Jayr POV - TTGL Universe, Earth, ??? - 1007 AFA-SW

  After jumping through the Unigate, I feel the straer-like sistency of the gate on my skin for an instant, and the moment, my feet touch the hard ground as I nd oher side of the gate.

  The first thing I do is to check my surroundings for any kind of danger, but soon realize that there is nothing around me, nothing but rocks, mountains, and some sparse vegetation here and there, I'm in some desote rock desert in the middle of nowhere.

  After making sure that I'm alone and safe, I start to look around me and mutter, "I really don't know where I am... the st time I was lucky to appear nearby the Orcus Great Labyrinth, one of my objective and a focal point of the Arifureta Universe's plot... But this time, I don't think I will be so lucky..."

  Then I look up and see one of the most beautiful star-lit night skies, with a big full moon that shis dim light from above, at the same time, as I feel a peaceful breeze caress my body, I say, "But a least I'm lucky enough to appear during the night... The time when the Beastmen, creatures that are a blend of human and animal DNA that serve their creator Lehrough ing teology, ot carelessly act because on one side, these inplete creatures need a a-like sleep to stop their cells from degeing, and oher, the Gahey pilot only operate during the day as they turn sor energy iricity to move..."

  After saying that, I look around to find a random rock to calmly sit on and firm my current situation, once I sat on the most fortable-looking rock, I y eyes and start to sense what is happening in my body, 'Yes... I still sense, trol, and burn my o... But my Magic Power is now sealed, so no Magic or ana state both are unavaible, blocked by this Universe's rules... Huh?!'

  But then while I was cheg the current state of my body and the energies avaible, I sehat something strange is happening to my body, something new is awakening within my body, a new form of energy that seems to emerge from the very primal part of my body, in some way it feels simir to o, it also feels like a fual part of Life, but it is also different, it feels more primal and willful.

  "Gruah!!?" all of a sudden, I start to feel an immense crippling pain all over my whole being, my body feels like it is begin exposed to acid, melting into nothingness, and my mind is getting scrambled and being chaotic as a pierg pain keeps getting stronger and stronger, and even my very soul is in pain as it feels like it is getting ripped apart.

  At this moment, I realize that my y Magic Power, and this new energy emerging from my body, which I now realize is the Spiral Power, the supernatural energy ruling this universe, are now g for dominance, as the delicate bahat resent before between my Magic Power and my o is now broken by the newer, and my own body, mind, and even the very soul became the battlefields where their csh is taking pce.

  Uo maintain trol over my body and energies as they tio rampage, I start to roll on the ground in pain as a soundless scream escapes from my mouth as I feel my very being breaking down, but even so, I force myself to remain calm, fog my mind on only ohought, returning back to Saori, Seika, Eri, and Tio.

  To live and survive this ordeal so that I return bay family, and so I grit my teeth and focus on that thought, I shut down every outside interference, ighe immense pain I'm currently feeling, and keep fog on it until suddenly I feel nothing, no sound, no smell, no pain.

  So I open my eyes ahat I'm in a strange chaotic tri-colored space, it seems endless, but all I see is blue, red, and green colors g around, trying to stantly overpower each other.

  But I also notiother thing in this pce, it is a small miniature of the Crateris Cloth in its steltion Form, then from it, I hear a strange monoto familiar voice, "Jayr, it seems that you are in quite the pinch this time..."

  I look at the small Crateris Cloth and reply, "Yeah... I was quite careless, I didn't think that the Spiral Power would awaken so suddenly if at all, sidering that I'm from a different Universe..."

  Again the Crateris Cloth replies, "How foolish, you already khat this energy is very powerful. That this Universe is, in fact, even bigger and more powerful than the one we e from... I clearly se, this Spiral Power as you call it is a very powerful source of power but also very raw and uable..."

  Hearing that I nod, then look around me and ask, "So where am I exactly? Is this my soul?"

  But Crateris quickly de and expins, "No... this is something even more important, it is the very Core of your existence, what defines you at the most basitrinsic level... it is the bination of your soul body, and mind, if a ge happens to one of them then a ge happens here, and that ge also affects "you"... and as you see it is quite messy right now... If this tinues your core will colpse, and not even I would be able to save you using our e, because "you" will simply cease to exist..."

  As a frown forms on my face, I tio look at the chaotic mess of colors that tio fight among them and ask, "And how I fix this...?"

  The mini Crateris Cloth replies, "It is simple... and difficult at the same time. Give these energies a dire, a meaning, a focus. Uand and aowledge them, finding their simirities, their roles, and the e between them, and they will follow your will as they have done before... After all, they are part of you... But I suggest starting with the ohat you are most familiar with..."

  Hearing that, I nod, and without hesitation, I focus on the bright blue color, the color that represents my o, and while looking at it, I mutter, "o... the energy geed in the Big Bang during the creation of the Saint Seiya Universe, and thus infused in every living being... By burning it and making it explode, I gee energy that I make course through my body to make it stronger and faster, I also use it to destroy things at the atomic level rending most defense powerless, to protect my mind soul and body to other influences even godly ones... But at the basis of all that... o is simply a "thought", the power of the mind over the matter, that is also why the Gods call their 9th Seheir Divine o, Big Will!"

  And as I refirm this, all the blue around me verges into one point being an enormous blue sphere that stands in front of me, then it takes the shape of a cup that reminds me of the Crateris Cloth, leaving behind only the red and green chting for dominance.

  Then I focus my gaze on the bright red y Magic Power, and after what seems a few seds, I mutter, "Magic... Magic is oftentimes referred to as an "Art". This is no ce. Magic is perceived by many as ae discipline requiring artistry and talent, and indeed very few possess the immense creative abilities o wield it. Magic has also been called chaos inate: a primal, dangerous force, merciless aructive. In the hands of the unwary, it bees a key that open the forbidden door, behind which lies ruin aru. Finally, acc to others, magic is sce-that is, knowledge which only be acquired through exteudy, discipline, and hard work."

  I have the vague feeling, that I'm in the right dire, but I'm still missing something, so I tinue my reasoning, "In the end, magic is all three of the above. It is Art, Chaos, and Sce: a blessing, a curse, and progress. It all depends on who calls upon it, and for urpose. Magic stems from nature. It is in the earth we walk upon, in the fire burning in its heart, in the air we breathe, and ier which brings life, and which flows within us. If you happen to be gifted with a particur talent, all you need do is reach out your hand and grasp the magic all around you... Magic is that mystic spark that brings uniqueness into one life!"

  And as I realize this, all the red around me also gathers into an enormous sphere right o the o Cup, then it also ges shape and bees a red dragon whose shape reminds me of the form I take when I use the magic Advent of the Divine Dragon Lord.

  At the same time, I feel that my situation is gettier, I'm now outside of the danger zo I also sehat if 't also uand the Spiral Power as energy under my full trol, I won't be able to get out of my Core.

  Then without hesitation, I focus on the and remaining color, the now chaotic green, which represents the Spiral Power that now paints the whole spa its color.

  I focus on it trying to sense and uand this new energy using what I read about it in the Arifureta Universe's Earth as a guide, and after studying it for an unknown time I finally mutter, "Spiral Power... a power source that symbolizes everything, it is the force that defines evolution itself and binds all objects that take a spiral shape with the Universe, from the strands of DNA to the entire gaxies, they are amplified to infinite levels by Spiral Power as the underpinning of the Universe. A power source that gives the user both infiential and applications, including many abilities that defy logic, such as creating energy from nowhere, resurre, and even deg one's existence by trolling life ah. One Spiral lifeform is capable of drawing forth the power of the infinite os."

  I tio watch the chaotic green immerging myself in its presend feeling its power and attributes, as I mutter, "Life resonates with the gaxy due to the force of the transdental double helix, or Spiral Power. To extrapote on this, Spiral Power is drawn from Spiral gaxies and verted into energy aed by Spiral lifeforms from their nervous ters, with one lifeform being able to release as muergy as aire Universe, this will apply to gaxies as well for obvious reasons. Willpower, hope, and dream are reted to Spiral Power because they are present as a double helix, the spiral shape, therefore, Spiral Power is accelerated through them and will cease to evolve if Spiral lifeforms lose their fighting spirit and fall into despair...!"

  At the same time, the green representing the spiral pathers into another enormous green sphere, then it takes the shape of a huge green spiral that stands beside the equally rge blue Cup, and red dragon, leaving behind only a dark void.

  Looking at my three sources of power floating in the void in front of me, I feel that something is missing, then I look at the green spiral and something clicks in me.

  Without hesitation, I urge the blue cup, and the red dragon to rush into the green spiral and to follow its movement, and in an instant the three energies merge together into an endless pilr divided up into three spirals, eae representing one of the energies under my trol, at the same time, the void arouarts to ge.

  Under my feet, an endless pin full of lively grass, flowers, and tree, appears all of a sudden, at the same time, above me a clear blue star-lit night sky forms where the 88 steltions be seen shining brightly, while some enting red firefly lights be seen flying around.

  Then I once more, hear Crateris' monotone voice as it says, "Good job, Jayr... I have to admit that you did a lot better than I thought. This is truly a stunning Core. Among all the Saints that have been my partner sihe Age of Myths, you for sure are the best!"

  I then look at the miniature Crateris Cloth and ask, "You know, this is the first time you have talked to me this clearly..." and Crateris expins, "I'm first and foremost a Cloth. Even if I'm alive, now more thahanks to yrades, I'm a lifeform different from you humans, I don't feel the o chat with someoo feel ected to them..."

  I nod and realize, "Well, that is true... We are ected through agic Power, and souls, we uand each other without talking... But even so, let me at least thank you once more for all the times you have guided, protected me, and saved my life... You will always be my most trusted partner."

  After that, Crateris falls into silence, but I feel that he is happy about what I said.

  I look once more at the eri-colored pilr, and just as I'm about to will myself out of my Core, a silly, absurd, potentially disastrous, but equally genius, awesome, and potentially beneficial idea starts to e into my mind but the moments, slips away.

  Feeling sure that the previous fsh of inspiration I had, is going to help me iing stronger, I fix my gaze ori-colored pilr formed by the three spinning spirals and start to mutter as I try to catch that thought that keeps slipping away, "Spiral Power... Spiral Power... Spiral... Spinning... SPIN!!" and with a fsh of inspiration, I finally ect the dots.

  Euphoric, I help but think out loud, "Could I really be able to use the principles of the Spin from JoJo to the Spiral Power...? And if I do it what would be the result? The Spiral Power, a reality breaking of immense power bined with a state of perfect or near-perfect rotatioing a near endless rotation that may thee an infinite amount of Spiral energy..." and as I realize this, I am about to try it out.

  But I immediately stop arain that impulse, then I take a deep breath to calm my excitement, then I mutter, "Aaah... It is better to not try that now, especially not while I'm still in my Core if something bad happens here, I could very well cease to exist ond for all..." and after calming down, I will myself out of my Core.

  And as soon as I regain trol of my body and once more feel everything around me, I immediately realize that something is off, the airflow around me is dry and staler, moreover, I feel a heavy weight on my body, and from the texture I'm feeling, I'm pretty sure that it is some kind of rock, then I open my eyes and notice that I'm in total darkness, but it is clear that I'm underground and quite deep at that, moreover, I'm fully naked.

  After the initial surprise, I use my seo feel my surroundings and realize what happened, it seems that my thrashing around while my energies were rampaging caused not only the destru of my clothes but also caused the ground under me to colpse, making me fall into some kind of huge sinkhole, in addition to that, the hole I caused further colpsed on itself, closing the hole and making the falling rocks ah crash on my body almost burying me.

  I raise my upper body with some difficulties as I feel my muscles are very stiff from being still for a long time, but even so, I easily push the tons of rocks ah ying on my body away a up, then as I dust off my skin, and hair, I mutter, "Luckily my body is a hell lot strohan a regur human. If it wasn't, such a thing could have easily killed, or a the very least crippled me..."

  Then I open the bck swirling portal that leads to my Soulbouory and walk through it, on the other side, I quickly run to my vil to avoid showing my little brother to the Nymphs living here and take a quick shower, then I put on a pair of briefs, and a pair of half-length brown trousers with some simple bck boots and sihe temperature outside is very hot and dry, I decide to leave my upper body bare, so that my attire could somewhat resemble that of the human's unities living underground.

  After that, I prepare a quick meal as I'm quite famished, and feeling this, I carefully check the state of my body and realize that I spent around a week in my Core, 'Holy...! I just experienced one of the Cultivation Story Plots, losing oneself in enlighte! No!! Calm down, Jayr! Calm down! As long as you don't start talking about the Dao, massag, and bringing ruin to sects and cities only because you are passing by, and more important you don't meet Young Masters, you are safe! You won't bee a ese novel Protagonist!!'

  Done my internal crisis and with my meal, I finally check what has ged as a result of my as in my Core, and I have to admit, a hell lot ged, first of all, it is almost like I'm stantly in my previous ana state, but different from before, this state doesn't put any burden on my body, because the energies in my don't expand limitlessly anymore but stop when they reach the peak of what my body handle, but the result is almost the same, because no matter of muergy I use, I now recover it almost instantly.

  But that isn't all, now all my energies, are interwired so closely, that I in fact use o or Spiral Power to cast magics, or use Magic Power to use the o teiques I learned or created, 'This is crazy! It means that from now on, no matter in what Universe I find myself, as long as supernatural power ic aren't rejected by the rules of the Universes I will visit, I use all the teiques and spell I need no matter the rules imposed by the Universe... So if I find myself in a world where only magi exist, I still use my o teiques and abilities using my Magic Power, masking them as spells!'

  Another ge, one I admit I'm quite gd happened, is a physical ge, I didn't grow taller ger, is just that no matter what energy I use, now my eyes don't ge color anymore every time I use a different power, well, if you ighe fact that when I use my Spiral Power at a certain level my eyes ge and turns into a spiral almost like a knock-off Rinnegan.

  At the same time, the several thin reddish bck lines on my body, which I gained when I ate the Orcus Great Labyrinth's monsters and that appeared when I used magic or entered into my ana state, well, they became perma, not only that, but their color ged to the same green of my eyes and they pattern also ged taking a more curved shape, that obviously reminds me of a spiral.

  Looking at my refle in the mirror as I use some basic spells and o teiques, I 't help but grin and excim, "Hell yeah! I'm not a fug traffic light anymore!!"

  After I'm doh refreshing myself, ging my clothes, eating, and cheg the immediate ges I went through, I sit down and start to pn my course of a, 'Well, clearly my initial pns are now scrapped thanks to my almost deadly ht... Now, after I get out of my Soulbouory, the first thing I have to do is to search for human life signals... Well teically I only o find two, Simon and Kamina, it should be quite easy to find them, after all, they are among the very few humans that have started to awaken their Spiral Power, in fact, if it didn't pass too much time from when I first came, only three humans should have it at this moment, Simon, Kamina, and Lenome, moreover, Lenome's Spiral Power should feel quite different from the usual ohe fact that his is fully awakened and red colored, while even my own Spiral Power keeps its usual green color...'

  Then tapping oable with my finger I tihen of course I have to quickly reach them, ahere in time to save Kamina's life... And after that, I will have a little talk with Lenome... And after making sure that everything will go in the dire I hope for, I easily return ba time to take part in Shaina's wedding and stay together with Saori and Tio...'

  And as I think that, I get up and say, "Let's do this!" then I open the bck swirling portal that leads outside my Soulbouory, back to the strange sinkhole.

  Ohere, I quickly y eyes and use my seo the fullest to feel everything on this p, ae knowing it, I have to admit, that the current situation of this Earth still surprises me, 'Damn it! Watg the anime is ohing... But feeling the situation myself is a whole other... there are only about 400.000 humans overall living on this p, and most of them live underground in small vilges that t from 20 to 100 people... And even ting the Beastman, there are only 2.000.000 se beings living on this p, way too few... This is awful...'

  Sensing all that, I steel my resolve, then I focus on finding Simon and Kamina, after a few seds, I click my tongue and mutter, "Tch... There are more people with stirring Spiral Power than I initially thought!"

  Ihere are currently eleven other humans with traces of Spiral Power, and realizing this I curse, "Shit! That means that the battle against Thymilph is closer than I thought! And that I have a lot less time to make my move!!"

  But even so, I remain calm and focus on these eleven signatures, 'Anyways, it should still be quite easy to identify them... Let's see... Three of them are together and there are another 7 humans with them but they are surrounded by Beastmen this should be Kamina and Simon's group and seeing their numbers, they should be at the trap bath house, meanwhile another 7 are gathered together and are moving toward the first group... And st but not least, is the one who is alone, surrounded by Beastmen, and his Spiral Power feels very ominous and somewhat wrong moreover it is clearly much more active than all the others, obviously he is Lenome...'

  I then focus on Kamina and Simon, ahat they aren't too far away from my position, just around 500 Kilometers east of here, a distance I cross in an instant if I want, 'Well, teically I teleport anywhere I o...'

  Since I still have some time before the shit hits the fan and Kamina dies, I decide to get a little familiar with my Spiral Power.

  So I first will it to course through my body, and instantly feel its effects, I feel my body growing even stronger, much more than when I use Limit Break and furthermore, it doesn't stop, 'This is absurd... my body keeps getting stro an expoial rate!'

  But at some point, my body reaches its current limit, and soon my Spiral Power starts overflowing from my tattoos looking like a bright green fme.

  Seeing this, I stop enhag my physical body, and try something else, I raise my hand and will a small amount of Spiral Power to form a small green spinning drill the size of a tennis ball, that keeps spinning faster and faster, then I will it to ge shape into a ball and causally throw it toward the wall in front of me knowing that no lifeform stands in its path, and watch as the ball easily drills through the roing a uhe size of a avarage man.

  Seeing that I whistle and ent, "Wow, I just used a little of Spiral Power but its power is already at the level of a full-force blow of a strong Bronze Saint..."

  But then I realize that I messed up as soon after, everything arouarts to shake, and soon from the ceiling above me, more rocks and dirt start to fall.

  But just as I'm about to teleport myself out of here, I sehat these tremors aren't caused by the fact that the cave I found myself is further colpsing, but by something drilling through the earth to reach me, because I realize that the debris are only falling in a small area around me.

  So I just take a few steps bad wait, curious about what is about to e, and soon, something burrows out from the ceiling and quickly crashes into the ground in front of me raising a brown cloud of dust.

  Soon, the dust clears away, and the thing hidden behind it reveals itself, making me excim "No fug way..."

  In front of me stands a big meical head, its main color is whiteish, while its face is almost skin-colored, with some light blue parts like the circur "ears" at the side, and the inside of the cockpit.

  Its eyes are closed, but even so, it is clear what is it, "It's a mini-type Gunmen like Lagann!! How is this possible!? I thought that they were all destroyed or in the Spiral Graveyard ii-Spiral Universe!?"

  Then I step closer and the Lagann in front of me starts to slowly pulse as if responding to my presenore precisely to the Spiral Power in my body, and mutter, "Did it e to me on its own in respoo my Spiral Power...?"

  So without hesitation, I step ihe cockpit and mutter, "This looks a bit tight... but someone big like Lenome still use it so I should be able to fit in too."

  Once I sit ihe cockpit, I look at the circur dashboard in the middle and see a small Core Drill already ied into it, at the same time, the mini-type Guart to pulse faster and faster, as if excited.

  Odyin