Chapter 16 - 『Cubed』

Jack stood there with the Rubik's cube in his hand. He had just reverted the state of the house back a few years by using a spell he found in the grimoire. The whole building looked as if it had been restored to its former glory. Of course, before devouring the book and learning all of its contents. Something that he wanted to know if it was at all possible to do in this world as he could in YGGDRASIL.

He was staring at the cube which was in his hands. Where did it come from exactly? Was it from this world? Or had it been brought into this world by someone else? Poking his tongue against his cheek as he stared the dimensions in thought.

As he moved towards the back of the manor, he walked by Solution who was standing in an empty room, staring out a window at the backyard.

Jack would make his way over to the northern door, which brought him to the backyard. As he stepped outside, his gaze followed the ground. It looked like the grounds were rather uneven. The soil was clearly disturbed.

A frown formed over his lips as he looked closely, it looked like someone had dug up the backyard. It was a mass burial site and from what he could only conclude, all the bodies here likely belonged to slaves. The idea that they had all been killed off and buried in the backyard annoyed him. Even though the vegetation and grass were growing healthily.

His eyes moved to the sky above, hours had gone by since he had dismissed the adventurers and the sky was beginning to become dark.

"Hm..." A feeling of dread was passing over him. This place had been out of order for some years, so these people must have been dead for a while.

The ear that was in the box was likely a memento. Those whom had been buried here, they were probably elves which had been sold into slavery.

Closing his eyes tightly, he would open them again. However he quickly realized there were no tears in his eyes. That feeling of dread remained, but his emotions felt stoically detached, held at bay.

Slowly he would turn to look towards the house, an ambient frown across his lips.

Sebas was still following his sister around the house. She seemed to be roaming, exploring. Solution had since left the room which she had been standing in. He had no idea where she had gone.

As he looked at the sky again, he could see birds flying over head. Little white doves. Or at least that is what he thought they were. He had yet to look at the book about birds in this world.

"Might as well tell Momonga about this," his eyes shifted to the Rubik's cube in his hand.

『Message』

"Momonga." Jack called out for his friend in a moderate tone, walking over and leaning against the stone walls which lined the back of his property.

"Hm? What's going on Jack?" Momonga asked as he was actually in the middle of a Slime Bath with the Sapphire Slime. He was enjoying the silence for the most part, while planning is next moves carefully.

"There's been a strange occurrence," Jack entailed as he tossed the Rubik's cube up and down in his hand.

"Oh?"

"I was used a portal to drop a bunch of ruined furniture, somewhere in the Slane Theocracy."

"I'm pretty sure that's what they call Illegal Dumping."

"Yes, no? Whatever. When I dropped all the stuff, something came through it to my side before the portal could dissipate." He scratched the back of his head in thought.

"Something?"

"A Rubik's cube."

"… This World seems primitive, like Medieval Europe, where would a Rubik's cube come from?"

"Perhaps another player?"

"Hm.. The likeliness could be high. We're here, who says no one else is?"

"You're not wrong and if they are another player, I suggest we make contact."

"And if they aren't?"

"Information is information and from what I've seen so far, our powers are considered to be at a Mythological level related to their gods." Jack was aware of the existence of the Gods which were worshipped by the Human Countries.

The question was, were they really Gods or were they players? Based on his perception of this world, it was likely they were players due to how highly powered he compared appears to others considered high ranked in Re-Estize.

Of course, he could always be wrong and Gods could very much be real.

"You really want to go see where that cube came from..." Momonga scratching his bone chin was something Jack could imagine in his mind as he said this.

"Or at least who," Jack said as he continued to toss the item playfully, imitating a sniffle.

"Are you catching a cold?" Momonga asked with a chuckle, holding the Sapphire slime in his hand.

"I wish," Jack joked and shook his head as he kept his eyes to the ground. He felt rather disgusted with this backyard. He wanted to unearth the beings here and resurrect them. Yet, where would he put them? Would they live in his manor? Would they want to be resurrected?

"I found a mass grave behind the house," Jack suddenly spoke up again.

"… A mass grave?"

"It seems to be made of slaves, I found mementos, embalmed body parts in boxes."

Momonga seemed to cringe at this, even though he was undead, that was a rather bothersome find indeed. To find a mass grave behind a house.

"I want to resurrect them, or at least excavate the bodies," Jack uttered quietly to himself, though freely relied this to Momonga at the same time.

Momonga nodded slowly, "Bring them to the Second Floor when you do."

"I'll do it after… I distract myself with something else." Jack's eyes moved back to the toy in his hand before he looked to the house. "Inform them that I'll be living for the time being."

"You're going alone?"

"I prefer it that way," Glossening his lips as he poked out the tip of his tongue he would push himself off the fence. "I'll message you once I figure something out, alright?"

"Hm…" Momonga hummed mutely slightly in thought, "If that's how you want to play it. I'll be starting my plans," he informed Jack before the connection between the two was mutually ended.

Jack would step into the center of the yard, the cube still tucked in his hand as he summoned a portal.

『Gate』

The swirling reddish purple energy appeared before him, he smirked slightly. His robes became that of his armor, his dark turquoise wings becoming visible. Without much hesitation, he took a deep breath and walked straight into the portal.

The moment it closed behind him, he found himself standing in the center of a large room., surrounded by mostly destroyed furniture. His eyes would rest on what looked like a handful of people removing the items from the room. A small grin across his lips as he spread his wings out.

He was in the middle of the Slane Theocracy. "So this is where the Sunlist Scripture got their orders," Jack spoke aloud as he began to roam around the edge of the room.

The people who were emptying the room of broken furniture, peered up and immediately widened their eyes. They gasped at the sight of his wings, the divine radiance which seemed to be seeping from him.

Jack looked down at the item in his hand again before looking at the men who were slowly leaving the room. Someone was shouting for the Cardinals, the Guards.

"Hmm.." Jack huffed slightly as he tossed the item into the air a few times before narrowing his sight on a female who was entering the room. She seemed small, compact. Something he would define as 'fun-sized' which was a term he often used to pick fun at someone who was shorter than he.

Which was pretty much about everyone mortal he knew or seen here.

She had heterochromia in both her eyes and in her hair. Black and White was what was evident. Her ears were pointed like that of an elves, but they were much shorter than the twins. A half-elf perhaps? His eyes drifted to the pole arm weapon she was carrying with her. It was a massive cross shaped war scythe, a weapon that belonged to someone he had fought before in YGGDRASIL.

When he looked at her eyes, he noticed she wasn't looking at him, but the item which was in his hand. Glancing down at the Rubik's cube, he raised a brow and tossed it towards her.

With one hand, she gave a little hop and grasped it before landing in triumph. That's when her two different colored eyes rested on him. She'd trace his wings, his hair, his facials features.

He watched as she painted her lips with her tongue almost sensually.

"So… You're the one who dumped this junk in here through a portal..." She didn't seem amused, but she also didn't seem at all interested in what he had done. She didn't even seem upset. If anything, as she began to smile widely, she was getting excited. "Thank you for my Rubix's Cube.

"Are you a winged human perhaps?"

When she asked this, he raised a brow. Most people usually realized he wasn't rather quickly. However, as he used silent magic to use the spell Discern Enemy. He quickly found she was above the normal level of those he had encountered before. She was not normal.

"I'm a Seraph," Jack retorted as he was compared to a winged mortal.

"A Seraph?" A brow raised before she glanced over her shoulder towards the door.

The Black Scripture came marching into the room, the Cardinals coming walking in behind them. The most eye catching individual was the first to enter in front of all of them. A young androgynous man with black hair and sharp red came in. He was the Captain of the Scripture.

His eyes trailed over each one of them who came walking into the room. Only to rest his eyes on the Six Cardinals who moved to be in front of them.

The half-elf simply frowned at their presence, the excitement dying down for the time being.

"You're the one that gave Nigun the Sealing Crystal with the Seventh Tier Angel." Jack pointed to the Cardinal which stood there, taking in his character.

"Oh? You know my face?"

Jack's lips contorted into a wide ear to ear grin. "You're the one who ordered the assassination of the Head Warrior at the expense of those villages." The Armored being stepped forward as he continued to point, his helmet forming over his head fading in through the form of black smoke. The glaring blue eyes of his armor started to illuminate the space ahead of him even further.

A second pair of wings sprouted from his lower back, skirting his sides, followed by a third pair which spread out behind his head.

The Cardinals could only stand there, staring at the Seraph which was standing before them. Even the Black Scripture was the same way. With his Divine armor active and more of his true form beginning to show, his mesmerization factor was also increasing as his wings were turning a brilliant white.

The Captain of the Black Scripture immediately moved in front of the Cardinals, his spear raised and pointed towards the winged man.

"Angel, God, or not! You shalt not pass!"

A frown formed over Jack's lips as the beautiful looking man stood before him. He then turned his gaze to the other members who appeared to be readying weapons or spells.

However he could see how hindered they were by his presence. They weren't at the same level as top tier players, and that was for sure. Though it was likely someone who didn't focus on PVP would definitely have a hard time with them.

"I call upon the Blade of Azrael," Jack drew a spear from his item box, which the appearance of him doing so, put the Cardinals in awe.

In the traditional oral stories of the Six Great Gods, they were capable of doing the same thing.

The spear he held in one hand had a blade at either one, a smaller one at the butt and a larger one at the top. It was literally a double edged weapon that could be used against a number of opponents or trick shots. Each blade however had the Enochian language glowing and engraved within which gave off a bright green ocean foam color.

The spear itself had an near-instant death effect, and when it was being wielded by an individual, the user's karma was unaffected when killing others directly with it or with magic.

Holding the weapon at an angle away from himself, the longer bladed end pointed to the ground, while the shorter one was pointed behind him as its shaft rested along his arm.

"Who… Who are you…?"

While the lower ranks of the Black Scripture were feeling faint, the Extra-Seat and the First Seat Captain stared intently. The Cardinals were all on their knees.

Suspense is what kept them apart. The Captain knew he couldn't take on this threat, just by looking at it. However on the other hand, Zesshi Zetsumei the Half-Elf Extra-Seat, was grinning wide.

Someone powerful had just arrived in the Slane Theocracy!