43 The tamed Ouroboros Dragon

*Previous Chapter

"Hmm... How about a bet?" Ken made a suggestion.

Ophis didn't answer, but Ken could tell that Ophis was interested in listening.

"If I win, you will obey my every word, and if I lose, then I will obey your every word." Ken said.

....

"Well, that was easy, wasn't it?" Ken said.

Ophis was silent for a moment before nodding his head in agreement.

"Good! Then it's decided, it's a date." Ken said.

Ophis tilted her head with a question mark on top of her head.

"Haha... don't think too much, let's get started." Ken said while ringing his neck.

*Crack!* *Crack!*

The sound of neck bones crunching sounded like an ancient steel chain.

'Hmm... this is my first time fighting with someone on Ophis' level. Ken thought.

"Let's see if this body's defenses are strong enough." Ken spoke to himself.

Ophis decided to deliver a surprise attack by taking advantage of Ken who was still unprepared.

*Fwooshh!

In the next second, Ophis was suddenly right in front of him and swung a punch towards Ken's stomach.

"Oh?" Ken blinked and became a little interested.

Ken didn't try to dodge Ophis' attack, instead receiving a direct punch to his stomach.

*Bang!

Right after Ophis' punch hit Ken's stomach, time seemed to slow down and a shockwave from the force of the punch was created on Ken's back.

*Fwooshh!

As if time had returned to normal, Ken's body was thrown far away.

Ken then stopped his body in midair and landed without a single scratch.

...

On the other hand, Ophis widened his eyes slightly as he did not expect Ken to dare to take a full blow directly.

Ophis became even more shocked and dumbfounded after seeing Ken not only survived, but also made it out without any injuries.

Furthermore, no matter how Ophis looked at it, he could tell with certainty that Ken was indeed a Human.

Ophis did not sense the slightest turmoil and traces of magic on Ken's body.

There was no doubt about it, Ken was indeed a Human, nothing more and nothing less.

However, the question was; "How did he survive?"

Logically speaking, there was no way Ken could have survived the full blow of the Dragon God, let alone unscathed.

At first, Ophis had wondered how an ordinary human could survive in the Dimensional Rift.

In the end, Ophis did not give it much thought and concluded that it was probably because Ken had some sort of protective device or artifact that was tasked with protecting him.

However... just an ordinary Human but he was able to take a full attack and come out without a single scratch?

Ophis then looked down and placed his palm on his chest and felt his own heartbeat which began to beat faster and faster.

Ophis then raised his head and saw Ken in the distance, who looked like he was talking to himself.

Ophis felt confused with himself and did not know why he was reacting like this.

'Strange...' Ophis said to herself.

"But .... I don't hate this feeling." Ophis spoke to herself.

After saying that, Ophis didn't realize the corners of his mouth curved up slightly, forming a faint smile.

...

Back with Ken, after landing and regaining his footing, Ken patted down his clothes like he was dusting.

"Un, not bad... this body is strong enough to take the full force of the Dragon God's punch head-on." Ken nodded his head and talked to himself.

'The defense is good, now let's see the brute force of this body. Ken thought.

After collecting his thoughts, Ken then took one step forward.

*Boom!

The ground he was standing on shattered and cracked, forming like a spider web.

*Crack!

In the next instant, Ken appeared right in front of Ophis and delivered a punch to counter his previous punch.

"Tighten your jaw tightly." Ken said.

Even before his fist landed on Ophis, the space and dimension around him began to rustle wildly.

As his fist got closer, the space around him became even wilder.

The Dimensional Gap shook violently, the law of nothingness and the law of the Void collapsed.

The endless Void and Nothingness in the Dimensional Gap became disorganized and fled, as if they were extremely afraid of being erased from the order of the Laws and Concepts of their own existence.

*Crack! **Crack!

The Dimensional Rift that had until this moment been shaking violently could no longer withstand the full force of Ken's blow, before finally creating a deafening buzzing sound like a bent steel bar.

Space and Time became uncontrollably chaotic, sometimes time itself stopped, sometimes it slowed down, sometimes it went so fast, and sometimes it went backwards.

This phenomenon happened so slowly, it was as if time itself did not run and became eternal.

The world slowly turns pale and loses its color.

The entire countless universes shook violently and their solar systems were turned upside down with the Sun replacing the Moon and vice versa.

...

Ophis could only look at all this without being able to utter a single word with his eyes wide open.

Although Ophis' face was finally able to show a hint of emotion, a kind of shock, yet inside she was still a mess and Ophis felt her heart racing and pounding.

All sorts of emotions were mixed up in his heart that left him speechless.

Ophis felt fear, awe, excitement, and strangely, a kind of "sweet (?) feeling" in his heart mixed together.

This was the first time Ophis had felt such emotions towards someone, let alone a Human.

Seeing the man casually throwing his fist towards his face, Ophis' lips unconsciously curved upwards to form a smile.

Unlike the previous smiles that were faint and barely visible to someone.

Although Ophis did not smile fully, the small smile this time could be seen by anyone just by looking at her face.

And Ken who saw the smile on her face, smiled back.

...

*Fwooshh~*

A gust of wind blew gently as Ken's fist landed right on Ophis' face.

"..." Ophis.

*Bzzzz-*

*BOOOOMMM!!!*

...

There was a deafening explosion sound and it was followed by the destruction of countless universes.

The shockwave created by the effect of his fist seemed to form like a circle and continued to expand and spread at a speed exceeding the speed of light.

In an instant, everything within its reach dissolved and turned into flying dust.

Everything seemed to be vulnerable, even if it was only hit by a single blow of his shockwave.

From planets, stars, meteors, to countless galaxies and universes, everything vanished in a matter of seconds.

Objects in space, known and unknown, were erased from existence.

It was as if everything went back to the beginning before the creation of the concepts of space and time.

Countless signs of life also became extinct.

No matter whether they were Immortal Beings, Celestial Beings, Transcending Beings, or even Abstract Beings, they were all erased from each of their existences.

No matter whether it was the concept of time, death, reality, or whatever concept they had, they had no chance at all.

Every version of their own existence, both past, present, and future, was erased from their own existence.

Not stopping there, the shockwave continued to spread and could be felt until it shook the Multiverse violently.

If it weren't for the fact that the dimensional layer that the Multiverse was in was higher than that of the Universe, they too would have been destroyed.

...

Meanwhile, it could currently be seen that Ken was floating in endless darkness.

The colorful and beautiful existence of the World before, was now only visible and left behind endless darkness.

Ophis the Dragon God representing Infinity, Chaos, and Nothingness, also known as the Ouroboros Dragon and Infinite Dragon God, was no longer there.

As far as the eye could see, Ken could only see dense darkness.

Every concept here no longer worked and there was only destruction and chaos everywhere.

The torn remnants of space and time and the dried up void looked like the wallpaper on an abandoned building.

And here there was only Ken alone.

*whistling~*

"Hmm... Just the raw and pure power of this body isn't bad." Ken said while looking around him.

That's right, Ken's punch just now purely relied on his body and muscles alone.

In other words, just his raw strength.

Ken didn't use any magic, energy sources or use his original power and abilities, Ken just wanted to test his body's strength.

Is that all? Yes, that's it.

...

"Hmm... everything goes back to 0, huh..." Ken spoke to himself.

"Hm?! Wait a minute! Everything went back to 0?"

"Everything Returns to 0... Returns 0... Returns Zero!?"

"Considering my punch still doesn't have a name, how about Returns Zero (0)?"

"Hehe~ yes, it's decided. This name sounds pretty good for that punch."

...

Returns Zero (0):

Type:

- (Fist) or (Punch) through direct contact with the skin.

Classification:

- A pure brute force attack that relies on the pure power of the user's muscles and body alone.

- The power of a single fist strike transcends and ignores any Concepts that the target may or may not yet possess and Laws that reside in any Dimension or any other Dimension.

...

[Congratulations my lord! You have just created your own skill]

A sweet and gentle yet seductive voice like that of a mature woman could be heard.

This voice actually came from within and was not only heard inside his head, but also to the outside.

Simply put, it is like someone is talking, but the figure is not there.

If ordinary people witnessed this, they would think that the Ghost was real and speaking to them.

"Oh? Airi-chan! I almost forgot you." Ken said.

As a reminder, Airi is an Artificial Intelligence (aka A.I) created directly by Ken.

Airi has her own thoughts and feelings just like humans.

Ken gave the name "Airi" from the letters A and I (Artificial intelligence).

Therefore, instead of just two letters, A and I, Ken made it into a complete word.

And that's where the name Airi came from.

[My lord! You're so cruel~]

"Hahaha... I was just joking with you." Ken laughed.

[Huh!]

"Well, okay, let's get serious. How are things going over there? Did you finish the task I gave you?" Ken asked.

[You don't have to worry, so far everything is going smoothly, my lord]

"Okay, good. By the way, how long have I left Yggdrasil?" Ken asked.

[As of now it's only been 3 days, my lord]

"Hm... well. then you can get back to work, I still have some things to take care of." Ken said.

[Understood, my lord!~]

With that, Ken cut off his conversation with Airi.

...

After stopping his conversation with Airi, Ken then began to rebuild the Universe using a wave of his hand.

With just one thought, countless entire universes were brought back by Ken.

*BOOOMM!

With a powerful explosion, space and time were restored in an instant.

The flying dust reappeared and coalesced to bring back countless universes.

Countless universes returned to their original state and continued to expand, as if nothing had happened.

Each galaxy recovered and the first tiny organisms and the first living beings were created.

The flying dust still continued to coalesce to form planets and space objects that were destroyed and lost.

The Solar System re-formed, and the first stars appeared.

The sun and moon were in place, while twinkling stars adorned the dark walls of space.

Every Concept and Law also returned and worked according to their respective functions.

This process can be seen with the naked eye and looks as if time is going backwards.

The dust that suddenly reappears is the remnants of the destruction of every existence. Be it the Universe, galaxies, planets, stars, celestial bodies, living beings, and so on.

Even Concepts and Laws are destroyed through the same process.

No matter whether they had a form or not, no matter whether their status was known or unknown, each of their existences was brought back by Ken.

All Living Beings returned and lived their lives as before, as if nothing had happened.

The world of DxD, the Dimensional Rift, and all its inhabitants returned to their original state.

...

*In the Dimensional Rift.

Ken was currently staring at Ophis who had returned intact without the slightest flaw in her existence.

"I won." Ken said and smiled.

Ophis still had the same face, with his eyes still wide open.

The same expression that Ophis had when Ken's fist was about to land on his face.

Ophis blinked and his heart raced and went wild.

.

All sorts of feelings came simultaneously and mixed together.

Ken couldn't blame Ophis, even though Ken returned Ophis to the same position, with everything back to the way it was, the memory and terror of the impact of the punch was still vividly depicted in Ophis' head.

Ophis then tried to calm himself down, before looking Ken directly in the eye.

"Indeed, it was your victory." Ophis opened his mouth and said.

Ken swore that he could hear Ophis let out a small sigh from the corner of his mouth.

After a few moments of silence, Ophis then asked.

"What do you want from me?"

"As I said at the beginning, you just need to listen to my words." Ken replied.

Ophis nodded his head.

"First of all, from now onwards you will stay with me." Ken said again.

Ophis who heard that wanted to say something, but Ken cut him off first.

"Don't worry, I already know what your goal is from the start."

"You want to reclaim your home, the Dimensional Rift, and drive out the Baka-Red, don't you?"

"You're strong, help me fight Baka-Red." Ophis said.

"No need, besides, it's boring and annoying." Ken said.

Ophis was silent and looked at Ken, but Ken knew Ophis still didn't fully understand what he had just said.

"Well... In short, I don't want to do work that I already know the outcome of, it's boring." Ken said as he waved his hand.

Ken suddenly pulled out things like a sofa, a small table, and a full set of drinks and a plate of cookies from nothing.

Seeing this Ophis tilted her head in confusion.

"What are you looking at? Let's sit down and chat, I still have a little time to chat with you before leaving." Ken said and sat there.

Ophis then obeyed Ken by taking his own seat.

However...

"Uhhh... It's true that I told you to sit down, but why are you sitting on my lap?" Ken asked and looked at Ophis strangely.

"Look at that, what do you think I took out two sofas for?" Ken asked again as he pointed to the other sofa beside him.

Ophis tilted his head and put his forefinger on his chin, as if he was wondering if what he was doing was wrong.

Seeing this, Ken shrugged and spoke to himself.

"Never mind, what could have happened? It's just a little girl sitting on my lap."

"Little girl?" Ophis muttered to himself after hearing Ken's words and looked down, looking at himself.

*Glitter!* *Glitter!*

In the next second, Ophis' body flickered before finally her entire body was enveloped by a black aura and floated in the air, in front of Ken.

It didn't take long for Ophis' body to be completely wrapped in the black aura and make her look like a cocoon.

Moments later, the black aura that wrapped Ophis flickered with a faint light, before finally shrinking back into his body.

*Fwooosh~*

When the black aura disappeared completely, Ophis turned into an adult woman without wearing any clothes.

If Ophis was genderless before, she was now a woman with her adult form.

Ophis who was naked and floating in the air then opened her eyes slowly and landed on the ground.

*whistle~*

"Interesting~ Transformation magic, huh..." Ken muttered while stroking his chin.

Transformation Magic is one of the skills or abilities possessed by Ophis.

Transformation Magic also has another name, Shapeshifting.

Shapeshifting:

- Ophis can freely manipulate the shape and size of her body to take any form she chooses, regardless of her age, race, or gender.

- Ophis is also capable of perfectly recreating anyone's voice.

...

Hearing Ken's words, Ophis nodded his head before deciding to check himself.

On the other hand, of course Ken also didn't waste the scene in front of him and used his hands to examine Ophis' body.

After Ken was satisfied with examining Ophis' entire body, Ken then told Ophis to put on some clothes.

*Snap!

Ophis only had to snap her fingers and a new outfit appeared.

Although Ophis' appearance was no different from her previous appearance, it was a bit 'overdone'.

Ophis then spread her arms out to the sides and approached Ken.

After reaching him, Ophis stopped and just stared at Ken as if waiting for something.

"...." Ken.

"Am I still a little girl?" Ophis asked and almost sounded like she was mocking him.

Seeing Ophis up close, Ken could only nod his head in appreciation of the beauty in front of him.

Looking directly into Ophis' eyes, Ken knew that Ophis was waiting for a compliment.

"Ahem! My bad, you look even more beautiful in this shape, everything is perfect." Ken said and stroked her cheek gently.

Ophis stared at Ken for a while before finally slightly pressing her own cheek into Ken's palm.

Although it was almost imperceptible, but Ken could still feel it.

After a moment of silence, Ken sat back down on the sofa followed by Ophis who again straddled him.

If before, Ken didn't think much about it because it was a little girl, but now...

Ken then diverted his mind by creating a Dimensional Gap for Ophis' new home.

Creating a Dimensional Rift that had endless Emptiness and Nothingness in it was just child's play to Ken.

While Ken was busy by himself, Ophis had already started eating the cake and drinking the juice on the table.

A strange gleam appeared in Ophis' eyes as she tasted the delicious cake and juice.

Without thinking, Ophis immediately munched on the cookies.

"Delicious..." Ophis said while chewing.

Ophis then drank the juice and closed her eyes to savor every second of the flavor on her tongue.

Realizing that Ken was still here, Ophis then stopped chewing and looked at Ken who was silent and just staring at him.

Seeing this, Ophis then took the only cake left and gave it to Ken.

"Haha! Don't worry, I'm fine." Ken laughed and said.

"If you want more, just tell me." Ken continued.

"Okay, I want some more cake and juice." Ophis said.

Ken smiled and gave him more cake and juice.

After that, Ken opened his palm and a ring appeared on it.

After examining the ring, Ken then put the ring on his index finger.

"Hey, Ophis, do you want to see your new home?" Ken asked.

Hearing this, Ophis finished his juice first before looking back and nodding in agreement.

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