C228: Settlers
Alt Title teaser: Evolution and Return
Date published: 6/11/2025.
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"What is going on? Contact?" All four members leap in different directions as there is no cover except the building they were just in. Axel just looks down at the belly flopping soldiers in various personified gears as they arrive in the closest thing to paradise rather than hell.
When the soldiers calm down and identify Axel as another 'human', they get up and give a salute before resting and asking Axel.
"Hello citizen, do you happen to know what planet we are on as well as the closest Super port?"
"The only known exit thus far is back through the portal you came in through"
"Ehhh, Portal Tech? Cool. Never seen it before until today. My team was suddenly sent in after the scout came in and exited. He is getting a check up, but I do have a few questions." The squad leader talks in surprise but quickly calms down and asks a few questions but Axel holds his hand out.
"Have you tried looking at the pop up thingy? The system. It's a natural function for all visitors of this world. It should clear up all your questions so take a few minutes to read up on it then I can answer what I can."
"System?" He says in confusion before it pops up with tons of information that he and his 3 teammates all begin to read through.
"No insects, squids or bots? A world free of conflict but it doesnt fall under Super Earth Jurisdiction?"
"Does that answer all your questions?" Axel asks with a slightly cheeky tone.
"Oh sweet Liberty, actually no. I've been meaning to ask, but how did you and the rest of these people get here before the Super Destroyer me and my group came in from?"
"Well if you paid attention then you would know that all these people came from different worlds. Super Earth is not the only version of earth. There are versions here many years in the past before your government came into being. Their worlds also have chances where super earth won't even form. You can meet their people here but you were amongst the first groups to have arrived while others were just next to where their portals spawned or had similar means as you." Axel patiently explains but the squad leader seems to tremble at the thought that not every version of Earth has accepted Democracy in their hearts. With overwhelming emotions, the helldiver punches out at Axel.
Chop "UGH WOAH"
Axel gives the helldiver a certified reaper chop that splits his helm in half and then forces him to do a front flip, though it would be more appropriate to call it a frontway barrel roll as he lands on his belly.
"Well, you have been given your first warning against violence on this world. You and your team can leave. Maybe send some diplomats next time around since no danger will befall anyone who enters here unless they try to cause someone harm." The soldier shakily gets up, cradling his now split helmet in his hands as he and his team retreat.
It's quite a while before anyone comes from any world but both Thomas Wayne and the Justice League Bruce depart. The injustice Batman remains to mend his wounds under Blythes and Nightingales care. Axel had them use this Batman as a demonstration for the medical care provided for people who choose to settle down here.
Quite a few ninjas that came with Serena leave and inform their nations of all that is happening. It is likely that if Serena returns to that world, she would receive tons of new attention now that pretty much everyone knows that her father controls a whole separate world that had been hanging over their heads this past decade and more of time.
As for both older and younger batmans, they share with their worlds the revelation of peaceful land, though it is still a strenuous journey to get there depending on the world.
Like this, the days go by into weeks as refugees from all over various versions choose to come settle down here. At first there was some dislike over the lack of amenities but upon learning that people could freely learn magic if they put themselves to work, they happily did so at the great opportunity available to them.
Though that is not to say that there werent any spies or criminals mixed into the refugee groups. The moment they tried to get violent, they were locked up with public notice for their crimes and that they would be released after a day but a second offense would be either exile or execution depending on the severity of the crimes.
The mention of execution sparked a few humanitarians to rise up but when Axel explained to them that he wasn't human and as such,their values which were considered borderline idiotic did not apply to him as he has his own brand of idiocy that they are subject to. Though that is not to say he treated them unfairly, he patiently explained the general intensity of crimes and their respective punishments.
Having a better understanding of the laws, especially the few dropout lawyers in the group, actually become far more respectful to Axel due to how attentive Axel has been to the whole situation. Granted they would be able to replicate something like this if they had over 10 years to plan everything out too.
Eventually everyone settles down and return to their work. Some become carpenters, farmers, wood choppers, very old style life but they do have various higher end tools to make ends meet and not struggle from the very basics. Courtesy of Tesla who has been making regular breakthroughs now that he has a larger team working with him on various subjects.
It does not need to be stated that Tesla is a genius in his own regard, shame he is a bit radical in his views but since money has no value to Axel as he created contribution points as the set currency but ensured that food and power for tools was free for citizens. Since the weather is typically quite calm and controlled here, the people don't have to worry about air conditioning except to cool down if they start sweating from the manual labor.
With everything quickly settled, all tasks get relegated to the clones who welcome and introduce the world while he would show up for any major criminals and to exile people as well as negotiations with major forces like the justice league, Super Earth or anything or anyone else.
Axel had got to meet with Meredith (Aisha's "Daughter", C) during this time as well, she had shown off her "Waifu" Mirko, otherwise known as Usagiyama Rumi, the bunny girl hero of My hero Academia. She had chosen to inherit Axel's title as her own hero name, Titan, due to her obscene strength which easily put her in the top 10 of heroes in that world. She has not shown much desire and unlike her elder sister, does not have any children as of yet. She mentioned how she wanted to progress a few years past Deku's whole story before doing so as it would settle down in that time and she would stop holding back her strength to take a world dominion aspect by claiming a global number one spot.
As for Leera and Seiko, both are taking their time to charm their respective targets in hopes of marriage. Though both regularly enjoy laughing with Gojo about all sorts of anime and other jokes which gets them both plenty of weird stares since the others get annoyed by the white haired patriarch so they could never do that.
As for Ignant, he had been rejected by Tsubaki for the 8th time in their first year of Death Weapon Academy but as the second and third year rolled around, many things will change due to the plot of both the main story and sub story kick in.
During this time, Ignant had gotten a dedicated team of three, a mix of boys and girls to act as his 'crew' when he transforms. They had undergone tons of training for efficiently getting in position, even skipping having to enter Ignants tank form from the outside by 'glitch sitting' in their respective positions whenever he transforms. So they appear roughly an inch above their necessary locations. If they mess up then they just get ejected into the roof of the tank and suffer a headache but can otherwise.
One of the more interesting aspects of his life is that he is trying to get 2 more 'maesters' so that if they complete a full set of 6 soul resonances, then his tank transforms into a gundam. He has achieved a similar but incomplete state as he has no arms in the gundam state. This also applies alot of pressure on him and his team so they are attempting to get used to it but the working theory is that with 2 more people, the soul pressure would be more spread out and manageable for them to do.
That finishes the first generation of kids and thus Axel returns to FATE to prepare for the coming war. He is cutting it close by being so busy just before the most important holy grail war of Fuyuki's history. Yet there is little he could do about it without delaying the opening of his world even longer. His sponsors wouldnt care but such delays would have annoyed him far too much as he put alot of working to creating the working system. While one version of his world is neighboring his fathers world, unless he himself is on the world itself with his main body then [Raphael] gets stripped of all the powerful functions it has and returns to it's previous state. Though that is not to say that all the benefits from his time there also disappear, that is not the case.
The most prominent change to Axel from his venture there was his racial evolution into a [Elder Slime]. He did not suddenly become older but instead it was a minor buff to his chaos magic and likely a reference to the elder gods but as he is just a slime, and not a squid creature, he is lower on the hierarchy. The primary feature of this race is that it actually gave him a talent for chaos magic and other esoteric arts but he still has to study them himself to unveil their full potential or even unlock them in the first place.
His evolution took this process due to him inheriting the [ultimate slime] physique from the soul shard of Rimuru in him. As such, the ultimate slime that undergoes another evolution from tens of thousands of souls, combined with his divine magic and Rhongomyniad, he had achieved his current state beyond the standard god slime or divine slime.
Yet even such a change did little difference to him as [Rapheal] did not evolve into Beelzebub and he lacked both Veldora and Velgrynd to reform Azathoth but with his powers it should still have been possible since his skills were much higher than the aforementioned ones. He can only consider it all as incomplete and finding Rimuru again would likely not yield any results. He has to find his own path this time around.
Shaking his head of unneeded distractions, Axel returns back to his home and into the loving arms of Kaoruko. Fuyuki had not changed at all while he was gone as he did not open the portal to this world. He would do so once the war ended. He did this to not cause extra hassle for himself while he lives here. He could simply wear a disguise but so many people across various worlds now know his name and appearance.
Any sudden change would give him a strange reputation that he wants to avoid. In fact he might just not reveal the connection or limit this world's magus to one region separate from certain other worlds. And there he could take on a pseudonym and disguise to keep as a separate identity.
Screw it, he won't do it. He'll just deal with the repercussions of his actions and beat down anyone that tries to annoy him or his family in this world. It's what they would deserve if a random person tried to harass a god in their own home. If Chaldea is still formed in within the next 10 years, they would certainly invite him as an executive member and he can work with that to join the relevant storyline.
Yet for now, he simply wants to rest from the over stimulation of his mind with various pieces of information from every new citizen and person that enters his world he decides to separate [Raphael] from himself into a proper separate body in a similar situation as Blythe. A being that looks like Axel but has their own individual mind. Yet he also gave the entire information burden that he had.
The power had not been doing much as of late other than handling the clones which had given rise to the islands or general formations that house the portals but that was a one time event that took a long time to prepare. Its only other duty was to study chaos magic but even with its 'all knowing] features, it could barely decipher any of it as it was slower than Axel using his own mind for it. It might be due to the madness effect that Raphael is immune to and thus cant comprehend the greater nature of it all.
There is still a link between Rapheal and Axel but that should only be used in proper emergencies like alerting him to major changes in his territory or it's inhabitants. Him doing this greatly lessens the burden on Axels mind but it also allows him to multitask by himself. He had Raphael for many years now and it feels refreshing to rely on his own mind for basic thoughts and even complex scenarios.
With his newly freed mind, he let's his mind wander across Fuyuki as he feels the charged particles of Prana swirling around in various locations as the summoning circles in 7 locations activate.
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Alt Title: Diplomacy at it's finest, Changes From The Demon King Ritual, Splitting up.
Word count: 2450
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