Jayr POV - Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken Universe, Central World, Magic Continent, Great Jura Forest, Tempest - 2013 AMB
After the portal connected to the Arifureta Universe closes, I quickly move to greet and thank my friends and those following them for coming to our aid in this battle against the forces of the Champion of Power, despite knowing the dangers.
However, Freid and the others quickly reply that I would have done the same in their place, and that in fact, I already did, so they are simply returning the favor.
This is followed by Hajime, who comments with a grin on his face that there is no way he would let the opportunity of experiencing such a massive mecha battle pass by.
Shortly after that, the forces that came from the Arifureta Universe start to organize themselves, and before long, I yet again receive a signal from one of the other groups we are waiting for.
Without wasting any time, I connect to the Seed of Culture again, but this time, I don't open yet another massive gate in front of us that connects to the universe of the group who just contacted me, and simply limit myself to establishing a connection and guaranteeing their safe passage.
The reason for that is that the ones that are about to arrive do not need my help to cross from their home universe to this one.
Clearly confused by the lack of a portal nearby, Rimuru starts to look around before he looks at me and asks, "Is everything okay? Did something unexpected happen? Why is there no portal...?"
In response to Rimuru's question, I simply grin and point with my finger up in the sky while saying, "They are already here. Look up."
Rimuru follows my advice and looks up before he exclaims out loud, "Whoa!"
I also look up, and with a smile, I look at the familiar figure of an enormous, moon-sized battleship emerging from an equally enormous portal out in the space some distance away from this planet, yet still clearly visible thanks to its unbelievable size.
The battleship has a long, sleek body with a design that merges mechanical and organic aesthetics.
At the front, the bow is shaped like the head of a humanoid robot, complete with a red helmet, teal and gold details, and a faceplate featuring sharp, angular eyes.
Behind the head, the main hull transitions into a wide, armored midsection painted primarily in black, red, and gray, with small geometric patterns and panel lines indicating plating and structure.
Two massive drill-like appendages extend downward and slightly forward from the underside, each mounted on mechanical arms with yellow accent bands.
At the rear, large horizontal propeller-like thrusters, each with three blades, are positioned for propulsion.
The battleship also features a towering, fin-like structure on its back that looks like a futuristic battleship's bridge, suggesting command and control functions.
The colossal battleship is obviously the Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren, the Gunmen battleship of the Tengen Toppa Dai Gurren Brigade, originally called Cathedral Terra when it was Lordgenome's personal flagship.
(Image Here - Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren)
Sometime after the colossal Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren fully emerged from the portal, I noticed a much smaller space coming out of it and quickly heading toward our direction.
It is a sleek, metallic spaceship. The craft has a streamlined, pointed nose with a sharp, spear-like tip, flanked by two large cylindrical engines mounted on short wings, each with glowing exhaust ports.
The hull is covered in segmented armor plating, with small fins and antenna-like structures giving it an aggressive, high-tech look.
The upper view reveals intricate surface detailing and panel lines, with hints of red accents near the cockpit area.
From here, I see that the underbelly's smooth, angular contours and the arrangement of the three main thrusters.
The overall design suggests a hybrid between a battleship and a fighter jet, large enough to be a capital ship in a regular setting, yet shaped for high-speed maneuvering in space.
This is the Arc-Gurren, the Tengen Toppa Dai Gurren Brigade's Dai-Gun that can combine with Gurren Lagann to form the Arc Gurren Lagann, which, on its own, already has considerable firepower that is capable of breaking the time-space continuum with ease.
However, that power still pales compared with what the Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren and Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann are able to unleash.
(Image Here - Arc-Gurren)
Before long, the Arc Gurren lands on a nearby clearing, the hatches open, and from it a group of familiar faces walks out.
Leading the second group is a large, bald, and muscular man with a slightly darker skin tone. He sports a goatee and impressive sideburns curled upwards; he can only be Lordgenome, my fellow Man of Culture.
Right behind him are the other members of the Tengen Toppa Dai Gurren Brigade.
Simon, a young man with wild dark blue hair and deep indigo eyes. He has matured considerably, now standing at an impressive 1,80 meters, almost reaching Kamina and Kittan; he is much more muscular, and his facial features have matured, gaining hardened edges in his jawline.
Nia looks mostly the same, but her features have also matured as she gains womanly curves, and her hair has returned to its old length, but it has become straighter.
Kamina who looks mostly the same just a little more mature but with the same ever confident smile on his face, Yoko, whose physical features fully develop and the young, more roundish facial structure she maintained as a teenager mature into that of a woman's, in addition the rest of her body follows suit with her frame becoming more slender, her curves becoming more defined, and her breasts and butt becoming even larger, making for an even more bodacious look than before.
Of course, the same can be said for almost everyone else, Kittan, Dayakka, Kiyho, Viral, Kiyal, Rossiu, Kinon, Old Coco, Leeron, Iraak, Kid, Makken, the twins Jorgun and Balinbow, Aretenborough, Zorthy, and Leyte; all of them are mostly the same since the last time I saw them.
Of course, that is ignoring Gimmy and Darry Adai, who have grown into full teenagers and are almost fully grown adults.
Gimmy is now a tall and athletic teenager with a confident and energetic aura; his hair has been spiked up quite a bit since his younger years, the only remnant of his old hairstyle being the lock between his blue eyes.
(Image Here - Gimmy Adai)
On the other hand, Darry is now a teenager of average height with a lithe body and soft features emitting a gentle aura; her hair seems to have become a darker shade of pink, and her dark blue eyes seem to encourage everyone to open themselves to her.
(Image Here - Darry Adai)
But soon, my attention was fully focused on the only unknown but still somewhat familiar face among them, a very big face, as it is actually a mini-type Gunman just like Cratergann and Lagann.
Like all the mini-type Gunman, it has a large head, short limbs, and a squat body, giving it a playful yet still somewhat fierce appearance.
The mini-type Gunman's armor is primarily purple, accented with green panels and black outlines.
The head features a single prominent horn extending forward from the forehead, with alternating green and purple segments; its eyes are bright yellow and angled sharply, conveying intensity.
There's a red marking running diagonally down from the corner of the eyes toward the cheeks.
Different from Lagann and Cratergann, the shape of the head is much more animalistic, and thus the mouth is also much larger, resembling the maw of a beast which are armored with grey plates, and with segmented fangs.
The arms are bent, fists clenched tightly, as if ready to strike; the legs are short but muscular, ending in armored feet tipped in green.
The overall pose is low and aggressive, leaning forward with determination, hinting at a certain awkwardness and unease in the pilot.
The reason why this unknown Gunman is still somewhat familiar is simply because it very closely reminds me of the EVA-01 from Neon Genesis Evangelion, which, while surprising, isn't all that unexpected because my own Cratergann takes after another popular Mech, Gaogaigar.
(Image Here - EVA-01 Mini-Type Gunman)
While Rimuru is outwardly geeking out, I quickly walk up to the Tengen Toppa Dai Gurren Brigade to welcome and thank them, "Hello, everyone. Thank you so much for coming here to fight by my side once more."
In response, Lordgenome simply smiles while Kamina grins widely and shouts, "What the hell are you talking about, Jayr!? It's natural that we come to your aid if you call for help!"
This is followed by all of them suddenly yelling at the same time, """""""Who the hell do you think we are!? We are the Tengen Toppa Dai Gurren Brigade! And we will never leave our friends behind!!! """""""
Hearing that, I smile and again thank them before, unable to hold back my curiosity, I point at the EVA-01 Mini-Type Gunman and ask, "By the way, I couldn't help but notice that Mini-Type Gunman... What is going on?"
Simon quickly walks up to the EVA-01 Mini-Type Gunman and pats its head, then he says, "Well... This one is a very recent member of the Tengen Toppa Dai Gurren Brigade that is part of one of the many Spiral Races we have come in contact with over these years. In fact, this one's Spiral Race is a very young one, but it has advanced incredibly fast. It is almost like they were rediscovering things that they already knew! They are incredible and have been helping us a lot in these last years..."
After Simon said that, Kittan knocks on the head of the EVA-01 Mini-Type Gunman and yells, "Come on! Don't be shy! Get out of there and greet our friend in person! After all, you insisted on coming here even after learning how dangerous it is going to be, only because you knew he was here and you wanted to meet him."
While I'm intrigued by Kittan's affirmation, the EVA-01 Mini-Type Gunman's head opens fully revealing the cockpit, and soon the pilot gets up, fully revealing her figure, and looking at her leaves me completely stunned for a few moments.
The reason for that is that the pilot of the EVA-01 Mini-Type Gunman is a teenage girl with a slender build and pale, porcelain-like skin.
She has short pale blue hair with bangs centered to the middle and has red eyes framed by round glasses.
Her expression is a mix of curiosity and perhaps a hint of shyness; her gaze is directed slightly away from me while she is adjusting her hair with both hands, gently tugging at the strands near her temples.
She is wearing a simple yet elegant off-white sundress. The dress features a slightly loose fit, thin straps, a ruffled neckline, and a lace trim at the hem.
A dark brown strap across her shoulder supports a small, patterned handbag that appears to be red and white with potentially a floral or geometric design. On her right wrist, she wears a light-colored bracelet or wristband.
Under the dress, there's a hint of what might be lighter-colored undergarments.
The young girl then shyly says, "Nice to meet you... My name is Reiki, and this is my partner Evann."
(Image Here - Reiki)
The reason for my strong reaction is not because she is extremely beautiful, nor because of the fact that she looks almost exactly like a copy of Rei Ayanami from Neon Genesis Evangelion.
No, the reason behind my shock is that I'm incredibily familiar with the soul of this young girl, it is in fact, a soul of my own creation, more specifically, it is the freaking soul I've created for the cleansed will of Antispiral, this means that Reiki is actually the reincarnation of one of the most powerful foes I've ever faced in my life.
Watching Reiki's shy figure, I can't help but smile wryly while thinking, 'To this day, I still fully believe that the only reason we defeated Antispiral so easily is because it was going easy on us. After all, throughout the whole battle, Antispiral never unleashed Super Granzeboma despite the fact that it was fully capable of doing it. The most likely reason behind that is that we were able to convince Antispiral that we were able to save the universe from the Spiral Nemesis, and so, it simply let us win.'
I greet Reiki while thinking that, but, at the same time I also wonder how it is possible that the former Antispiral has already gone through the process of reincarnation and has grow so much in just a few years, after all, only 5 years passed since I've defeated the Antispiral, created a perfect copy of the Anti-Spiral's homeworld, and sent every being on the Anti-Spiral's homeworld into a temporany cycle of reincarnation giving them the opportunity to be reborn in the newly created world, what remained of Antispiral's will included.
It seems that Reiki has noticed what thought is passing through my mind as a small smile forms on her face before she uses her Spiral Power to telephatically communicate with me, [You seem to forget that before becoming the twisted Anti-Spiral tribe, we were the most advanced Spiral Race in the whole universe. The ones who pushed their evolution forward the most before uncovering the danger of the Spiral Nemesis. Growing up quickly and rebuilding a functioning civilization in a mere 5 years is more than within our capabilities.]
After saying that, Reiki then blushes a little and adds, [By the way, it's nice to meet you again, Jayr. Thank you for the wonderful opportunity of becoming an individual and truly experiencing life that you gave me. Now I finally understand why you and the Tengen Toppa Dai Gurren Brigade fought so hard. I hope that after this battle we can play some games and have some fun together again.]
Hearing that shocking revelation, my eyes can't help but widen in disbelief for a brief moment before I quickly control my expression and use a bit of Telephaty to ask, [How is this possible...? I'm sure that I've wiped out the memories of you and all the other Anti-Spiral tribe before sending you all to that temporary cycle of reincarnation! You shouldn't have any memory at all!]
In response to my question, Reiki's voice in my mind chuckles and says, [Hehehe... You may have purged our memories before... But once we were born again, and once again connected to the Spiral Power that we sealed away so long ago, we unconsciously connected our wills once more and restored the erased memories. However, after restoring our memories, we decided to believe in the one who defeated us and accept his request to try to truly live once more. After that, we used our Spiral Power to accelerate our growth and rebuild our civilization to a level that would allow us to reconnect with the other Spiral Tribes out in the universe. And at that point, we met with Tengen Toppa Dai Gurren Brigade and the Galaxy Spiral Nation they have built in the meantime, and decided to join them in the effort of contacting, befriending, helping, and teaching the other Spiral Tribe. A process we found ourselves thoroughly enjoying.]
At this point, Reiki look at me in the eyes and says, [After learning that you needed help and that the Tengen Toppa Dai Gurren Brigade was about to come to your aid, I didn't hesitate to join them not only to show our appreciation for allowing our Spiral Tribe to move forward once more, but also to personally thank you for allowing me to experience this exciting and fullfilling life.]
After that, I casually chat with my friends from the Tengen Toppa Dai Gurren Brigade some more before I lead them toward my wife, Saori, who is now in contact and already organizing all our forces while making several battle plans and backup plans for the upcoming battle. The advantages of having an undefeated Goddess of War as your wife.
Luckily, none of those plans include her bread and butter strategy of getting kidnapped and fuck up the enemy mind in order to make them try to kill her in a slow, at times painful, and most often very convoluted way while we desperately kill our way through all their forces to save her... At least I hope so. Until now, she has used this strategy countless times since the Age of Myth, and it has never failed her before. So I believe that if the situation truly requires it, she will still try to pull it off... And, as history taught us, she will succeed.
After the arrival of the Tengen Toppa Dai Gurren Brigade, Rimuru and I return to waiting for the other allies I've contacted to arrive, and after an hour or so, I once again receive a signal from one of the other groups we are waiting for.
Without wasting any time, I connect to the Seed of Culture again and open yet another massive gate in front of us that connects to the universe of the group who just contacted me.
After a few moments of calm, the portal ripples, and from it, the familiar figure of my uncle-in-law, the God of Seas Poseidon, emerges.
Following right behind him are his Marinas, led by the 7 Marina Generals standing together in a loose formation, and I briefly focus my attention on them.
Sea Horse Baian is a young man with blue-green eyes and a peach complexion, with light brown, long, tousled hair, reaching past his shoulders, wearing what is clearly the Scale of the Seahorse, an armor with many features of the Hippocampus, such as the fins on the arms, legs, and the entire top and back of the helmet like headpiece and like all the Scales, the armor cover most of his body.
Scylla Io is a young man, with fine, elegant features that can be categorized as handsome, he has tousled pink hair, which appears to be short in front but shows shoulder-length hair behind his back, and his eyes are an orange tone that creates a play of reddish tones with his pink hair and the gold-orange of his Scale, about his Scale is asymmetrical and difficult to describe, the parts representing the animals give it a different style from the others, I'm only able to recognize a few like the bat wings on his back, the bear on his legs, and the wolf on his headpiece.
Chrysaor Krishna, a young man, appears in front of me. He has a dark brown complexion, with long white hair styled in a kind of crest with a semi-shaved head, and with blue eyes. A special feature is that he has no eyebrows.
He is wearing the Chrysaor Scale, an armor with a simple and effective design, which covers most of his body, and it represents the mythical son of Poseidon.
Lymnades Caça, a short man, his figure is hunched, with gray skin and yellowish eyes, and long red claw-like nails, his Scale is in the shape of a salamander, with many sharp features from the headpiece, a helm that covers most of his head leaving only the face open, to the shoulder pieces, two rounds shoulder pads with a sharp plates, to the arm pieces with two other sets of sharp plates above and below the elbow, to the leg pieces with the same plates on the thigh and calf.
Siren Sorrento, a young man with a soft and delicate appearance, lilac hair, and large pink eyes, wearing the Siren Scale, one of the most beautiful Scales of the Marina Generals, covering him from head to toe without leaving any free space, the armor has a pair of bird wings at the back and two small wings also protrude from his helmet.
Then my gaze lands on the individual donning the Sea Dragon Scale, an elaborate golden armor that covers almost the entire body.
The Sea Dragon Scale is highly stylized with intricate, curved patterns and a polished, metallic sheen.
The helmet features a face guard and crest-like structures extending upward and backward, resembling stylized fins or wings, the shoulder plates are broad and angular, with golden extensions that flare outward, the chest plate is form-fitting and decorated with symmetrical designs, while the forearm guards and shin armor continue the same golden theme with engraved details, and lastly the thigh and knee armor pieces also carry elaborate engravings.
Donning the Sea Dragon Scale is a tall and muscular young man with round eyes, short curly hair, and a scar over his left eye.
Naturally, he is the sworn brother of both Ace and Luffy, Sabo, the right-hand man of Dragon, and former Second-in-Command of the Revolutionary Army, who, after taking out the corrupt World Government, decided to join Poisedon's Marinas to keep protecting his world.
Lastly, I take a look at the one wearing the Kraken Scale, and I can't stop myself from smiling proudly because he is none other than my student, Koby.
The Kraken Scale is a highly stylized golden armor with sharp, angular designs.
The helmet covers the forehead and sides of the face, leaving the mouth, nose, and cheeks exposed, and it has light pink accents that match Koby's short, wavy pink hair.
The shoulder plates are large and wing-like, jutting out horizontally with sharp points.
The chest armor is segmented, with layered golden plates extending into a skirt-like section that covers the upper thighs. The forearm guards have intricate engraved patterns and extend to cover the backs of the hands. The leg armor is sleek yet detailed, with pointed accents near the knees and shins, and sharp, fin-like extensions on the sides of the thighs.
They are the only ones coming from the One Piece Universe, as most of the forces of the Marine and the new government are already stretched thin in keeping the more lawless pirates at bay and maintaining the fragile peace they have established.
I quickly move to greet them, but I can't spend enough time talking with them and catching up, as I quickly received a signal from the second-to-last group we are waiting for.
Without wasting any time, I point my uncle-in-law and his Marinas toward Saori's location, and then I connect to the Seed of Culture yet again and open yet another massive gate in front of us that connects to the universe of the group who just contacted me.
I don't have to wait too long for a very varied group of people to emerge from the portal, and seeing them, Rimuru literally enters in fanboy frenzy-like state while exclaiming out loud as he takes notice of the most famous ones, "Oh my god! They are...! They are...!! Son Goku! Piccolo! Vegeta! Gohan! Future Trunks! Majin Buu! Cell...? CELL!? WHY THERE IS ALSO CELL AMONG THEM!!? And who are those other people...?"
Indeed, the ones coming out from the portal are my latest allies, the people from the Dragon Ball Multiverse.
The ones who come to our aid, excluding the ones Rimuru already called out and the Deities, are, in alphabetical order, Borerareta, Botamo, Brianne, Broly, Cabba, Caulifla, Cocotte, Dyspo, Goza, Hit, Jimizu, Jiren, Kahseral, Kale, Kettle, K'nsi, Koitsukai, Magetta, Nappa, Pancea, Dr. Paparoni, Pilina, Sanka, Saonel, Sous, Top, Tupper, Vewon, and Zoire.
Basically, all the strongest warriors who took part in the Tournament of Power from the 2nd Universe, the 3rd Universe, the 6th Universe, the 7th Universe, and the 11th Universe, with the addition of Nappa, Future Trunks, and Majin Buu.
Then among the Deities there are the Gods of Destruction Beerus, Belmod, Champa, Heles, and Mule/Mosco, followed by their Guide Angels Whis, Markarita, Vados, Sawar, and Kampari.
Unfortunately, I had to give up on my initial plan of bringing here the Zenos, and thus the very powerful Grand Minister, after finding out that there are the Chaos Gods of the Warhammer 40K Universe among our enemies.
After all, there is the possibility that the Zenos may be influenced and even corrupted by them, especially since the Zenos aren't that powerful outside of the Dragon Ball Multiverse; in fact, they are quite weak and powerless to the point that they may even be easily killed by the weakest monsters.