Reaper's Resurgence: A System Reset

Alexia

The Holy One looks rather irritated with my words – or maybe I should just call him by his name instead of his Title? Yeah, that would be better. Leif looks rather irritated with my words before he calms down again and takes on that same holier-than-thou demeanor that I personally find slightly irritating to see.

I'm not the only one either as Lucas just says, "Stop it with the act old man. No one here believes it."

Leif looks around at each of us and rather clearly sees that none of us here believe his act. And the rest of the Dimensional Champions probably don't either. So he grunts once and then waves his hand, making some sort of golden barrier appear around us before he narrows his eyes on Lucas and asks, "Do you have to be such an ass?"

I blink in surprise at the sudden shift in demeanor. One so abrupt and out of nowhere that it's damn near giving me whiplash.

Lucas just raises a brow, which seems to lead Leif to focus on me again.

"Alexia Knight, I would like to know if it would be possible to create an alliance between us," Leif bluntly asks me, shocking me almost as much as his shift in demeanor. And I'm not the only one as the others look rather surprised as well.

I narrow my eyes before asking, "Why?"

This is literally the first time I've ever met him, and he wants an alliance? Why the hell would I go through with that?

All I know about the man is that he's a two-faced liar to his own worshipers. So why would I want to work with him?

"Because you are a goddess to the quantum realm. One who stands atop the quantum beings and all who stand in the quantum realm except for the Quantum Ruler," Leif answers, surprising me yet again with his knowledge of the quantum realm. "And only a goddess may stand in alliance with a god."

Oh.

Right.

I guess he really does have a god complex. It's not entirely fake.

Lucas starts laughing out loud while Gramps covers his mouth and fails rather miserably at hiding the fact that he, too, is laughing. Meanwhile the Ancient Wyrm and Ancestral Dragon both watch on with amusement of their own, not to mention a good amount of judgment for the good ol' holy man in front of us.

After taking a second to make sure he's actually serious and not pulling some sort of joke, I answer rather bluntly, "Sorry, but I prefer to stay neutral."

Everyone turns to stare at me, and I completely ignore the words that Gramps mouths at me about a certain undead lich king who is now dead.

Leif's eye twitches at my answer before he gives me a short bow and states, "In that case, I will not bother you any longer." Then he stands up straight while asking, "I do hope we can at least stay peaceful?"

I nod my head in agreement with that.

It's not like I go around attacking people at random.

Ignoring that lich king.

And those targets that I killed.

And that vampire lord guy attacked me first, so he doesn't count either.

The self-and-System-proclaimed Holy One walks away while the golden barrier he probably used to censor our discussion from the ears of the other Dimensional Champions shatters into pieces like broken glass. Then we all just kind of sit here for the rest of our time in this ball without much to do.

Most of the other Dimensional Champions just form their own groups as well without much intermingling happening despite what the System clearly wanted.

Which, I have to admit, is rather amusing.

And when the countdown on the corner of my vision is finally beginning to near zero, I begin to hope with all of my might.

Hope that I do not end up in another labyrinth or maze. Because I have been in way too many of them already within this Reset and I don't need another.

Not to mention that the Tier 4 dungeon was technically a labyrinth, even if the last part of it was, well, inside a monster's body. Which wasn't pleasant.

I put my hands together and make a wish that the livestreamed dungeon will not be a maze.

It's already bad enough with how large this dungeon will be. There's no need to force us into taking even more time getting through it by putting us into a maze or a labyrinth.

And after wishing for several seconds, the countdown finally strikes zero and another notification appears in my vision.

I find a rather large countdown appearing at the center of my vision as the illusions on the other Dimensional Champions shatter to reveal their current equipment. Or at least, to reveal it to the other Dimensional Champions, seeing as I could already see through the illusions myself.

Please… no labyrinths or mazes…

I take a deep breath in, then out.

And just like that, a bright flash of purple and blue light fills the entire ballroom before we're all teleported into the dungeon.

At which point I feel myself appearing in a massive body of liquid that I quickly realize is a fucking ocean.

One without any surface anywhere nearby.

I stare blankly around me as I mentally register what just happened.

Then several piranha begin swimming towards me.

"Not the fucking piranhas again!" I shout somehow clearly through the water as I teleport away from the carnivorous fish.