
"Oh, you are a perceptive one. I really would like our conversation to keep on going longer. I did indeed did a gamble back in that tea. Since I thought your friend already carried the Witch Factor of Sloth, how did you manage to also obtain it?"
"Well, it kinda did a thing in my consciousness, and the little guy you just took a look at went ahead and duplicated it, so I don't really know what to do about that..."
"Frakine-chan has always had a knack for duplicating things, so I guess I'm not surprised that you had a variation of the ability one way or the other... anyways, we're getting off topic. We're a good pair, right?"
"Good...PAIR?!" I stepped back as my face flushed, question marks shoving themselves inside of my brain.
"Aw... look at you, heheh..." Echidna giggled as I quickly tried to return my expressionless face, but failed horribly as Echidna lifted my face, which was on the table (faced down). "What I meant was, how about let's form a contract?"
"Eh?" Although my reaction on the outside was a bit rude, it was exactly what I wanted. The moment the Witch of Greed became willing to form a contract with me, the whole Roswaal matter can be pushed aside.
"Sure... we could form a contract, but can we discuss the terms? My last one didn't go so well... speaking of contracts, what happens to another one that's already formed?"
"Hmm... as long as they don't clash, they'll coexist. However, forming a contract with me can overwrite most other contracts, but it depends who you formed your previous contract with. Who did you form it with, by the way?"
"Your student's descendant, Roswaal."
"Ah... then we have absolutely no hardship to overwrite his contract!" Echidna suddenly smiled so brightly one would think she suddenly turned evil, but it was just her greed acting up. "Anyways, what should be the terms for our contract?"
"We cannot use each other merely for our own benefits. However, if we are going to achieve the same goal, we can utilize other to get towards the common goal."
"Eh? I don't really like the part where I cannot use my abilities freely. And what do you mean I'll use you? In return, you can also use me! I'll even let you use me more than I use you-"
"Ya, no, sorry. I think I've had my fair share of people trying to manipulate me." I shrugged as Echidna sighed as she stretched her hand out as I held out mine as well, and the process of the contract begins.
Timeskippu*
"You know, I'm actually surprised that no one came to intervene our contract forming." I said to Echidna, and she tilted her head in confusion before suddenly realizing what I meant.
"Oh, well, I did indeed block their access for a while." Echidna remarked as she held my hand in hers as the contract completed. "Also, before you leave, I should give you this."
She took out a black pendant, tied to an interesting rope. I recognized it immediately as the pendant Subaru had in Kasaneru IF, after he had accepted the contract with Echidna. However, I did not want the IFs to happen, and that includes guiding Subaru in the right direction. Pride IF, Sloth IF, Greed IF, and Wrath IF are all out of the question now, considering that we passed their starting point.
"Is this supposed to serve as a link between us?" I asked, and Echidna nodded.
"I'm surprised that you know this as well. Yes, we can communicate telepathically after you put it on, even after you leave." I secured the pendant around my neck, and proceeded to leave the tea party.
"So... I guess I'll go now, since it'll be quite late now anyways, ok?" I waved goodbye, and Echidna nodded as she said her final sentence in this conversation.
"Yes... I'll see you soon, Y/N."
After Y/N left the Castle of Dreams:
Echidna POV
"That boy sure is interesting... what is his IQ, as you called it, Frakine-chan?"
"Eh? How did you know I was here?" Frakinedottir appeared suddenly, as if a chameleon stopped camouflaging itself, she appeared out of thin air.
"Your tricks have been exposed to me too many times. And after all this time, you still don't know how to control your aura. You're lucky Y/N-kun didn't see you."
"REALLY? I thought he knew I was here but just didn't notice me..."
"What, did you want him to know, perhaps?"
"No-no-no! I just... uh, wanted to see how much he has grown!"
"Sigh... well, now that Bayanga-chan and the swords are in his grasp, he should be fine. However, I still look forwards to what he could do."
Y/N L/N. You might just be the best thing just happened to me.
Because... you might be the only one who can satisfy my greed.
What is this tingling feeling in my heart?
Hmmm....
Well, I suppose, as the partner of another one with great knowledge, I'll find out soon.
Let's begin... our story.
Authority(ies):
Authority of Deceit (Commonly known as Authority of Elements):
-Vacuum Trigger: An innate ability stored within the tesseract-shaped Deceit Witch Factor, allowing the user to spring themselves from unconsciousness when the mana fluctuations around them changes drastically, as a built-in self-defence mechanism of the body.
-Critical Overload: A mysterious ability that protects the user of the Deceit Witch Factor, causing them to unlock their true potential while their actions are coordinated by ???, helping them avoid certain death. This ability only triggers when the user is about to die and has a 15 minute cooldown.
-- Haywire Warp: A variation of Critical Overload that allows the user to warp the attack that will kill them, creating a tear in space-time to absorb the attack. Meanwhile, the abilities of the elements are unleashed and they will defy the chemical laws before the user decides to cancel their existence.
--Decagenso Rupture: A variation of Critical Overload that allows the user to combine ten elements into one attack, fusing them into a substance unable to be defined by chemical laws. Then, the substance explodes from the inside to spread parts of itself into the opponent's body, replacing their atoms with the substance itself.
-Pure Truth: Y/N's knowledge of the future. Although he claims that he can only know up to a certain amount, it is only a cover-up to avoid suspicion. This ability also allows him to lie without being detected (e.g. Crusch's divine protection), as long as it is part of his knowledge of this world's future.
--Veritas Oneiro Chunyu: The 'Truth Dream Injection'. A sub-ability of Pure Truth that allows the user to show others fragments of Pure Truth to get a better understanding of a situation or past. This ability cannot show the future.
-'Suitoru': A magic spell that allows the user to absorb a certain ??? of the enemy, making it their own and can be stored for later usage.
-Partial Authority Immunity: Y/N is fully immune to some authorities, while some still have a diminished effect on him.
-Scindo: The ability to split the Deceit Witch Factor into pieces to implant them in others, but the pieces can only be taken back a year later. Current Percentages: Y/N L/N: 99.997%, Crusch Karsten: 0.003%
Authority of Sloth:
-Imperceptible Extensions: Y/N's authority also somehow manifested almost the same way as Betelgeuse's did. When activated, two invisible hands can be summoned to be moved around telekinetically. Penalty: If a person is not considered as Y/N's enemy, they will see the extensions. However, another holder of Sloth will also see the hands, regardless of the previous statement.
Elemental Masteries:
Hydrogen Mastery: Stage 2, 150/5000 complete. (Spells: Hydrogen Gas Formation, Hydrogen Gas Wall, Hydrogen Gas Mist)
Helium Mastery: Stage 2, 90/5000 complete. (Spells: Helium Gas Formation, Helium Hydride Acid Creation)
Lithium Mastery: Stage 1, 1895/2000 complete. (Spells: Lithium Hydride Solid Formation, Lithium Pellet Bullets)
Beryllium Mastery: Stage 1, 1925/2000 complete. (Spells: Beryllium Solid Creation, Beryllium Mirror)
Boron Mastery: Stage 1, 1550/2000 complete. (Spells: Boron Metalloid Creation, Boric Acid Creation)
Carbon Mastery: Stage 1, 1745/2000 complete. (Spells: Carbon Creation, Coal Creation, Diamond Creation and Manufacturing, Adamas Wave)
Nitrogen Mastery: Stage 1, 575/2000 complete. (Spells: Ammonia Creation, Ammonium Creation, Nitric Acid Creation)
Oxygen Mastery: Stage 1, 755/2000 complete. (Spells: Oxygen Gas Creation, Ozone Creation, Oxide Creation, Water Creation)
Fluorine Mastery: Stage 0, 750/1000 complete. (Spells: Hydrofluoric Acid Formation, Fluorine Gas Creation, ???)
Neon Mastery: Stage 0, 660/1000 complete. (Spells: Neon Gas Formation, ???, ???)
Sodium Mastery: ???
Magnesium Mastery: ???
Aluminum Mastery: ???
Silicon Mastery: ???
Spirits: Alchemis- fire spirit (Elder Spirit, turquoise), Cahya- yang spirit (Great Spirit, fairy)
Magic Spells:
Goa- shoots a small ball of fire from the tip of the user's index finger when imbued with mana.
El Goa- manifests three fireballs around the user, and shoots them towards the opponent at high speeds.
Ul Goa- The user fires a large amount of powerful fire bullets. A powerful flame scatters when the bullets land.
Al Goa- The user lets loose a massive fireball, scorching away everything in its path. The bigger the caster's skill, the fireball hotter and bigger the fireball.
Ol Goa-the user concentrates by making a giant fireball, before compressing it to insane densities, and shoots out the beam of fire from their palms
Il Goa- Al Goa, but the user applies a homing technique to the spell itself
Al Huma- The user creates a sharp ten meter long spear of ice.
Absolute Zero- The user creates a vacuum in an area, by freezing the atmosphere to an absurd degree. By doing so, even time will freeze inside of that vacuum and no one is capable of escaping it unharmed.
Akra- A yang magic spell that allows users to enhance their physical abilities as well as sharpen their senses.
El Akra- A yang magic spell that allows the user to move extremely fast, almost becoming one with wind as they fill the user with mana in their nerves, muscles, bones, and veins. This technique is able to match Felt's Divine Protection of Wind
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Jiwald- fires heat rays from the user's fingers.
El Jiwald- The user fires several rays from their fingers which are then brought down in a claw-like motion.
Shamak: The target becomes unable to sense where they are, however they can still feel the ground and sense what's happening to their body.
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Kilat- The user gathers lightning on their fist/ weapon, and slams it down at the opponent, creating a giant electric arc to shock and paralyze enemies.
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