Chaos

It happened in a flash, one moment he was talking to the being that claimed to be his fiancée, or at least a part of her. And then the next he was falling for what felt like an eternity. 

Lucian expected a typical transmigration, or even a reincarnation, as much as he hated the idea of reliving his early years of life. But even that might be better than floating through... Space? For what felt like forever before finally falling through a small gap that seemed to be a portal. 

He knew this was his... Girlfriends'? He did not know if that would be the proper term for her anymore. But he knew this was Kaiaos's doing, he could feel her small invisible pull the whole way through the experience, slowly and patiently guiding him through that space. 

He had plenty of time to think about the situation that he had gotten himself into during this whole spa trip. And he came to one simple conclusion, this was both of their faults, his for loving her, and Her's for killing him. Yet he did not care. 

He quickly came to realize that he would have done the same. So why was he mad? Afterall, she did nothing wrong. 

'Oh... Shit.' Lucian thought as he came out of his thoughts, a giant reptilian monster's spiked back coming into his view as the portal that opened right above the monster shot him out at speeds that would tear a normal human to pieces straight at it. 

Lucian barley even had time to try to rotate his body, not that he succeeded, before he made direct collision with the monster, it's large reptilian body splattering into a million pieces as blood spilled everywhere.

BOOOOM!!!

A resounding, thunderous boom echoed through the dungeon floor as Lucian collided with the bridge that comprised a large portion of the room. His body sank into the ground, creating a medium-sized crater and slightly breaking apart the edges of the bridge, causing some of its stone bricks to fall into the abyss.

"Agh, fuck me..." Lucian mumbled, not truly feeling any pain, just whiplash from the sudden disorientation. 

His gaze immediately went down to his body, which was painted red with blood, along with various other things that he could only assume to be the insides of the monster he had just blown to pieces. 

"Fucking disgusting..." He whispered, not all that bothered for some reason by the horrific sight before him, as he began to casually brush off the large pieces of guts that made its way into his oddly long hair. 

'I see she decided to change my looks,' he thought, his gaze inspecting his long, unruly void-black hair before shifting to the large crater he stood in. 'More than just my looks,' he continued, reflecting on the destruction he had caused with just his body alone. Not to mention, he did not even feel anything from that much force.

"Come on Kaori, we have to go!" A loud frightened yell caught Lucian's attention as he turned to see a large group of teenagers wearing adventuring gear as well as a few men wearing full metal armor with them. 

He was momentarily surprised at how he could understand the unfamiliar language of this world, though, Lucian's focus quickly moved on to the boy who had yelled as he took in his form, as well as the girl the boy was desperately trying to pull away. 

The boy had brown hair, brown eyes, and a slim body, His face a mixture of fear and resolution as he pulled a girl wearing a bloody priestess robe to her feet, her black tied back hair a mess, and her brown eyes confused. 

'Arifureta...?' Lucian thought confused. He knew he was being sent to a fantasy world, but to an anime world, really? 

Lucian let out a sigh, "I should have expected as much from that otaku Goddess." He muttered, remembering the room he had awoken to after he had died. 

'So what? She just sent me right before Hajime falls into the abyss?' he thought, inspecting the large, dark, rocky dungeon floor he found himself in, lit only by the occasional glowing purple stone.

'But why?' he mused, considering several options. However, they all led back to one conclusion as he remembered her last words and reflected on her name.

'Chaos,' he thought. 'Looks like my new lover will be fun.' A small smirk began to form on his devilishly handsome face, the dark allure only further enhanced by the slight blood that still lingered on his features.

His thoughts were cut short as he sensed something rapidly approaching. Swiftly turning his head to face the direction of the approaching entity, he quickly realized that it was, in fact, moving slowly.

Lucian blinked. 'Why is he attacking me?' His gaze shifted towards the kids who were running towards the exit of the dungeon floor, escorted by two knights.

'Ah, I see. I must be pretty scary to them, huh?' he mused and couldn't help but find it amusing.

Why attack a being that didn't even care about you if you were scared of it?

'Well, I guess that is a knight's job; there is always the risk I would chase them.' he thought as his gaze refocused back on Meld, who was only about three feet away from him now, his sword outstretched and in a swinging motion.

'Too bad... I never really did like to hold back.' he thought, casually walking behind Meld before punching as hard as he could through the man's chest.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!

A loud, thunderous boom sounded out, followed by a rain of blood and guts as Meld's entire body exploded from the inside, showering the dungeon walls. A blasting rush of wind accompanied the explosion, creating a giant hole in the stone wall.

Lucian hummed in thought as he stared at the destruction caused by the shockwave of his punch.

"Wow, she gave me a pretty good start~," he said cheerfully, his mind seemingly unbothered by the fact that he had just blown a man into a bloody mist.

"AHHHHHHH~" A girlish, ear-piercing scream echoed through the dungeon floor.

"Huh?" Lucian exclaimed, turning back around to the exit of the dungeon to face the horrified looks of the teenage heroes, the two knights having already abandoned their duty and run.

Lucian blankly stared at them for a moment. Some took this chance to escape, while others seemed frozen in place.

"Why are you still here?!" Lucian finally called out, tired of this stupidity.

He had given them a chance to run for a reason; he is not a complete monster. Why would he attack someone who has yet to do anything to him?

At his call, the rest also seemed to snap out of it. Even though surprised, they still ran away, following after the rest of their classmates. Well, all but one, at least.

Lucian let out a sigh as he stared at the boy before him, his armored hand tightly gripping his sword as his blue eyes watched in apprehension.

"I let you and your friends leave, and you chose to stay?" Lucian said, an amused smile adorning his blood-stained face as he continued. "Do you have some kind of death wish?" He asked.

Kouki further tightened his grip on his sword as he spoke, "You killed Meld..." he said, as if in shock before continuing. "I will not allow you to leave here!" he cried out, his body beginning to be charged with mana as he got into a fighting stance.

Lucian let out a sigh as he shook his head. "Of course, it was you..." he said, almost amused but mainly exasperated. In what looked like teleportation to Kouki, Lucian disappeared from his spot in the crater and reappeared before him.

"Hmm, what would cause more chaos, killing you, or just taking away a part of your body..." Lucian mused aloud, savoring Kouki's fearful expression.

"Wha-what..." Kouki stammered out as he slightly stumbled back in surprise.

A large, sinister smile began to form on Lucian's visage as he spoke, "You know what? I will leave the choice up to you," his voice filled with amusement.

"H-Huh...?" Kouki blurted out, confused. Everything happened so fast—a monster appeared, then an even stronger monster killed that monster, and finally, that monster killed Meld, their instructor.

It all transpired in less than two minutes from his perspective. Yet, this man, this monster, had him trapped, cornered, and now was saying he might die!?

Lucian ignored him, casually walking up to Kouki, his hand resting on Kouki's gold and silver armored shoulder as he spoke, "So, what will it be?" he asked again, his expression one of utter curiosity.

Kouki blinked, unsure of what to say or do. Why did he stay? Why did he not run!? Was he really so foolish to think he could beat this thing!?

"I-I... ah..." he stammered, trying to find the words, yet nothing came out.