DXD: LORD NETORI

*Previous Chapter

"Hmm... How about we make a bet?" Ken made a suggestion.

Ophis didn't answer, but Ken knew that Ophis was interested in listening.

"If I win, you will obey my every word, and if I lose, then I will obey your every word." Ken said.

"How about that, simple, right?" Ken said.

Ophis was silent for a while before finally nodding his head in agreement.

"Good! Then it's decided, it's a date." Ken said.

Ophis tilted her head with a question mark on top of her head.

"Haha... don't think too much, let's start." Ken said while ringing his neck.

Crack! Crack!

The sound of the neck bones crunching sounded like an ancient steel chain.

'Hmm... this is my first time fighting someone of Ophis' level.' Ken thought.

"Let's see if the defenses of this body are strong enough." Ken spoke to himself.

Ophis decided to deliver a surprise attack by taking advantage of Ken who was still unprepared.

*Fwooshh!

In the next second, Ophis was suddenly right in front of him and swung a punch towards Ken's stomach.

"Oh?" Ken blinked and became a little interested.

Ken didn't try to dodge Ophis' attack, instead he received a direct blow to his stomach.

Bang!

Right after Ophis' punch hit Ken's stomach, time seemed to slow down and a shockwave from the force of the punch was created on Ken's back.

*Fwooshh!

As if time seemed to return to normal, Ken's body was sent flying far away.

Ken then stopped his body in mid-air and landed without a single scratch.

...

On the other hand, Ophis widened his eyes slightly as he did not expect Ken to dare to take his full punch head-on.

Ophis became even more surprised and astonished after seeing Ken not only survived, but made it out without a scratch.

Furthermore, no matter how Ophis looked at it, he could tell with certainty that Ken was indeed a Human.

Ophis did not sense the slightest fluctuation and traces of magic on Ken's body.

There was no doubt about it, Ken was indeed a Human, nothing more or less.

But, the question was; "How did he survive?"

Logically speaking, it was impossible for Ken to survive the Dragon God's full punch, let alone unharmed.

At first, Ophis had wondered about why an ordinary human could survive inside the Dimensional Rift.

In the end, however, Ophis did not think much and concluded that it was probably because Ken had some kind of protection device or artifact in charge of protecting him.

However... only an ordinary Human but he was able to take a full attack and come out without a single scratch?

Ophis then looked down and put his palm on his chest and felt his own heartbeat which started beating faster and faster.

Ophis then raised his head and saw Ken in the distance, who looked like someone talking to himself.

Ophis felt confused about himself and did not know why he was reacting like this.

'Strange...' Ophis said to herself.

"But....I don't hate this feeling." Ophis spoke to herself.

After saying that, Ophis did not realize the corners of his mouth curved up slightly, forming a faint smile.

...

Back again with Ken, after landing and regaining his footing, Ken patted his clothes like he was dusting.

"Un, not bad... this body is strong enough to take the full force of the Dragon God's punch head-on." Ken nodded his head and spoke to himself.

'The defense is good, now let's see the brute force of this body.' Ken thought.

After collecting his thoughts, Ken then took one step forward.

*Boom!

The ground he stood on shattered and cracked, forming like a spider web.

*Crack!

In the next second, Ken appeared right in front of Ophis and delivered a punch to return the favor of the previous punch.

"Tighten your jaw tightly." Ken said.

Before his fist even landed on Ophis, the space and dimension around him began to ripple wildly.

As his fist drew closer, the space around became wilder and wilder.

The Dimensional Gap shook violently, the law of nothingness and the law of the Void collapsed.

The endless Void and Nothingness in the Dimensional Gap became disorderly and fled, as if they were deeply afraid of being erased from the order of the Laws and Concepts of their own existence.

Crack! Crack!*

The Dimensional Rift which up to this point had been shaking violently could no longer withstand the full force of Ken's blow, before finally creating a deafening buzzing sound like a bent steel rod.

Space and Time became an uncontrollable mess, sometimes time itself stopped, sometimes it slowed down, sometimes it went so fast, and sometimes it went backwards.

This phenomenon happened so slowly, it was as if time itself did not run and became eternal.

The world slowly turns pale and loses its color.

The entire countless universes shook violently and their solar systems were turned upside down with the Sun in place of the Moon and vice versa.

...

Ophis could only look at all this without being able to utter a single word with his eyes wide open.

Although Ophis' face was finally able to show a bit of emotion, a kind of surprise, yet inside she was a mess and Ophis felt her heart racing and fluttering.

A wide range of emotions mixed in his heart that made him speechless.

Ophis felt fear, admiration, excitement, and strangely a kind of "sweet feeling (?)" in his heart all mixed together.

This was the first time Ophis had felt this kind of emotion towards someone, let alone a Human.

Seeing the man casually throwing his fist towards his face, Ophis' lips unconsciously curved upwards to form a smile.

Unlike the previous smiles that were vague and could barely be seen by someone.

Although Ophis did not smile fully, this small smile this time could be seen by anyone just from looking at her face.

And Ken who saw the smile on her face, smiled back.

...

Fwooshh~

A gust of wind gently blew as Ken's fist landed right on Ophis' face.

"..." Ophis.

Bzzzz-

BOOOOMMM!!!

...

There was a deafening explosion sound and it was followed by the destruction of countless universes.

The shockwave created by the effect of his fist seemed to form like a circle and continued to expand and spread at a speed exceeding the speed of light.

In an instant, everything within its reach dissolved and turned into flying dust.

Everything looked as if it was vulnerable to even a single stroke of his shockwave.

From planets, stars, meteors, to countless galaxies and universes, everything was gone in seconds.

Things in space, known and unknown, were erased from their own existence.

It was as if everything went back to the beginning before the creation of the concept of space and time.

Countless signs of life also became extinct.

No matter whether it was Eternal Beings, Heavenly Beings, Transcending Beings, or even Abstract Beings, they were all erased from each of their existences.

No matter whether it was the concept of time, death, reality, or any concept they themselves had, they had no chance at all.

Every version of their own existence, whether it was in the past, present, and future, was erased from their own existence.

Not stopping there, the shockwave continued to spread and could be felt until it shook the dimensional Multiverse violently.

If it weren't for the fact that the Dimensional layer the Multiverse was in was higher than the Universe Dimension, they too would have been shattered to nothing.

...

Meanwhile, it could currently be seen that Ken was floating in endless darkness.

The colorful and beautiful existence of the World before, was now only visible and left behind an endless darkness.

Ophis the Dragon God representing Infinity, Chaos, and Nothingness, also known as the Ouroboros Dragon and Infinite Dragon God, was no longer there.

As far as the eye could see, Ken could only see pitch-black darkness.

Every concept here no longer worked and there was only destruction and chaos everywhere.

The torn remnants of space and time and the dried up nothingness looked like wallpaper on an abandoned building.

And here was just Ken alone.

whistling~

"Hmm... Just the raw and pure power of this body isn't bad." Ken said while looking around him.

That's right, Ken's punch earlier was purely relying on his body and muscles alone.

In other words, just his raw strength.

Ken didn't use any magic, energy sources or use the power of his origins and original abilities, Ken just wanted to test the strength of his body.

That's it? Yes, that's it.

...

"Hmm... everything goes back to 0, huh..." Ken spoke to himself.

"Hm?! Wait a minute! Everything Returns to 0?"

"Everything Returns to 0... Returns 0... Returns Zero!?"

"Considering that my punch still doesn't have a name, how about Returns Zero (0)?"

"Hehe~ yes, it's been decided. This name sounds pretty good for that punch."

Returns Zero (0):

Tipe:

- (Fist) or (Punch) through direct skin contact.

Classification:

- A pure brute force attack that relies on the pure power of the user's muscles and body alone.

- The power of a single fist punch transcends and ignores any Concepts the target may or may not already possess and the Laws residing in any or other Dimensions.

[Congratulations my lord! You have just created your own skill]

A sweet and gentle yet seductive voice like that of a mature woman could be heard.

This voice precisely came from within and could not only be heard inside her head, but all the way outside.

Simply put, it's like someone talking, but the figure is not there.

If ordinary people witnessed this, they would think that the Ghost was real and was talking to them.

"Oh? Airi-chan! I almost forgot about you." Ken said.

As a reminder, Airi is an Artificial Intelligence (aka A.I) created directly by Ken.

Airi has her own thoughts and feelings just like a human.

Ken bestowed a name "Airi" from the letters A and I (Artificial intelligence).

Therefore, instead of just two letters, A and I, Ken made it into a complete word.

And that's where the name, Airi, came from.

[My lord! You're so mean~]

"Hahaha... I was just joking with you." Ken laughed.

[Humph!]

"Well, okay, let's get serious. How are things going over there? Have you finished the task I gave you?" Ken asked.

[You don't have to worry, so far everything is going smoothly, my lord]

"Okay, good. By the way how long have I left Yggdrasil?" Ken asked.

[As of now it's only been 3 days, my lord]

"Hm... alright. then you can get back to work, I still have some things I need to take care of." Ken said.

[Understood, my lord!~]

With that, Ken cut off his conversation with Airi.

...

After breaking off his conversation with Airi, Ken then began to rebuild the Universe using a wave of his hand.

With just a single thought, the entire countless universes were brought back by Ken.

*BOOOMM!

With a powerful explosion, time and space were restored in an instant.

The flying dust reappeared and coalesced to bring back countless universes.

Countless universes returned to their original state and continued to expand themselves, as if nothing had happened.

Each galaxy recovered and the first tiny organisms as well as the first creatures were created.

The flying dust continued to coalesce to form planets and space objects that were destroyed and lost.

The Solar System returned, and the first star appeared.

The sun and moon were in place, while twinkling stars adorned the dark walls of space.

Every Concept and Law has also returned and is working according to their respective functions.

This process can be seen through the naked eye and looks as if time is going backwards.

The dust that suddenly reappears is the remnants of the destruction of every existence. Whether it is the Universe, galaxies, planets, stars, space objects, living beings, and so on.

Even Concepts and Laws are destroyed through the same process.

No matter whether they have a form or not, no matter whether their status is known or unknown, each of their existences is brought back by Ken.

All Living Beings returned and went about their lives as before, as if nothing had happened.

The world of DxD, the Dimensional Rift, and all its inhabitants returned to their original state.

...

*In the Dimensional Rift.

Ken was currently staring at Ophis who had been brought back intact without the slightest flaw in her existence.

"I won." Ken said and smiled.

Ophis still had the same face, with his eyes still wide open.

The same expression that Ophis had when Ken's fist was about to land on his face.

Ophis blinked and his heart beat very fast and became more and more wild.

All sorts of feelings came simultaneously and mixed together.

Ken couldn't blame Ophis, even though Ken brought Ophis back to the same position, with everything back to the way it was in the beginning, the memory and terror of the effects of the punch were still vividly depicted in Ophis' head.

Ophis then tried to calm himself down, before looking Ken straight in the eye.

"Indeed, it was your victory." Ophis opened his mouth and said.

Ken swore that he could hear Ophis let out a very small sigh from the corner of his mouth.

After a few moments of silence, Ophis then asked.

"What do you want from me?"

"As mentioned in the beginning, you just have to listen to my words." Ken replied.

Ophis nodded his head.

"First of all, from now onwards you will live with me." Ken said again.

Ophis who heard that wanted to say something, but Ken cut him off first.

"Don't worry, I already know what your purpose is from the beginning."

"You want to reclaim your home, the Dimensional Rift, and drive the Baka-Red away, don't you?"

"You are strong, help me fight Baka-Red." Ophis said.

"That's not necessary anymore, besides, it's very boring and annoying too." Ken said.

Ophis just paused and looked at Ken, but Ken knew Ophis still didn't fully understand the meaning of his words just now.

"Well... In short, I don't want to do work that I already know the outcome of, it's boring." Ken said as he waved his hand.

Ken suddenly pulled out objects such as a sofa, a small table, and a complete set of a drink and a plate of cookies from nothing.

Seeing this Ophis tilted her head in confusion.

"What are you looking at? Let's sit down and talk, I still have a little time left to chat with you before leaving." Ken said and took a seat there.

Ophis then obeyed Ken by taking her own seat.

However...

"Uhhh... It's true that I told you to sit down, but why are you sitting on my lap?" Ken asked and looked at Ophis strangely.

"Look at that, what do you think I took out two sofas for?" Ken asked again while pointing at the other sofa beside him.

Ophis tilted her head and put her index finger on her chin, as if she was wondering if what she was doing was wrong.

Seeing this, Ken shrugged and spoke to himself.

"Well whatever, what can happen anyway? It's just a little girl sitting on my lap."

"Little girl?" Ophis muttered under her breath after hearing Ken's words and looked down, seeing herself.

Glitter! Glitter!

In the next second, Ophis' body flickered before finally her entire body was enveloped by a black aura and floated in the air, in front of Ken.

It didn't take long until Ophis' body was completely wrapped in black aura and made him look like a cocoon.

Moments later, the black aura that wrapped Ophis flickered with a faint light, before finally shrinking back into his body.

Fwooosh~

When the black aura disappeared completely, Ophis turned into an adult woman without wearing any clothes.

If Ophis was genderless before, she was now a woman in her adult form.

Ophis who was naked and floating in the air then opened her eyes slowly and landed on the ground.

whistling~

"Interesting~ Transformation magic, huh..." Ken muttered while stroking his chin.

Transformation Magic was one of the skills or abilities possessed by Ophis.

Transformation Magic also has another name, Shapeshifting.

Shapeshifting:

- Ophis is able to freely manipulate the shape and size of her body to take any form she chooses, regardless of her age, race, or gender.

- Ophis is also capable of perfectly recreating anyone's voice.

Hearing Ken's words, Ophis nodded his head before deciding to check himself.

On the other hand, of course Ken also wouldn't waste the sight in front of him and used his hands to examine Ophis' body.

After Ken was satisfied with looking around Ophis' body, Ken then told Ophis to put on some clothes.

Snap!

Ophis just needs to snap her fingers and a new outfit appears.

Although Ophis' appearance was no different from her previous appearance which was a bit 'too much'.

Ophis then spread both her hands to the side and approached Ken.

After arriving in front of him, Ophis stopped and just stared at Ken as if waiting for something.

"...." Ken.

"Am I still a little girl?" Ophis asked and almost sounded like she was mocking him.

Seeing Ophis up close, Ken couldn't help but nod his head again to appreciate the beauty in front of him.

Looking Ophis directly in the eyes, Ken knew that Ophis was waiting for a compliment.

"Ahem! My bad, you look even more beautiful in this form, everything is perfect." Ken said and stroked his cheek gently.

Ophis stared at Ken for a while before finally slightly pressing her own cheek into Ken's palm.

Although it could barely be felt, but Ken could still feel it.

After a short silence, Ken sat back down on the sofa followed by Ophis who took his lap again.

If it was before, Ken didn't think too much because it was a little girl, but now...

Ken then distracted his mind with how to create a Dimensional Gap for Ophis' new home.

Creating a Dimensional Gap that had endless Emptiness and Nothingness in it, it was just child's play to Ken.

While Ken was busy by himself, Ophis had started eating cookies and drinking the juice on the table.

Strange flashes flashed in Ophis' eyes as he tasted the delicious cookies and juice.

It didn't take a second thought for Ophis to munch her way through the cookies.

"Delicious..." Ophis said while chewing.

Ophis then drank the juice and closed her eyes to savor every second of its flavor on her tongue.

Realizing that Ken was still here, Ophis then stopped chewing and looked at Ken who was silent the whole time and just staring at him.

Seeing this, Ophis then took the only remaining cookie and gave it to Ken.

"Haha! Don't worry, I'm fine." Ken laughed and said.

"If you want more, just tell me." Ken continued.

"Okay, I want more cookies and juice." Ophis said.

Ken smiled and gave her more cookies and juice.

After that, Ken opened his palm and a ring appeared on it.

After examining the ring, Ken then put the ring on his index finger.

"Hey, Ophis, do you want to take a look at your new house?" Ken asked.

Hearing this, Ophis finished her juice first before looking back and nodding her head in agreement.

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