In another world.
This world is unique because, unlike Draconic Deus and the other worlds from various series so far, it contains its own universe within it—like an alternate universe—complete with its own moon and sun.
Not to mention that it is many times larger than the human world in Draconic Deus. A third of this world is shrouded in chaos—like a black ocean filled with energy capable of killing all living things on the planet. There are only a few continents on one side of the planet, isolated by clear oceans and safe from the sea of chaos.
Tohru hails from one of those continents—a continent dominated by dragons and divided into two factions: the Chaos Faction and the Harmony Faction.
In that world, there aren't only dragons. There are also Humans, Giants, and primordial species (such as Demons, Elves, Dwarves, Angels, a Divine Race known as the Gods—divided into several ranks—and others).
Long ago, when there was no life at all in that world—there was a Primordial God who traveled through space and time.
That god's name was Elios.
The world where Elios arrived was filled with a primordial sea of chaos called Nammu. Elios created a spatial rift in Nammu to secure a place to live. That was the beginning of that world. When Elios created fire and burned parts of Nammu's body, the ocean solidified and became the earth, and Elios landed there. When Elios descended, Dragons, Giants, and primordial species were created.
Elios gave birth to two ancient gods, Nargol and Orgis, to rule that world before journeying to a different universe.
In other words, that world is one abandoned by a Primordial God.
In the present day, Nargol and Orgis have died due to a conflict arising from an affair (they were husband and wife) that sparked a war between their respective factions.
Now, that world is ruled by their descendants from the first and second generations. The gods who control that world are called the Great Gods.
Not all of them come from the same faction. These gods are also divided into Gods of Light and Gods of Darkness. This is because they share the same father (Orgis) but have different mothers due to the affair their father committed.
The gods of light look similar to humans. Meanwhile, the Gods of Darkness look terrifying, like humanoid monsters.
One of the first-generation gods of darkness is also known as the Demon King in that world.
Before Eiji detected the existence of that world, Psyker had already been there for several hours.
He had only one mission.
"Kikikiki! What an extraordinary source of energy, and one with such a high affinity for my ancestral race. As my Goddess said, this energy can increase my power even further."
"After that, kikiki! I'll kill every living thing in this world. That's a piece of cake for a Beyond Grade A like me."
"My Goddess, you're too kind to give me a mission this easy."
That was about two hours ago.
On one side of the planet, shrouded in a sea of chaos.
Within that dark sea, Psyker greedily devoured Nammu—or the sea of chaos feared by the creatures of that world—as if it were his favorite food. That chaotic energy entered its pores and its abnormally numerous eyes.
Psyker's appearance itself was both terrifying and repulsive. He has seven eyes on his face, six of which form a diamond shape surrounding his main eye. His eyes were like black gems, twinkling with countless stars as if they contained a galaxy within them.
He has long white hair, but it isn't actually his hair—rather, it consists of countless tentacles as thin as hair that are capable of sensing all manner of things. A pair of straight, snow-white horns with a jade-like texture protrude from his forehead. His shoulders, chest, wrists, knees, back, and several other areas are covered by a naturally grown white exoskeleton, as if he were wearing a skeletal armor.
His sky-blue skin is covered with dark purple patterns. As the leader of his people, he wears a beautiful robe designed specifically for him.
"Once I've increased my power, I might be able to take back the Evolution Cube from Eiji Seiya. Kikiki... Right now, he should be busy dealing with the military forces of the Three Universal Civilizations."
"When he's exhausted from using up most of his energy, my chances of defeating him will definitely be high!"
Psyker had already been told by his goddess, Naia, just how powerful Eiji was. Under normal circumstances, he wasn't foolish enough to fight him head-on.
However, he thought he could still win if he used the right strategy.
He wasn't that foolish.
Naia had simply ordered him to kill every living thing in that world. That's because, according to her prophecy, the descendants of Eiji and a certain woman in that world would destroy her race—the Outer Gods.
Actually, she didn't really care about the other members of her own race. However, she liked to have fun and cause trouble for others.
So, she sent Psyker to take preventive measures.
Still, Thanatos's intervention was also beyond her predictions. In the end, she died before she could see her evil plan succeed.
More than an hour later.
*BOOOOM!*
Psyker had absorbed what remained of Nammu on the planet; his power had greatly increased from before.
He thought he could continue absorbing the remaining energy around him while killing the creatures of that world.
So, he released energy from his body and spread it using his technique,
With him at the center, his toxic energy spread to every corner of the world. Not a single being in that world—not even the gods—was able to block the debuffs he inflicted.
"!!!"
Except for Psyker, every living creature in that world suddenly started nosebleeding or even vomiting blood. Humans, in particular, often fainted immediately or even died.
On one of the continents largely inhabited by dragons, Damocles saw the translucent red energy spreading toward him and wasn't sure how he should react.
After the energy passed him by like a passing breeze, blood dripped from his nose and his head spun.
"What's going on? Have those damn gods decided to kill all the dragons in this world!?"
Uncontrollable rage and an abnormal urge to kill immediately filled Damocles' mind. He was unable to think rationally.
Immediately, he contacted every dragon in the Chaos Faction in that world to go to war against the gods.
The same thing happened to the giants, goblins, demons, and other species. They were even hallucinating, struggling to distinguish reality from fantasy.
Many of them even began killing one another and couldn't restrain themselves from committing every evil act that crossed their minds.
Global chaos began to unfold simply because of a single technique unleashed by a Psyker.
"Kikikiki! Kill each other! Or kill yourselves before I kill you with my own hands! Kikikiki!"
With his technique, Psyker was also able to control his targets' minds. He influenced most of them—especially the Demon King—to act as he wished.
Wars raged on every continent.
Tens of millions of lives were lost in less than half an hour.
At that moment, there were several gods who seemed to be trying to resist the poison affecting their minds and souls.
The Great Gods from one of the pantheons, the Pantheon of Elios. They flew toward the Psyker's location, anger etched on each of their faces.
"Evil creature, stop what you're doing right now!"
That majestic voice came from Odis. One of the twelve pillars of the Pantheon of Elios. He is the king of the Elios gods, known as the King of the Gods, and the God of Law and Contracts.
Sensing the energy fluctuations emanating from the Sea of Chaos, he did not hesitate to command every great god in his pantheon to come here.
And the result was astonishing.
The Sea of Chaos had somehow shrunk until it had nearly vanished from their world. That should have been good news, but the creature that caused it was clearly bad news for them.
"Kikiki!"
From the chaotic depths of the sea, Psyker's laughter rang out, and his figure emerged from the dark water. He floated in the sky and gazed at the gods before him with a mischievous glint in each eye.
"An evil creature? That's a rude way to refer to a majestic and beautiful being like me. I won't stop just because an ant asks me to."
Odis froze.
The other great gods were just as stunned. That was because Psyker's appearance was completely foreign to them. He didn't seem to be one of the Dark Gods or even a being from this world.
His words also offended them.
"You… You called the King of the Gods an ant? How dare you! We, the Great Gods who protect this world, will kill you!"
Another Great God, Thores, shouted with murder in his eyes. He is the God of Strength and Battle, and one of the twelve pillars of the Elios Pantheon.
He charged at the Psyker before the others, swinging his sword—capable of splitting a mountain in two.
His speed was also incredibly fast.
However—
*Clang!*
Psyker held his sword with one hand.
Thores's eyes widened.
"Kikiki... You're so weak."
"W-Weak?"
"Yes."
*BOOM!!*
Psyker released a small wave of toxic energy from his body. Thores's sword shattered into pieces, and he himself was thrown backward. Blood poured from his mouth, eyes, ears, and nose.
He was in such bad shape that it seemed he could die at any moment.
"Thores!!"
One of the gods caught the man's body before he fell into the Sea of Chaos.
The other gods stared at Psyker with serious expressions. Their condition wasn't actually that great either; the energy he had released earlier was still poisoning them.
"Everyone, attack! We must kill that evil creature as soon as possible!" Odis gave the order to kill.
Heibos (God of Blacksmithing and Treasure), Ishtia (Goddess of Beauty and Love), Triden (God of the Sea and Sailors), Gena (Goddess of the Earth and Fertility), Nectol (God of Alcohol and Cuisine), Fanacea (Goddess of Healing and Medicinal Plants), Alrena (Goddess of Wisdom and Victory), Alphos (God of Song and Art), Totona (Goddess of Knowledge and Books).
Each of them unleashed divine power that shone with a golden light, and fired a beam of light with immense destructive power from their hands.
That combined attack was more than enough to kill the Demon King.
However, Psyker blinked his eyes, which seemed to contain a galaxy within them. Red energy erupted from his body once more, shattering every attack from the Great Gods and sending them flying.
It also amplified every debuff they were under.
"Pufft!"
The Great Gods coughed up blood, their faces deathly pale.
The energy released by Psyker spread out, enveloping the planet once more. This time, the energy lingered in the air, further scrambling their minds.
"You disgusting creature... Where did you come from!? Why are you attacking our world!?"
A stunningly beautiful blonde goddess and one of the heroines from the Dark Knight Story series, Alrena—also known as Rena—gazed at Psyker with a mixture of disgust and fear in her eyes.
By the way, that's true.
This world isn't just made up of the series Tohru comes from. It's also a combination of another series.
I don't know if you've ever read it. The protagonist in that series is named Kuroki. In this timeline, not long ago he was summoned by the Demon King to defeat the Hero summoned by Rena.
If the plot follows the original work, Reina will fall in love with Kuroki after seeing the face behind his iron helmet—a face that's incredibly handsome and exactly her type. Even though he's from the side that's her enemy.
"Kikikiki, my name is Psyker. As for why I decided to kill every living thing in this world? Well… It's just that I happened to come here and felt like doing it?"
Psyker didn't bother mentioning the mission his goddess had given him.
Rena's beautiful face looked even paler, and there was blood at the corner of her mouth. That fragile and pitiful appearance would break many a man's heart.
Especially her suitors.
Even so, Psyker felt no pity at all. His aesthetic sensibilities were clearly different from those of humans and gods.
Still, each of his pupils suddenly twitched. At that moment, he felt his connection to his goddess severed.
"!?" Psyker was so startled that he stopped releasing his toxic energy.
This made the gods and other living beings in that world feel a little better.
'Goddess? Goddess? Why can't I sense a connection between us?'
Psyker tried to communicate with Naia, but there was no response from her. He began to feel a little anxious because he had lost his strongest ally.
This caused him to ignore the dragons from the Chaos Faction and the Harmony Faction that were coming toward him and attacking him.
"So you're the one who poisoned us? I thought it was the gods—it was actually your doing! Die!"
Damocles, the leader of the Chaos Faction, fired a beam of energy from his mouth.
The other dragons did the same. Even among the Harmony Faction, there was a dragon named Elma who breathed fire from her mouth.
Psyker had become the enemies of all the strongest groups in that world. Even so, he merely snorted and unleashed another burst of his toxic energy.
*BOOOOM!!*
His energy engulfed and destroyed all the attacks launched at him.
In the sky, the dragons from the two strongest dragon factions in that world looked like kites whose strings had snapped.
"You're just a bunch of ants—you're getting in the way! Do you all want to die quickly? Fine, I'll kill you all right now!"
Psyker was furious because he'd lost his connection with Naia. He decided to stop messing around and kill everyone there.
His eyes, which looked like galaxies, glowed with a terrifying red light. He was about to fire a laser powerful enough to kill the gods and dragons—and even destroy the planet's surface.
But before he could do it—someone suddenly appeared right in front of him and stared at him with a cold gaze.
The psyker froze.
'How is he here!?'
Before he could react. The man, Eiji Seiya, swung his hand and slapped him across the face.
*BAAAAAAAAMMM!!*
The slap was so hard that Psyker screamed in pain, and he was sent flying to the side. His body streaked across the sky for thousands of kilometers, splitting the clouds, crashing into mountains, and embedding itself in a hill.
"....." The gods and dragons of that world were, of course, shocked.
Their gazes turned to Eiji, and they wondered who he was.
Wasn't his strength incredibly powerful!?
He slapped the evil creature that had rendered them helpless so hard it was as if it were a fly.
"Hey, who—"
She hadn't finished her sentence, but Eiji had already vanished from her sight.
Eiji teleported to a spot not far from Psyker and looked down on him from the sky.
"Psyker, right? You're pretty good at hiding—just like a rat."
His voice, amplified by the laws of vibration, echoed across the sky.
Psyker clutched the side of his blood-soaked face; some of his eyes were injured. His body trembled; fear welled up in his heart, but rage also overwhelmed his reason.
He glared sharply at Eiji.
"Eiji Seiya!!"
"It's me. What's the matter? You've conspired with quite a few people to oppose me. Now, it's time for you to pay the price for provoking me."
"You're so arrogant! You were the one who provoked me first by stealing the Evolution Cube!"
"Ah, that might be true. But..."
Eiji smiled coldly, his expression not changing in the slightest. He didn't even pay attention to the gods and dragons rushing toward their location.
"I don't care. You're going to die today."
Veins bulged around Psyker's eyes.
He felt that Eiji was underestimating him, which made him unhappy.
"Bastard...! You think you can kill me? Kikikiki! You're too late—I'm on a higher level than you now!"