Gaia

"System, activate!"

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

A cold mechanical voice spoke from deep within him.

[System protocols initiated…]

[System AI waking up in 3… 2… 1… Ding!]

All of a sudden a petite humanoid figure with fairy-like wings, who was about as tall as an teenager's palm, appeared floating in front of him with her eyes closed. The figure had long golden blond-hair, tied up in a high ponytail and dressed barefoot in a light green dress.

Although the figure's pretty face seemed immature, that wasn't exactly the case for her other departments such as her chest and buttocks which was pretty developed for someone of her size.

The little girl, who had her eyes closed all this time, finally opened them to reveal her beautiful wine-red eyes. Upon seeing Zero, her eyes grew wide before she quickly gave a formal bow, letting out a sweet, soothing voice as she opened her mouth to speak.

[Greetings, Master! My name is Gaia, the System Fairy. How may I be of your assistance today?]

The System Fairy's appearance and voice so stunning that even Zero was left in a daze for a while.

"How pretty…"

The teen murmured, which earned a blush from the fairy as she had caught what her master had said.

[Mouu… although Gaia is happy you complimented her, it still isn't nice to ignore someone when they're speaking to you.]

"Ah, sorry sorry. That was very rude of me. It's nice to meet you, Gaia. My name is Zero and you are perfectly fine to call me by this name if you aren't comfortable with calling me Master. Since you're the System Fairy, I'm gonna guess that you have probably realized by now that we're probably going to be together for a long time, if not forever, so I hope we both can get along with each other."

As he finished his sentence with a gentle smile, Zero stretched his hand out for a handshake, though he soon realized dumbfoundedly that Gaia was even smaller than his palm. How could she possibly give him a handshake?

Puchi-!

[Hehehe! Master's face looks so funny.]

Gaia laughed innocently, before she also stretched out her tiny hand and placed it on Zero's. Said teenager was currently stuck in the same handshake-pose since he didn't know what to do in this awkward situation.

Thankfully the awkward moment had been broken by our friendly neighbourhood loli. Zero scratched his head embarrassedly with his spare hand as the System Fairy continued her speech.

[Mn! Gaia hopes to get along with Master Zero too! Gaia's role is to provide assistance to Master so if Master has any questions, he can just ask her anything and anytime he wants. Does Master have anything that requires Gaia's help at the moment?]

Gaia asked her master once again as she took back her hand and stood atop of Zero's still outstretched palm that's now facing upwards.

Looking down at the little fairy on his palm, the teen suddenly had the urge to squeeze her cheeks. He ended up pushing down the feeling though as he indeed had something he needed help with.

"Ah yes… I do happen to need your assistance. Those two dimensions over there…"

Saying that, Zero pointed to the two floating spheres beside them before opening his mouth once more.

"... what should I do with them?"

He asked cluelessly.

[Oh those! Master doesn't have to worry. Once Master enters a world of his choice, the System will automatically retrieve both dimensions and store them someplace safe.]

Gaia explained.

"Okay then, at least that's out of the way. So just making sure of one thing, do I just pick any world I want and the System does the rest?"

Zero asked again with a raised eyebrow to the loli on his palm.

[Yes, that is correct. Master can pick any world he desires and the System will send you to that specific world through either a portal, or teleportation. Gaia highly recommends Master to understand the System functions first before he starts travelling though.]

"Right, if it's not too much of a bother, could you please give me a brief explanation on that then?"

[How could it possibly be a bother. Gaia's sole existence is to help Master, so Master doesn't need to worry about Gaia being uncomfortable.]

The little fairy shook her head.

"Mm, I would like to thank you for the future assistance then, Gaia."

Zero patted the system fairy's little head with his finger, earning a cute pout from the loli.

[Mou, Gaia is not a child!]

Though she said that, it didn't change the fact that the fairy was leaning her head into what had turned into a caress. It took a while for the loli to regain her composure and when she did, there happened to be a huge blush on her cheeks as she realized what just occurred.

Coughing to hide her embarrassment, Gaia started to speak again.

[Anyway, about the System, the easiest way Master can access the System functions is to call upon the System Menu within your mind. That way, Master will be able to view things such as your Status, items in your Inventory, your Skills… etc.]

"I'm guessing that I all I have to do is say the words 'System Menu' silently in my head?"

[That is correct, Master.]

'System Menu'

With the confirmation from Gaia, Zero went and did exactly what he had said he would do and unsurprisingly, a blue holographic-like screen appeared in front of him.

<System Menu>

[Status]

[Inventory]

[Shop]

[Quest]

[Dungeon]

[World Travel]

"Have to say, it's nice and simple."

The teen commented while looking at the menu. Gaia had already turned around and was staring at the menu with him.

[Mn! Everything listed here is basically self-explanatory so Gaia will only explain the essentials. One more thing, when the System was bound to Master's soul, Master also gained a Talent and this Talent is displayed under the Status section. It is recommended that Master checks.]

"Right, I almost forgot about that. God said I wouldn't know until the System activates."

Zero saw the screen change as he selected the Status option with his mind.

<Status>

[Name]: Zero

[Title]: N/A

[Gender]: Male

[Age]: 19

[Height]: 5 ft 11

[Race]: Saiyan

[Talent]: <Protection of the Mind>

[Ki]: 50/50

[Lvl]: 1

Power: e (0)

Endurance: e (0)

Dexterity: e (0)

Agility: e (0)

Magic Power: e (0)

[Overall Power Level]: 100

[Skills/Abilities]: None.

"<Protection of the Mind>? Let's see… 'Grants <Immunity> to all mental status effects under the Dimension God Realm and allows the user to enter a calm state of mind in any sort of situation when needed.' is what it says… What the heck?"

The raven-haired teen blinked twice to make sure he wasn't just seeing things.

"I know the Dimension God mentioned the Talent being overpowered and all, but isn't this a bit too much? 'Immune to ALL mental status effects under the Dimension God Ream'... wouldn't this mean that I'm practically invincible within this dimension when it came to illusions and whatnot? Hey Gaia, what do you think?"

Zero asked for his System Fairy's opinion.

[Master, you are very lucky to get this Talent as it is one of the few rare SSS talents that an individual can gain. And yes, it also means that you are invincible to all illusions in this dimension. <Protection of the Mind> also will block off any malicious individuals who want to peep into Master's soul.]

"Hmm, not bad."

The teen nodded his head with satisfaction. He was very pleased with the Talent he got. It never hurt to be more cautious and knowing that he had complete immunity to something within this whole dimension provided him with some comfort, especially since the Talent he got was related to his soul.

Proceeding to inspect the rest of his status, he noticed that there were quite a few things that needed clarification.

"Hey Gaia, how come my stats are all zero and what does the 'e' and 'Level' represent? Also, why does my power level seem so low?"

Although Zero could guess the answer to the first few questions as the Status layout looked a lot similar to a certain anime's 'Falna', but what the hell was up with his power level?

If it was calculated according to the Dragon Ball-verse, doesn't that mean his power level was basically lower than Son Goku's when the guy was only a little kid?

[Master, the Status layout was created according to the Master's race and future development. There are 15 levels, each representing the <7 Mortal Realms> and <8 Divine Realms> based on the Dimensional Multiverse; from Level 1 being the Foundation Realm to Level 15 being the realm where Master becomes Dimension God.

As Master just acquired the System, his stats will start from zero. Each level is divided into ranks, from 'e' to 's' with the maximum stat of each rank being 999. Once Master reaches 999 - S in every basic stat, he is then able to advance a level and step into the next realm.]

Said Gaia, who explained in a sweet tone after turning back around to face her Master again.

"So I wasn't wrong about it being similar to the Falna of the Danmachi-verse. <7 Mortal Realms> and <8 Divine Realms> though, sounds really complicated. Whatever, I'll get to that later, what about my power level?"

Zero asked the fairy again.

[Master was previously a human and transforming the human bloodline into a Saiyan's had enhanced his power ten times, hence Master's power level being 100 when it was initially 10. There isn't anything strange about this, hehe.]

The fairy chuckled as she saw the teen's defeated face after listening to her explanation.

"Dammit. That literally means I have an even lower starting point compared to Son Goku."

Zero facepalmed before shaking his head in exasperation. Recalling how Goku was classified as a low-class saiyan warrior, it almost left him in tears after finding out that he was in an even worse position.

"Oh well, at least I know all the perks of a saiyan and how I'm supposed to train in advance… Right, speaking of saiyans though, I almost forgot to ask. Hey Gaia, what is this about the status layout being created according to my race and future development?"

[Mmm… because Master's race is a Saiyan, each level you reach will represent a stage in your race's growth. For example, when Master achieves Level 3, which is otherwise known as the 3rd Mortal Realm, he is immediately able to turn into a Super Saiyan without having to experience extreme anger (the condition to awaken the initial Super Saiyan state) as his base stats and power level are already high enough to do so.

Of course, Master could also try transforming into a Super Saiyan while being only Level 2, but it is highly recommended that Master achieves the form naturally as there are certain side-effects and repercussions when forcefully breaking through.]

"So what you're basically saying is that I will essentially have no bottlenecks and that as long as I'm strong enough, I'll be able to achieve each corresponding transformation naturally?"

The raven-haired teen raised an eyebrow in surprise. If this was the case, it was definitely some good news. It meant that he didn't need to learn his future transformations himself.

[That is partly correct, Master. Your stats in each realm represents your base power and as you level up, your base power becomes stronger and this also means that you'll be able to attain your subsequent transformation without having to struggle trying to find a way to achieve it.

You are right when you say you'll have no bottlenecks, but that is only until you reach the Divine Realm because the Realm of True God, which is the 3rd Divine Realm, requires Master to comprehend one of the five <Greater Laws> before being able to ascend. These laws consist of the Law of <Time>, <Space>, <Creation>, <Destruction> and <Chaos>.]

Gaia put up five fingers cutely as she listed all those laws. It made our protagonist want to rub his cheek against the fairy's with how adorable the girl was acting.

"Hmm… fair enough I guess. One question though, what ever happened to God saying how I have to seek those breakthroughs if I'm technically not going to have any?"

Zero remembered his predecessor's last words.

[Gaia thinks the Creator was trying to tell Master that once he has reached the Dimension God Realm, Master shouldn't be thinking that it's the end of the road, that there's always a higher level out there so he should always keep striving, but the underlying meaning behind those words were most likely, to 'never give up'.]

The fairy clarified.

"I see… the Dimension God Realm, huh. Eh… forget it, that's too far for me right now."

The teen shook his head. He has just started his adventure and was nowhere close to the Dimension God Realm so there wasn't any point thinking about it right now.

It was better to find additional information about the other System functions instead.