HEllo Guys!
This is an Author's note about the Chapters upcoming.
And a little notice.
So after this chapter was originally going to be Y/N watching Subaru vs Garfiel and doing some other stuff but I happened to scrap that idea. So, the next chapter that was supposed to be named Invisible Providence | Requests will not exist for the time being.
We'll move on to Return to the Mansion | Fury Ablaze after this chapter.
Just so you guys know. And also, including this chapter, Arc 4 only has 5 chapters left. When I finish Arc 4, I'm taking a short two-week break before returning with the exclusive Arc 4.5 I've planned out just for this story! Arc 4.5 will contain 13 chapters, and Y/N will gain more allies as he ventures throughout the land before going to Priestella. I haven't come up with a name for the arc yet, so stay tuned for that!
If you don't know what Arc names are uh then u can go to the re zero wiki to find out. I'm not going to explain that right here this moment, sry. Let's get on with the story!
I woke up in the graveyard again, and immediately checked the pendant around my neck. Good, the connection to Echidna was still there. I stumbled out of the graveyard, and saw Otto running after someone, presumably Subaru, so I decided to follow him.
Otto slid down a hill, and I stayed back a few meters, trying to keep myself out of sight. At this moment, Echidna's voice connected again.
Ah. Y/N. I see you went out of the Graveyard safely, correct? And also, what are you planning to do now?
Me? I told you, I'm just trying to follow the storyline, and not mess it up while improving people's lives.
Really? But what about...that other goal?
That one will have to wait. You're not out yet. When you successfully transfer your soul, we can talk about that.
Oh-ho? So you knew... not even Subaru knew. Well, I guess it's not that surprising, considering your ability and knowledge that you possess.
Personally, I'll be happy that you'll be out. I swear, I can hug a Ryuzu clone without feeling like a lolicon, you know?
Huh? What do you mean-
Ya... no. I need to go find Subaru to successfully complete the next part of the plan. The attack is coming soon, so I need to be at the mansion before that.
Okay then. Good luck. I'll be here if you need me.
Thanks for being here with me, Echidna.
After cutting off the conversation link, I heard Otto scolding Subaru. "Take a deep breath, Natsuki-san."
"A deep breath?" Subaru said, confused as I chuckled about what's going to happen next. I heard Subaru proceed to take one, but Otto's fist slammed into his face, sending him reeling back as Subaru collapsed on the floor.
"Huh?" Subaru said as his expression showed pure shock, unable to comprehend why Otto did what he did.
"Stop... trying to put on a tough front around your friends, Natsuki Subaru!"
Timeskippu*
After Subaru has successfully talked it out with Otto and made a bet with Roswaal, he came out looking a tiny bit exhausted about what he has just done. I chose this moment to make my appearance as I seemingly appeared next to him.
"Woah! Y/N! where did you come from?!" Subaru yelped as I gave him a head chop.
"You went on to have all the fun with your plan, leaving me out?" I faked an expression of sadness, before returning to my original expression. "Anyways, the attack on the mansion will happen within three days, right? Let me take care of that."
"The attack on the mansion? You want me to entrust you with that? I'm not saying I'm doubting you, the a mabeast user and the Bowel Hunter are really dangerous opponents..."
"Don't worry, I will not go without a plan, Subaru. I know what I'm doing. However, before you do that, let me join in on the plan to delay Garfiel while you do your thing."
"How will you delay Garfiel? I know I plan on having Ram and Otto join in on the plan, but how do you want to help them?"
"Do you want to see this? I'm sure it will scare you, but are you sure about this?" I asked him, but Subaru just looked confused as he told me to show it.
"Okay then... here we go!" I shouted as I punched towards the sky, and the Imperceptible Extensions bursted forth from my shoulders, acting as a second pair of arms as Subaru widened his eyes at the sight, backing away in fear as I quickly waved my arms in peace.
"Calm down, Subaru! I'm not going to hurt you!" I shouted, and Subaru shouted back in fear.
"What do you mean! Betelgeuse possessed you! How could you have... wait... is this because of the witch factor Echidna talked about?"
"Who's Echidna?" I said, feigning innocence as Subaru waved that thought away.
"The Sloth Witch Factor, that's what this is." I told him, leaving him surprised as he recognized the word. "You possess it as well. When a witch factor's holder dies, the witch factor will automatically find a new host. Usually, it would not split itself into two, so I don't know why. Subaru, make use of the power that dwells within you. Don't be afraid of it."
Subaru nodded, and I stopped the activation of the Authority of Sloth. "Subaru, I never told you what my powers are, right?"
"Well... I kinda just assumed you could use magic and now the Unseen Hand, but I don't know if you had anything else."
"Well, in order to build trust, it requires truth. So now, I'm going to show you." I said as I generated diamond by forming the triangular lattice structure of carbon atoms, and Subaru's eyes widened in surprise.
"My main one is Periodic Table Manipulation, which allows me to control and create elements from the Periodic Table. I can form basically any substance in existence, but it drains my stamina in return." I explained.
"Bro... how come you get such an overpowered ability, but I don't?" Subaru asked, now depressed. That was one reason I didn't want to tell him about my power, but now at least I have a counter argument.
"Subaru, you possess Return by Death. That ability alone is overpowered. You can save people who died, revert actions as many times as can. However, the Witches of Sin have consoled you about it, have they not?"
"I..." Subaru cut himself off, and nodded as he wiped his envy away. "Yes. I have a power. Then, let's change this world together for the better, Y/N."
"Glad to be along for the journey, my friend."
Timeskippu*
I hid in the forest, waiting for the right time to intercept the fight when Garfiel comes. Otto and Ram are stationed in front of me somewhere, while I waited in the shadows for Garfiel to appear and fight the latter.
Otto came running out suddenly as Garfiel chased behind him, only to be stopped by Ram using wind magic. Garfiel used his Divine Protection of Earth to block the slash of wind, but was angered by it nonetheless. Garfiel then proceeded to transform into his beast form, but Ram beat him down easily using her oni skills but suffered damage due to Garfiel's sheer retaliation.
As Garfiel charged towards the now undefended Ram, Otto raised the crystal in the air to draw Garfiel's attention towards himself. Just before Garfiel could hit him, I made my debut in this battle.
"Authority of Sloth- Imperceptible Extensions!" I punched out in Garfiel's direction, and the shadow fists followed my trajectory as they knocked the tiger back, and Otto gasped in surprise as he recognized Betelgeuse's power.
"Y/N-san? How do you have that?" Otto asked, shivering.
"Don't worry. After Subaru killed the madman, his power kinda went to both of us. Anyways, I'm here to help, so don't be scared."
"ARRRRGH!" Garfiel charged towards me again, and I immediately tested out my new improvised spell. The nitrogen atoms in the air heated up as crackling sounds were heard, as I spread the electric current throughout my body to improve my overall reaction time, and surrounded my body in a thin layer of lightning as I punched towards Garfiel's stomach, sending shockwaves throughout his body.
"El Kilat." I said as I dashed behind him and prepared to kick him, but he grabbed me and proceeded to almost break my leg before I cast my newly learnt Yin Magic.
"El Shamak!" I yelled as the black cloud burst out, and Garfiel let go of me as the cloud covered my escape, but not before I readied another few spells and placed them in the air as Garfiel de-transformed himself, and glared at me in anger.
"Well, do you want to perhaps stop now?" I asked him, and he hissed as he sent a wave of earth in my direction, and I sighed as I canceled it out with my readied spells. I suddenly looked at the sky, and realized that it was time.
"Nevermind. I guess you can go now, since we don't need to delay you any further." I said as I used my Imperceptible Extensions to pick up Otto and Ram, before stepping on a pre-laid conveyor belt that would take me straight back to the area around the graveyard. I activated the mechanism, and it took us off as Garfiel's eyes widened in frustration, but it was no use as I continued rotate the aluminum belt using my authority, leaving him in the dust as we arrived at the Graveyard's outskirts, and I bid my farewell to Ram and Otto, telling them that Subaru will take care of the rest.
As I took off, Echidna's voice echoed in my head. Hey! Where're you going? I want to see how your friend's authority manifested, you know? You can't let me miss out on such a great show!
Well, if I want the next part of my plan to go smoothly, we have to leave now. Besides, you'll see it again soon enough.
Hmph. As long as you keep your promise, I'm fine with it.
Of course I keep my promises! Did you think that I was just bluffing to the other Witches of Sin back at the Tea Party?
I don't know if you can perfectly resurrect someone if it was not in my way...
It's completely possible. With my authority, I could easily create new cells and DNA, it'll just take a long time, that's all.
Why do you want to resurrect them anyways? Am I not enough? Hmph... you really are greedy.
Now, now, don't take this the wrong way, Chid-chan. I simply want to help you poor girls who didn't get a chance to properly fulfill their goals.
Fine...
By the way, do you know if I can win against the Bowel Hunter right now?
You probably could, but if the fight goes on for too long, you'll probably die since you do know her nature, do you not?
Yes. A regenerating curse doll is indeed hard to handle. Any ideas?
Well, you could convince her to join you.
Huh? How do I do that? I knew that in Kasaneru IF, Subaru recruited Elsa, but it was actually Chid-chan's plan?
Here, let me tell you...
...I see. Well, I guess I'll trust you on this one then, Chid-chan.
Good luck. You'll need it.
Well, I suppose your teachings are awesome. They are really having effect. I said as I arrived at the mansion, and deactivated Akra as I realized my minimal stamina drain due to my training for the past few loops and the teachings of Chid-chan.
Now that I'm here, it's time to prepare for the final fight. Subaru should know what to do after this, so I'll leave him to the other part of the plan.
It's time to begin my final battle to decide the fate of the Sanctuary.
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, Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Fluorine, Neon, Sodium, Magnesium, Aluminum, Silicon
Spirits: Alchemis- fire spirit (Elder Spirit, devil), Cahya- yang spirit (Great Spirit, fairy), Bayanga- yin spirit (Great Spirit, succubus)
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
Ul Akra- A yang magic spell that greatly boosts the user's speed and strength, allowing them to travel near the speed of sound and being almost invisible to the naked eye when moving.
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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.
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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.
El Shamak: The target becomes unable to control their bodies while under its effects.
Minya: Magic that creates stakes made of crystallized mana covered with light purple flames. They are strong enough to penetrate defences. Any stakes in the air explode and release smaller stakes that fly in all directions which then rips targets apart.
Murak: The user reduces the effects of gravity. Just by lightly pushing yourself off the ground, a person can jump as if they had springs. If the user wishes to, it can also be used to fly, although the user will get blown around by the wind like a leaf, but they won't flip around in mid-air.
Vita: The user casts this spell to amplify the effects of gravity, making an object heavier.
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.
El Kilat: The user uses lightning to spread it throughout their body, increasing their reaction speed and movement speed. The user also coats themselves in a thin layer of thunder, able to direct electrical shocks into any opponent they attack.