Multiverse: Starting by Creating Delta of Fate, the Group Chat Went Wild

"Sniper! Jump, now!!!"

Hachiman Hikigaya and Kurisu Makise did not hesitate in the slightest or question their companion’s judgment. They ran straight for the edge of the bridge, preparing to jump.

There was no time.

Kazuma Satou watched the spiraling arrow streaking toward them and made a swift judgment.

"Makise, use a Command Spell to enhance me. I’ll push you two away."

"You… all right!"

Kurisu Makise decisively cast an Enhancement Command Spell on Kazuma Satou.

The two of them were shoved off the bridge by Kazuma Satou from a distance, plunging into the great river below.

Hachiman Hikigaya turned back in midair. Though he could not see him, he still shouted.

"Brother, I’ll definitely revive you!"

Kazuma Satou gave him a thumbs-up he could not see.

The next second,

a violent explosion erupted across the bridge.

The tremendous shockwave

accelerated their fall,

but fortunately, no high-speed debris struck them.

Neither Hachiman Hikigaya nor Kurisu Makise was a weak swimmer, and after struggling in the water for a while,

they finally managed to find a cargo ship and climb aboard.

After interacting with the NPCs on board, they paid the price of a white item to fish up Kazuma Satou’s corpse, which had been floating conspicuously in the river without sinking.

Hachiman Hikigaya extended his left hand toward Kazuma Satou’s corpse on the deck and used the Dao Tian Command Spell.

"In the name of the Dao Tian Command Spell, revive, my brother!"

"Cough, cough, cough."

Kazuma Satou coughed a few times, sat up, then dropped to his knees on the deck and vomited out a stomachful of river water.

After he finished vomiting and caught his breath, his first words were:

"Come on, man, there really was some asshole camping the bridge?!"

His voice was heart-wrenching, filled with grief and indignation.

Hachiman Hikigaya felt exactly the same.

"That’s disgusting!"

Kurisu Makise’s cheeks puffed up slightly as well.

"What a fucking bastard!"

Cú Chulainn: "Who could have done something this scummy? Ah, what a hard guess."

Archer: "…"

Kazuma Satou looked at the darkening night sky.

"We’ve already used two of our revival coins. We don’t have much room for error left. We need a safer way to withdraw to the church."

Hachiman Hikigaya looked at Kazuma Satou’s expression. "You have a plan?"

"Yeah."

Kazuma Satou raised his left hand. His Dao Tian Command Spell had yet to be used.

"Since it’s a Universal Command Spell, it must have a universal application… I’ve thought of a way. It might let us withdraw safely."

Before going ashore,

Kazuma Satou used two Command Spells in succession.

"In the name of the Dao Tian Command Spell, enhance my stealth so that it can affect multiple targets!"

"And in the name of the Command Spell, conceal both me and my companions!"

The three of them vanished from sight, and their presence dropped to the absolute minimum.

The presence concealment built into Kazuma Satou’s Green Man Craft Essence somewhat reduced the Command Spell’s consumption on him, making the effect on all three of them significantly stronger on average.

"It worked. Let’s get to the church immediately! We have to make it before the Command Spells burn out!"

"Right!"

"Move!"

The three sprinted all the way there. Unless an item was especially easy to grab, they ignored it, and they no longer searched containers as they charged straight for the extraction point.

In the end, they reached Fuyuki Church without incident.

After entering the church,

they did not see the priest.

Arriving in the empty cathedral,

the three began figuring out how to leave.

But after searching for a long time, they found no trigger condition.

Kazuma Satou was a little tired, so he plopped down directly onto one of the solid wooden benches used for daily services.

A green countdown suddenly appeared before his eyes.

30

29

28

Holy shit, all we had to do was sit down!

Kazuma Satou immediately stood up and signaled Hachiman Hikigaya and Kurisu Makise with his hands.

He motioned for them to sit down.

2

1

The statue within the church emitted a milky white radiance.

A pillar of light rose up.

It swept the three of them into the sky.

A green notification appeared before them.

Extraction successful!

Kazuma Satou and the others returned to the high skies above Fuyuki City.

"Su Ling," clad in a black-and-gold robe, distorted space and appeared before them with a smile.

"Congratulations on completing your first extraction. Welcome to Dao Tian Palace, where you are now junior magi and junior operatives."

"Next, you may enter Dao Tian Palace to settle your rewards. Once the settlement is complete, you may return to your own worlds."

"Settlement." x3

Kazuma Satou and Hachiman Hikigaya were eager for mission rewards like the gaming addicts they were.

Kurisu Makise, meanwhile, was curious about what Dao Tian Palace would actually look like.

"Come with me first."

Lin Zhen, also known as "Su Ling," spoke.

In an instant, they arrived above the clouds.

A single city gate alone

stood tens of thousands of feet tall.

True dragons, Auspicious Phoenixes, and all kinds of Auspicious Beasts clung to the golden-red pillars.

They were all alive.

The three slightly opened their mouths, their faces filled with utter shock.

Tai Gong Wang: "The Heavenly Court?!"

Tai Gong Wang: "This is… who rebuilt the modern Heavenly Court?!"

Kischur Zelretch: "Is this… still reality?"

Mery: "An illusion… this must be some kind of illusion."

Ciel: "What if these are not illusions?"

Mery: "Then it would be no less than God returning to life. Creation is far more difficult than destruction; creating a real world is something only true Gods can do."

Roa: "A true God… then could this game allow me to…"

Arcueid: "Stop dreaming."

Roa: "Hehehe, is that so, Princess? Can you possibly analyze the existence of these objects?"

Arcueid: "…"

Arcueid truly had no way to understand such things. She looked at the creatures on those pillars.

True dragons and Auspicious Beasts that existed only in Eastern mythology.

If they truly existed,

then their status was at least equal to her true body.

Perhaps… even greater than her true body.

A glimmer flashed through Arcueid’s red eyes.

There were already creatures like this just at the entrance. What, then, lay within?

More frightening still was the master who had created this palace…

What kind of being was he?

Clock Tower,

Lin Zhen felt his nose itch slightly. Pinching his fingers in calculation, he determined that some creature in a nearby world was talking about him.

He cast his gaze over there, took only a glance, then withdrew it without interfering.

He closed his eyes,

and continued perfecting the path of reality and creation.

Dao Tian Palace and Mission Settlement

"This is unbelievable."

"It feels like I’m dreaming."

"…Have I gone insane?"

Kazuma Satou, Hachiman Hikigaya, and Kurisu Makise followed Lin Zhen across the white jade tiles here, where clouds and mist curled around the paving.

What was even more unbelievable was this.

With every step they took, they crossed an immeasurable distance, as though they had walked dozens or even hundreds of steps.

Tai Gong Wang: "The divine ability Shrinking Ground to Inches?"

Tai Gong Wang: "Where the hell has this taken me?"