"Come sit. We'll figure out our arrangements." (Elisa)
Elisa motioned for them to find a seat. Dream sat near the edge and the girls sat across from him next to the other girls."Alright, introductions first. I'm Elisa, 2nd class Spearwoman. This is Ryan, 2nd class Swordsman. We are the two leads of this group and also work under the Alliance Hunters Association." (Elisa)Elisa confirmed Dream's guess, though he wasn't sure what that association was. The girl who spoke earlier about the inventories introduced herself next."I'm Lory, 1st class Healer. Nice to meet you!"Lory said with a warm smile. She was blonde and average height. Dream would put her down as a rather cute teenager."I'm Carla, 1st class Sniper."Carla said with a monotone voice. Dream figured she was the reserved type. Carla wore a black cloak and had black hair. Her looks weren't bad, but nothing to write home about. He noticed that she wore her bow a"That's a neat weapon you have there. Do you know how to use spears?" (Dream)"Ya. I'm a healer, but we still need to know how to keep ourselves alive. And since we use staffs, we also practice the spear since they're similar." (Lory)"Very cool. I never would have thought of something like that."Lory smiled brightly at Dream as he thought about how intuitive it was."Hey Dream, what did you think of those rats? Could you guys take them?" (Elisa)Elisa spoke as she walked up to him. Dream turned and could see Ryan cutting off the hands of the rats."We could. Though if the groups got bigger, we would need to be careful." (Dream)"Well if you're confident, why don't you guys take the lead on the next group. If there's four, we'll take care of one, leaving the rest to you guys.""That works. Just let us know which one you got.""Sure." (Elisa)"Yay! I'm excited to see you fight." (Lory)"I'm also interested in your archery." (Carla)"She speaks!" (Dream)Dream put on an astonished face
Iris was quick to begin venting as they walked off.'I hate her! We were clearly with you, and she only wanted to invite you! Not to mention how she was totally attracted to you...' (Iris)'Oh? Is Scarlet jealous?' (Dream)'I am not! I just hate her! She looks at us rudely, fakes it, and then completely disregards us. I outta smack her.' (Iris)'Well that would look bad so I don't recommend it. And don't worry, she won't take me from you.''I said I'm not jealous! And besides, I'm definitely prettier. She also has small boobs.''Does that make you feel superior or something? Hehe, well I guess I do like your big boobs better, so it's fine.''You... Ugh...'Iris began blushing bright red. She couldn't turn away the 'compliment' since he had only agreed with her. She could do nothing but be embarrassed, and a bit happy.Luna also smiled. It was the first time that she had ever considered the fact that other girls might like Dream as well. It was a weird feeling, but seeing how Dream res
Luna couldn't help but cheer. She had been trying harder and harder for a long time, not doing anything more than tickling that piece of metal. It had made her pretty frustrated, but now she finally got some results."Nice. Now you just gotta get proficient at that. Start pushing the limits of your mana control. Experiment with different ways of throwing your lances. Maybe start using different weapons. You can take a break from this and practice forming your ice." (Dream)"Ok. Have you finished your forging?" (Luna)"Not yet. It just has to cook a bit.""...Oh.""You know what, maybe we should all practice together. I have elemental magic too that I haven't used. Let's sit."Dream summoned chairs for the three to sit in."What should I practice?" (Iris)"Hmm... I want you to make shapes with your fire.""Shapes? Why shapes? Why not just practice making my fire hotter or something?""Because you need to learn to control your fire. The way to level up your skill is through practicing m
Over the next few days, Dream and the girls focused on practicing their magics.Luna and Iris made pretty big gains. Luna was able to leave bigger dents and cuts in the scrap. She even began using other weapons like swords and axes to cut at it. Overall, her ice was getting harder and she was also gaining more maximum mana.Iris was able to make her ring as well. Though she could only hold it for several seconds, it remains that she succeeded. Her feelings of victory only lasted a short bit, however, as Dream gave her the harder task of making multiple rings at once. Her response wasn't happy, to say the least.Dream also wasn't idle. He could be said to be the busiest one. After he attained those new abilities, he had been designing and making weapons all day every day. Everything was made from titanium, which proved quite a bit more difficult to work with than iron. Nevertheless, he was able to make melee weapons as well as ammunition for his gun.He also modified his armor suit. He
*Dsh**BOOM*A combo attack came from the front. One shot to the forehead, and the seismic slam of an ice hammer right on top. The first to weaken the stone armor, and the second to shatter it. Both were achieved as the armor on the tiger's forehead became cracked all over.The tiger was forced to bow down into the floor under the impact. Though it quickly recovered and flared up its body in pure rage.*ROARRR*Flames came from the cracks between the tiger's armor as it took a large swipe at the girl in front of it. Luna, the girl in question, quickly made distance and avoided the claws. Another shot came from over her shoulder.*Dsh**ROARR!!*The bullet went straight for the eye, blinding its right side. At the same time, Iris jumped on top it's back from behind and went straight for the cracked head, biting and clawing up chunks of stone from its flesh.Since Iris could control flames herself, this meant that she had a good deal of resistance to other fire. And when she was in her
Since it was still morning when they talked, Dream decided to talk to Graff and go to that enchanter.He entered the study and found Graff at a table, scribbling on some pages and reading the tablet. Graff also sensed him and turned to him."Dream! More forging?" (Graff)"Not really. I actually came here for a favor.""What might that be?"Graff sat up and faced Dream."I was wondering if you knew anybody proficient at enchanting items. I was hoping to learn enchanting and even if they couldn't directly teach me, I could at least watch or maybe get some pointers.""Hmm, I do know some enchanters. I worked with plenty while developing my communication wires. I'll introduce you to one. He might be willing to teach you. If not, I'll grab a book or two for you. When did you want to?""Anytime. I was hoping maybe today if you weren't busy.""Sure. I needed to get outside anyway. Let me get ready and I'll meet you in the living room."The two left the study and Dream left Graff to get ready
Dream stood there for a second before thinking about what to do.[Well first put the money away. You don't want to get attacked.]'True.'Dream hurriedly put the money in his inventory before checking his surroundings. Seeing nobody there, he sighed.'Well, he gave me money, so maybe I should go buy something. I was interested in a pet earlier.'[Except we have no idea how something like that works. It would just be another thing to take care of and worry about. How about you start with getting the girls something.]'Well, if its anything material I think something from Earth is best. This place probably wouldn't have the best variety. Plus, I could make pretty much whatever. So... What the hell am I going to do with this money? Why did he just give it to me and dip?'[He was probably just feeling generous. And he likely does have a huge amount of money. Those wires are everywhere, and if it was just him and a few other people who installed those things over the whole kingdom, then he
"What the hell am I going to use this for?""You're welcome. And it's a collar. When you put it onto a monster, you can give the command it'll begin writing the script into them, binding them with a contract. After that, you can take it off and use it on another monster.""...That sounds impossible. How can a metal collar write a script? Better yet, how would I even put it onto a monster?""Like this."Dream pushed a button and pulled the collar open. When it opened all the way, it clicked, locking itself in that form."It'll be open like this, and all you need to do is place it onto a neck or an arm or leg, and then pull this lever."*Ching*Dream pulled it and the collar slammed closed."Then, all you need to do is fill it with your mana. It'll write the script using your mana supply as the power. The contract that it writes will restrict the monster from doing anything of hostile intent.""...I have a hard time believing you, but let's say it works. How would I transfer the ownersh
"What was that?! How do you know the World Eater?"Not long after Luna left, Vursoid appeared in front of Dream. He wasn't the only one. The rest of the asura gods appeared as well.7 gods stood around Dream, who continued to sit lazily in his chair. Truly, any demigod standing in here now might pass out from the stifling Wills. But Dream remained unaffected, simply because he understood far too much about Will.He scratched his head.Dream was honestly surprised. Not by Iris, but by how quicky everyone was able to figure out who he was. Ziji only needed to hear that single name, Dream, and he figured out who he was.Of course, Ziji also knew far more about the universe than Dream. Ziji knew the famous World Eater, Iris, and knew that she had come from a world with an Asura Craftsman. This was Dream's lie that he planted not just in Giros' head, but in his book as well. The book that Giros held carried all the information about the world he oversaw, and anybody above him could look at
Nothing changed much after Luna and Alice appeared. For the next long while, Dream continued to lay back and ponder the universe.In his concept of Physical Reality, Dream was constantly learning all he could from those around him. Vursoid gave the greatest amounts of information while Dream occasionally mined away with Kevin or steal some of Quanta's gadgets.After some time, Dream quickly noticed an abnormality with the others though.None of them attempted to comprehend all aspects of Physical Reality. For instance, Quanta specialized in devices based off of quantum mechanics, but Kevin hadn't the slightest clue about how Quanta's bots worked. For someone who was comprehending a concept, Dream found it shocking to know that they didn't study everything.They all fell into their own specialized paths and pushed that set of knowledge to its extremes. This was very much unlike Dream who worked from the ground up, learning absolutely everything he could across every subject.Dream obvi
Luna and Alice instantly appeared on the other side of the portal, and they looked at their new surroundings.There were tall buildings all around, and people rushing down busy streets. All of them were asuras."The Blood Drop Primary World."Luna mumbled. She obviously had intel on this place, and all the other significant celestial landmarks throughout the universe. Coming here was simple for her.Then, she turned her head, looking at the building beside her."Dream's Armory?"She was a bit stunned when she saw all the thousands of people flooding in and out of this cubic building.Before she could get curious though, she suddenly felt herself shudder. Her soul bond that had been dormant for years was finally strengthened. She could feel Dream on the other side, and immediately knew exactly where he was. Alice felt the same thing.Without hesitation, both of them jumped into the void, appearing on the planet next to the primary world. Specifically, she appeared in Dream's mechanical
The last place Dream stopped was Kevin's mountain. At the base, he walked through the entrance of a mineshaft before descending through the eerily silent tunnels.At first, Dream didn't think that this tunnel could descend very far. From the ground until the edge of this world, one could only descend 2 miles at most. Dream's metal tree rooted a bit over a mile deep before hitting the edge of the inverted world.But Dream was easily able to tell when he went far deeper than what was possible. At some point, he went 20 miles deep. It was only here that he finally arrived at the end of the long tunnel.The sounds of clanging metal rang out as Dream turned a corner. When he peeked out, he saw Kevin digging away with his pickaxe. It didn't look like there was anything special behind his actions, but Dream refused to believe he did this for no reason."If you're here for tutelage, then start digging."Kevin plainly spoke, prompting Dream to conjure a pickaxe out of thin air. Merely using th
A month after Dream officially spread his business, word spread like wildfire.Dream knew it would take a while for publicity to reach him. In truth, he had actually expected a month to be all he needed for his business to explode. And sure enough, it happened exactly as he thought.Dream's bots were too useful. They were manufactured power, something unseen in the wider universe. Dream didn't know of any others, god or otherwise, that could make use of physical energy and arcane transmutation to create bots capable of crushing anything above the class 3 level.After all, normal power was individualized. A person had to increase the power of their souls through skills and levels, opening up larger energy reserves that could be used to move magic with greater power. But these bots didn't need the energy reserves of a soul. They could use energy from physical sources and convert it into magical power.While this conversion wasn't infinite, relying on enchantments to transmute, Dream mad
Orin nodded at Dream."Very well. Your services are welcome. We fight a great many battles with Hell, and these disposable soldiers will help us mitigate losses. Of course, you will be properly compensated. What do you wish for?""Well, first and foremost, I have a sister who needs training. You see, she's an asura who happened to inherit the so called Blood Drop Stance. I'd like her to receive tutelage.""I understand. How about I take her as a disciple?""I like that idea."Dream readily agreed. Of course, Melody's life would be out of his hands if she were being taught by the sword god, but on the other hand, there was no better way for her power to explosively grow. Dream was sure she'd like this idea, and to some extent, he trusted this sword god."Other than that, I need materials. These bots require great sources of power, and strong materials help greatly.""Of course. You'll be paid for their use, and upon destruction, we'll give you the materials to create another. You'll co
The Red Eye clan was exceptionally busy. At the moment, they were making final preparations. Many just stayed in their homes as they were instructed, while people from all over the planet returned to their roots. Like that, everything associated with the Red Eye clan concentrated on their cities.Patriarch Star sat in the capital city. Dream had told them to gather in a select few cities and wait. He also gave them a deadline. At that time, he would move them all, though he didn't say how.They were given plenty of time, and now, they were finally ready. Now, they just waited.That was when Patriarch Star sensed something. Standing, he left the building he was in and looked at the sky.A mile above the city, a hole in space opened. This hole expanded from one mile wide to a thousand miles wide, and it didn't stop there. Everyone on the ground was baffled as the sky became black, turning the city below pitch black as well.After a few seconds though, everyone felt suspended before the
After a few hours, Dream was able to get a hold of the situation.Everyone in Dream's immediate family was marked, their souls taking on this symbol of the ascendency. They also gained titles, but since they weren't Dream's children, their titles were special. His parents had a title displaying their position above Dream and his siblings received a title reflecting their position beside him. Of course, they didn't suddenly gain power equal or above his, or any authority.But surprisingly, they did still gain power. Dream's parents had risen to the class 3 realm, while only one of Dream's brothers became a class 4. While they couldn't compare to Melody's power when she was at the same level, compared to the general populace, they were actually normal.But now, both of Dream's parents spontaneously broke through to have class 4 power. Even Dream's brothers had a burst in power. Not even Melody was spared, gaining more power than all of them.And Dream could feel his effects on them. The
"What the hell just happened?!"As Dream and Tersa hung around outside the planet, there was a ship that suddenly sped toward them. Out came a panicking Melody. Behind her in the ship was their mother."Hi mom!"Dream waved like a child when he saw his mother, ignoring Melody's shock. She waved back, although a bit absentmindedly.Seeing Dream's mother, Tersa became a bit curious, looking at Shannon with wide eyes. At the same time, Melody poked at Dream."What did you do?! Since when do you merge planets just because?!""I didn't do it just because. I did it because I want to take Earth along with me. Now you can see mom and dad whenever you want.""That's true, but at least make some preparations first! You literally just tore the planet apart! People are going crazy! Besides, you left some people behind.""Left people? Oh!"Suddenly, Dream remembered something.Earth had advanced to create megastructures and navigate space. How could they have not colonized other planets like Mars?