"System, I'm ready. You can let me enter the next world."
["Please wait a moment, host. Transmission will begin shortly."]
As the system's voice fell, white light emerged.
It was once again that familiar half-dream, half-awake state. When that state ended, the white light disappeared.
Opening his eyes quickly, Aiden found himself this time appearing in a modern city. At this moment, he was sitting on a long bench.
Raising his eyes to look around, many of the surrounding buildings had a very obvious Western-European architectural style.
"Europe? Or America? But judging by the urban architectural style and level of development here, there's a big chance it's Europe!"
After observing the surroundings for a while, Aiden withdrew his gaze and then opened the system panel.
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[Story World, Bayonetta]
[Story Type, Alternate history, Mythology, Magic, War?]
[Story Description,
This... is a world where gods and demons coexist…
This world is divided into Heaven, Hell, and the Human World…
An unknown number of years ago, after the World Apocalypse War ended, the three most powerful gods and demons each took control of Heaven, Hell, and the Human World, but the story still begins five hundred years ago…
Five hundred years ago, in Europe, there were two mysterious races. They served the rulers of Europe and possessed extremely ancient histories.
And these two great races, one side was the Umbra Witches who served darkness, and the other was the Lumen Sages who served light. For a very long period, they silently protected humanity without interfering with one another.
However, one day, these two races suddenly grew to hate each other and broke out into a prolonged war. After a hundred years of battle, the result was the victory of the witches.
But ordinary humans, who feared the witches' power, under the incitement of the heavenly species, angels, launched a "witch hunt" campaign. The witches, having just ended a war and being severely weakened, were attacked en masse by humans and became extinct just like the sages. Just like that, these two races disappeared from history.
But… was that really the case?
Five hundred years after the war ended, a witch who was supposed to have vanished from history awakened…
And you, as a human who inadvertently arrived in this world, seem to have nothing to do with all this, but...]
[Tip 1, Due to the host's entry, the story world will experience a butterfly effect. Some fluctuations will occur.]
[Tip 2, This world is extremely dangerous. Host, please be cautious.]
[Tip 3, The goddess of luck is constantly watching you]
[Tip 4, Trust in those two unspeakable beings. They will grant you the power to survive. At the same time, they are also watching you]
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"Bayonetta… tsk, so it's this story world…"
After reading the story description, Aiden slightly furrowed his brows. As for this game, even many people who haven't played it still know about it—let alone him.
After all, this game's protagonist Bayonetta is extremely famous.
"Bayonetta… Sister Bay…"
Murmuring this name, Aiden sat cross-legged on the bench.
Even though the bench was right beside a road, and it was currently broad daylight with people constantly coming and going on the sidewalk, the system's safe time hadn't ended yet, so he didn't need to worry about being seen.
Then, he began thinking about another matter, that was Tip 3 and Tip 4.
The goddess of luck in Tip 3, he and the system had mentioned her often. Especially the system, every time he entered, the system would say the goddess of luck was watching him. He'd already gotten tired of hearing it. But this time, the system actually listed that line as an official tip for the first time.
'Could it be that it really thinks this world is dangerous. Is she afraid I might suddenly die?'
'And as for Tip 4… can those two really be trusted? They're unspeakable beings, it already sounds like they're from the Cthulhu mythos.'
Thinking like this, half an hour passed quickly.
Getting down from the bench, Aiden looked up around him. This was a strange city, and it seemed like even in the game, this city's name never appeared.
'Whatever, it's an alternate world anyway, and it's a story world that has countless parallel universes. No need to think too much.'
Aiden was best at going with the flow. After muttering this in his heart, he decided to wander around. Maybe he'd discover something.
He randomly chose a direction and walked that way. But after walking for nearly an hour, he hadn't discovered anything, on the contrary, he was entangled by a missionary.
"Lost child, believe in our Lord," the missionary said to him.
Aiden glanced at the missionary. Currently, he was being watched by the goddess of luck and had signed contracts with two unspeakable "gods." How could he possibly believe in any lord?
Still, he casually asked, "What benefits are there to believing in your Lord?"
"If your faith is sincere, you can ascend to heaven after death," the missionary said with longing on his face.
"And what's good about going to heaven? Can I get a hundred or eighty beauties?" Aiden grinned and asked.
Hearing this, the missionary was stunned for a moment. After thinking for a bit, he finally said, "In heaven, you can become an angel and serve by our Lord's side."
"I don't want to serve anyone."
Aiden curled his lips. The angels in this world looked freakish. Most didn't even resemble humans, they were uglier than demons. Turning into that would be worse than becoming a demon. Maybe if he became a demon, he could even make a contract with a witch…
Well, Aiden's thoughts immediately went astray.
At this time, the missionary was still saying, "To serve our Lord is the highest honor, lost child…"
Aiden waved his hand to interrupt him, "Alright, alright, say no more. I won't believe in your damn Lord. And I'm not lost, I'm very clearheaded."
Then, without caring what else the missionary wanted to say, he directly turned and walked away.
However, he hadn't walked a few steps when spatial ripples suddenly appeared around him. The surrounding pedestrians turned translucent.
Aiden was instantly stunned. He murmured,
"Did I… just enter Purgatory Space?"
So-called Purgatory Space was a space independent from Heaven, Hell, and the Human World. In the Human World, only witches and Lumen Sages could enter it. Of course, angels and demons could also enter.
Upon realizing he had inexplicably entered Purgatory Space, Aiden immediately looked up. Sure enough, above his head, several freakishly-shaped beings with wings on their backs were flying rapidly toward him.
They were this world's angels.
"What's going on? Why are angels coming after me? And how did I enter Purgatory Space?"
Looking at those angels, golden halos above their heads, wings behind their backs, holding so-called divine weapons, flying toward him, Aiden felt somewhat confused.
But very quickly, he thought of two possibilities.
'Could it be because I signed a contract with those two beings? Or maybe it's because I rejected that missionary?'
But regardless of the reason, those angels were already right in front of him, he had no choice but to fight.
His eyes narrowed slightly, and his hands flicked. Two revolvers appeared in Aiden's hands, he had already switched to the Wanderer Gunner class.
Then Aiden aimed the gun barrels at those angels and fiercely pulled the trigger.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
More than ten bullets shot out instantly, each carrying a large, basin-sized Nen energy blast.
With just one volley, the angel flying in front was sent flying by bullets and Nen energy. Countless feathers floated down from the angel's wings, filling the sky.
"To think it wasn't a one-hit kill," Aiden muttered.
The angels attacking him were the lowest-level type among Heaven's angels, called Affinity Angels. But even the lowest-ranking being was still a messenger of God, so it wasn't too surprising that they didn't die in a single hit.
[T/N: So, seeing all your comments regarding the 'bu liang ren' arc, I think I will translate last 4-5 chapters of that arc in one single chapter and give it as an overview. Next arc is 'Bayonetta' so enjoy.]
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