The Dimension God's passing

"The armaments you selected are... the Sword and Scabbard of the Arthurian Legends."

The Dimension God spoke with a relaxed tone and expression.

"Wait a second… Did I perhaps listen incorrectly? You just said armament with an 'S' at the end, right? Doesn't that mean I would get-"

Zero's eyes widened in surprise.

"Yes, you have acquired two Noble Phantasms instead of one: Excalibur… and Avalon, ranked A++ and EX respectively. I only added them in as a bonus, but never expected that you would decide to gamble and end up choosing them. Do you see why you're lucky now?"

The divine being interrupted and explained to the raven-haired teen.

"Ah… yes Sir."

Zero seemed to have replied absentmindedly but inside he was screaming with joy. He had made the correct gamble on this one. Avalon would be the best suitable for him as he would finally have some sort of protection and most importantly, something to heal his wounds.

And although he preferred the Japanese katana aesthetic over Western design when it came to a sword, but hey, who would actually complain if the sword turned out to be the legendary Excalibur itself?

Then he thought… if the 'Hidden' option of the Armament section was this good, what about the others?

All of a sudden, he got enveloped in familiar golden light again. It only lasted a second this time but still ended up startling him as he was not prepared for it.

As the light died down, Zero could feel his body surging with endless power. Of course, the teen knew that this feeling was only an illusion when he thought back to the Dimension God's previous leak in aura. Compared to that terrifying power, his was only a drop in the ocean, possibly even worse.

Zero also felt a strange feeling around the area above his buttocks so he tilted his head behind only to find a brown, monkey-like tail attached to him, swinging back and forth.

Then realization struck him that the deity must've changed his bloodline.

"Alright everything's all settled. The Noble Phantasms will be within your System Inventory along with the Gravity Magic in the form of a grimoire so you don't have to worry."

God clapped his hands as he focused his gaze back to his successor.

The teen noticed that his predecessor's body seemed to be fading out even more. The deity basically looked more like a hologram than anything else right now.

"Well, although it's been fun chatting with you kid, I think it's about time for me to leave. But before I do that, any last questions?"

God gave Zero a gentle smile to which the teen trembled for a bit, before eventually sighing. Zero knew that he couldn't change the god's mind so he gave up asking him to stay.

The teen's face had a sad expression though as he stared at the god. From the little amount of time they spent together after the initial meeting, both had gotten along with one another quite well. It was quite sad to see the god leaving, but he didn't say anything as this was a man's choice and he wasn't one to stop it.

He may as well make the most of the time left and ask what he wanted to know.

"Yep, I have three questions."

He stated.

"Go on."

God motioned with his hand for Zero to continue.

"Question one: Could you perhaps tell me what is under the 'Hidden' in each of the other categories?"

The raven haired-teen asked politely.

"Haha, curious now aren't we?"

The deity smirked.

"Well, it's not like it's a secret so there isn't any harm in telling you. Underneath the Bloodline category, 'Hidden' was the Dragon bloodline and for the Magic/Ability section, I had placed Reality Marble as an option."

"Ah, the first one was quite obvious it seems. Dragon's are a universal race after all. As for Reality Marble... if I had known, I would've definitely picked this over Gravity Magic as it is much more uncommon. Gravity Magic could be substituted with weighted clothes instead, although doing so means less effective training."

Zero murmured quietly to himself before shaking his head in realization.

"Eh, whatever. The choice has already been made and there shouldn't be any regrets."

The teen quickly regained his composure before asking his second question.

"The second question: Regarding the concept of Reincarnation and Transmigration, has any other individual, aside from me, experienced something similar?"

"No, that's a false assumption kid. And your final question?"

God shook his head to which Zero sighed in relief. Even though God looked like he was in bad shape at the moment, he still asked patiently which made Zero's respect for the deity go up a notch further.

"The third and final question: What world are you sending me to, and will I ever be able to go back to my previous world?"

The first part was asked with a hint of anticipation on the raven-haired teens face whereas the latter was just for curiosity.

"Oh right! Now that you have mentioned it, I never did explain to you what was happening with the two Dimensions huh?"

With a wave of a palm, two dark-shaded spheres giving off a mysterious aura gently floated in the void between the deity and his successor. Both were around the size of a regular basketball and if one stared into them for too long, they would feel as if they were sucked into an abyss.

"Well, here they are. The Twin Dimensions. You can easily differentiate between which is mine and which is my sister's just from how bright they are; if you look closer you can see one sphere is comprised of many different galaxies and stars whereas the other one is dull in comparison.

Now to answer your question. It's pretty obvious that you'll be sent to my sister's dimension. As you already know, both dimensions are parallel to each other, so any anime, manga or novel in your previous world, they're all in my sister's dimension as a separate world instead. Once your System activates, you are able to choose any world within this dimension to start off with.

And about being able to go back to your previous world, you have to reach my requirements first!"

The Dimension God explained.

"Oh that's awesome then. But what do you mean by requirements though?"

"Achieve the realm of Dimension God of course. What else? When you achieve it, you can naturally go back to your own dimension. No one's going to stop you. Though by then… a lot of time might've passed. It really depends on how quickly you can reach my level of power I guess. Given your talent combined with some hard work, it would take… probably around 100,000 years maybe…?"

"Eh… 100,000 years… what a fuck load of time. It's not like I had any attachments to that place anyway, apart from it being the place where I was born. Though my friends…"

Zero muttered to himself, though the god was still able to hear him with his powerful senses.

"Don't worry about it, kid. I had already sealed their memories of you when you first came here so they will continue their life without remembering who you are. If you really want to though, I could stop time within that world until you are able to return."

"Eh? That would be great actually. Thank you very much Sir. But do you have enough power to do so? Stopping time sounds like it consumes a lot of energy."

The surprised teen asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I'm going to tell you this one last time kid. Stop. Underestimating. Me. First of all, that is MY dimension that 'I' created. I could even stop time for the whole thing forever, let alone stopping a measly 100,000 years of time for such a small world like Earth; it only requires a thought to do so. Although I still don't seem to have the authority for most things within my own dimension, stopping time is still within my control.

Second of all, even without it being my dimension, stopping time is one of the basics of becoming a dimension god. When you have reached my level, it doesn't really require much energy. Even in this trashy state of mine at the moment, I'd still only consume ten percent of my power to stop Earth's time for that long"

"Ah, my apologies. I understand now, but how was I supposed to know that Dimension Gods were so powerful? There was nothing I could refer or compare to…"

Zero deadpanned at the God to which the deity became directly speechless since what his successor had said was technically correct.

"Well, whatever. Anyway, I should really get a move on kid as I've been dragging it on for a while now. Just letting you know that the time on Earth has been stopped until you return. One last thing from me and you better remember this clearly as I'll only say it one time."

While the God was speaking Zero noticed the deity's body, which had ceased it's fading for a while now, begin to fade again, and at a much quicker pace this time. The teen paid it no mind though as what's prone to happen will happen sooner or later and instead focused on listening intently to his predecessors last words.

"Remember this, any type of 'energy' within the whole Multidimensional Universe could be cultivated to the peak. Beings are just limited by their world and it's laws. Unless they are strong enough to overcome those laws themselves, it is impossible to further improve once they're at their peak, or rather, peak of their world.

Continuously seek for breakthroughs, kid. Though I wasn't strong enough and never able to sense a higher realm, I'm fairly certain that there is still a realm of power above the Dimension God.

Once you reach my realm, you energy will start to change. As for what it will change into and the benefits you will obtain once it happens… figure it out for yourself. Haha! Although you are my successor I can't just keep spoon-feeding you everything.

I don't exactly want someone useless and unwilling to go through hardships as my successor and most importantly, I hope the same thing that happened to me doesn't ever happen to you. So keep this firmly in your mind, do not be consumed by the greed for power.

Finally, I would like to thank you for being there to listen to me vent out my frustrations. No matter what path you take, I hope you end up becoming a great man. The System will be there to assist you with anything that you might need. Sayonara… kid."

God gazed at the twin dimensions one last time before focusing on his sister's.

"At last… I'll finally be able to join you, my dear sister."

Finishing his last sentence with a serene smile, the Dimension God's wielded his body and soul to start diminishing even faster.

But just as the Dimension God was about to disappear entirely, Zero quickly opened his mouth as he remembered something essential that he had forgotten until now.

"Ah wait, I have one last thing to ask you Sir!"

The teen raised his voice as he spoke anxiously, hoping the divine being could hear him before it was too late.

"Why me? Why exactly did you choose ME to be your successor? You couldn't have just picked someone randomly… right?"

If that was the truth, Zero would definitely be disappointed as he would've gotten the feeling that he wasn't anyone special. Everyone wanted to be unique and our protagonist here was no exception.

"Haha! Who knows kid, ... it may have been fate that led you to me instead…"

And with that ambiguous statement, the figure of the Dimension God finally disappeared, leaving the raven-haired teen clueless as his gaze remained on the spot where the divine being had just been present.

Even until the end of time, Zero never really understood what the Dimension God's last words had meant, but that was something left to discuss for another day.

"Thank you…"

Zero muttered to the empty void after a period of silence, before turning his gaze towards the two spheres which had remained floating in the void all this time.

One had turned gray, which he figured was the one that he wasn't able to enter, while the other still shone brightly with the many different worlds, galaxies and the billions of stars comprised within.

"So like… What exactly do I do with these twin dimensions anyway? God didn't exactly tell me what to do with them. Do I just store it somewhere? Wait, how exactly do I enter the dimension in the first place…"

The raven-haired teen thought aloud before he blinked in realization as he suddenly recalled something.

"Oh right, I almost forgot; I have a System now. It'll probably have the answers I need. Hmm… God said I that needed to activate it first… though he never told me exactly how, but just this little thing can't stump me. Like they say, there always has to be a way. I'll just do whatever comes to mind first. Here goes…"

Zero took a deep breath before yelling…

"System, activate!"

[Beep. Responding to host's call...]