In the world of magic and spiritual power users, there exists a very rare type of talent known as Spirit Visionary.
They possess an innate special spiritual sight, capable of suddenly receiving inspiration in certain situations and seeing some mysterious visions.
Clairvoyance, Precognition, Future Sight, Past Sight… the eyes of a Spirit Visionary are given all sorts of names.
Just like when a god in the heavens suddenly has a whim and grants divine revelation to a chosen one, Spirit Vision is the ability used to receive such revelations.
Mariya Yuri became the highest-ranking Hime-Miko at a young age precisely because of her innate Spirit Vision.
Her level of Spirit Vision was extremely high. Other Spirit Visionaries had highly unstable abilities—sometimes effective, sometimes not, and some might only trigger a few times in their entire lives—but Mariya Yuri's Spirit Vision was exceptionally easy to activate. As long as she came into slight contact with something special, or if something extraordinary was about to happen nearby, she would more or less receive some inspiration and produce some premonitions.
At this moment, Mariya Yuri's Spirit Vision had been triggered to its maximum extent, allowing her to see something that would only occur in the future.
"————"
In a hazy field of vision, an unprecedented catastrophe was occurring.
Meteors were streaking across the sky.
Ghosts were rampaging on the ground.
A mighty being, wielding a spear made from a tree branch, clad in golden armor, and wearing a war helmet, rode a divine and majestic Pegasus, advancing and trampling amidst a storm.
Tsunamis surged behind it, wind and rain devoured living beings before it.
And ahead of it—was a city full of people fleeing in panic...
"Ah!"
The Spirit Vision ended, and Mariya Yuri let out a cry.
That cry sounded pained, and filled with fear.
"What's wrong with you?"
Kaiser saw Mariya Yuri's eyes suddenly become hollow, then she let out a terrified scream, which nearly startled him.
In the distant shrine, quite a few shrine attendants seemed to have heard Mariya Yuri's cry as well and were rushing over in haste.
"I-I'm fine..."
Mariya Yuri came back to herself, her small hand covering her mouth, but her face was deathly pale, and even her voice was trembling.
"S-Sorry, I have to leave now!"
Leaving behind those words, Mariya Yuri fled in a panic, stumbling as she ran, as if she had been immensely frightened.
"...She must have seen something."
Though he didn't know exactly what had happened, Kaiser was certain of that.
Even in the original story, Mariya Yuri's Spirit Vision ability was nearly unmatched. Now that she had encountered him, perhaps she had been inspired and seen something that shouldn't have been seen yet.
"Poor girl, there are some things in this world that aren't meant to be seen..."
Kaiser shook his head as he left with broom in hand.
He didn't know that Mariya Yuri, who had left earlier, was already nervously speaking to the shrine attendants who had rushed over.
"P-Please notify the History Compilation Committee immediately! Tell them—a god is about to descend upon this country!"
"A Heretic God... is going to appear in this nation!"
"Disaster... is coming!"
The scene instantly fell into dead silence.
A few minutes later, all of Japan was thrown into chaos.
At least, everyone involved in the occult was.
......
Kaiser didn't know that the Hime-Miko Mariya Yuri had already foreseen the arrival of a Heretic God.
He was merely strolling through the grove near the shrine, admiring the beautiful scenery while activating the Second Authority, converting all his spiritual power into Magical Power.
Magical Power, known as "Qi" in the East and "Mana" in the West, is the origin of all mystical forces.
All mystic systems in this world, be it magic, sorcery, or the special powers of spiritualists, are powered by Magical Power—including the Authorities used by the gods.
"This seems to be just a pure fuel."
After some perception, Kaiser discovered that Magical Power was different from all the power systems he had previously possessed.
Prana could enhance offensive and defensive power, helping in combat.
Spiritual Pressure, needless to say, was directly linked to combat strength, influencing all aspects of ability execution and battle techniques.
But only this world's Magical Power seemed to be just an energy source—a type of fuel.
"No, it still has some unique traits."
Reportedly, magicians whose Magical Power reached the purest realm could reverse aging of the body.
Those famous witches could stay youthful just by relying on their Magical Power—despite being over a hundred years old, they appeared to be in their twenties or thirties.
Campiones carry hundreds of times the Magical Power of ordinary magicians. As long as they circulate the flow of Magical Power in their bodies, they can nullify external magic, rendering almost all magic ineffective.
This shows that while Magical Power in its weak state is merely a fuel, as it grows stronger, its special traits gradually emerge.
"I wonder what level my Magical Power is at now? Can it compare to a Campione? Or even a god?"
Kaiser was a bit curious, but without any reference point to compare against, he had no idea how much Magical Power he had.
His First Authority only worked on weapons—it allowed him to fully master the abilities of any weapon, but had no effect on his own power system. So to understand the peculiarities of Magical Power, Kaiser could only explore it slowly himself.
Of course, using it posed no issue.
When switching power systems, his mastery and application of those powers would convert accordingly. There was no issue with being unable to use a new power system smoothly.
"Unfortunately, Magical Power can't replace spiritual power to activate Kido."
He had already tested this.
Spiritual power originates from the soul, while Magical Power is generated within the physical body. Their roots and sources are different, so their incompatibility is natural.
Not to mention Kido—even abilities like Cero and Bala couldn't be used.
Because without Spiritual Pressure, he couldn't release highly condensed Spiritual Pressure to form a Cero, let alone launch a Bala composed of Spiritual Pressure bursts.
Under these circumstances, Kaiser could basically confirm it.
"Weapons acknowledged by my First Authority—no matter if I switch power systems using the Second Authority—can still be used without issue."
"But magic, sorcery, Kido, and techniques that rely on my own mastery of a power system don't work the same."
"Unless the two worlds' power systems are similar and interchangeable, otherwise they won't be usable."
Of course, this didn't have much of an impact. After all, Kaiser could switch power systems at will—if he wanted to use something, he could just switch back to a compatible system.
What truly made him powerful were the various exclusive weapons. Techniques like Kido were just functional or supplementary battle tools. They didn't matter much.
"The rest doesn't seem affected."
Kaiser took a step, and in an instant, his figure appeared hundreds of meters away as if he had teleported.
His form twisted again and suddenly appeared in another direction—elusive and ghostlike.
"Shunpo is just a high-speed movement technique."
"Sonído is also a skill involving spatial manipulation."
"These two abilities don't heavily rely on the user's power system, so they should work normally no matter the world."
Then there was Hierro and High-Speed Regeneration—abilities that originated from the body itself, unrelated to power systems, so they weren't affected.
As he continually checked his abilities, Kaiser quickly reacquainted himself with everything.
"Well then, it's about time to get to business."
Saying this, Kaiser stopped walking, and a pair of light wings unfolded behind him.
"Boom!"
Like a meteor soaring into the sky, a loud bang rang out, and a fierce gale erupted, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Kaiser's figure rapidly flew into the air, then transformed into a long streak of light, shooting toward the direction of the sea.
......
When gods manifest on earth, the phenomena they bring are terrifying.
They are natural disasters themselves. Simply by appearing on earth, they change the color of the skies and bring about unknown calamities. They are disasters incarnate.
To fight such beings—setting aside whether one can win—the battlefield must not be in a populated area.
At the very least, Kaiser didn't want to become someone who slaughtered innocents for no reason, so he decided to take the battle to the sea.
Fortunately, the flight speed of Divine Dividing was very fast. It only took Kaiser about half an hour to fly from the Kanto Region to the open seas where even the archipelago of Japan was no longer visible.
"This place should do, right?"
Hovering above the sea, Kaiser looked around and, after confirming no ships were nearby, summoned the True Longinus.
How does one summon a god?
Kaiser had already thought this through.
According to the original story, gods are immortal. Even if they lose their lives and bodies, their existence continues.
Their existence resides in the Realm of Immortality… in myths. If a certain trigger occurs, they will liberate their divinity from myth, incarnate in the world, and manifest.
At this time, they become Heretic Gods. Because they've broken away from myth, and the established rules, they gradually become affected by madness, turning violent and battle-hungry.
If one wants to summon a Heretic God from the Realm of Immortality using human means, the conditions are extraordinarily harsh.
Mariya Yuri was once forced by a tyrannical Campione, along with many Hime-Miko, witches, and priests, to participate in a summoning ritual for a Heretic God. As a result, nearly everyone went mad afterward. Only a rare few, including Mariya Yuri, survived by sheer luck.
Because of that, Mariya Yuri harbors an excessive fear toward Campiones, and a deep-seated fear and awe toward Heretic Gods.
Of course, in this world, there is no one who doesn't fear Campiones and gods.