Jotunheim
The realm still looked exactly as it had when Leon left—
an Ice Age wasteland, frozen solid and lifeless.
Already transformed into Kuuga Ultimate Form, Leon stood atop the highest peak in Jotunheim and shouted toward the sky:
"Heimdall! Come on!"
"Fire at me!"
"Are you certain, Leon?"
Heimdall's voice echoed directly in Leon's mind.
"If the Bifrost isn't used for transportation, its destructive power is no joke. One mistake and the entire Jotunheim could be destroyed."
"Perhaps we should choose another location…"
"There's no need."
Leon grinned confidently.
"I'll stop the Bifrost completely."
"Now hurry up and fire. I've got other things to do afterward."
"…Very well."
Seeing Leon so stubborn—and confident—Heimdall stopped trying to persuade him.
After all, he was just the gatekeeper.
If Odin hadn't forbidden it, then it was allowed.
"Be careful," Heimdall said.
"Don't die."
"Relax," Leon replied.
"Who do you think I am?"
Heimdall slammed the key sword into the Bifrost control mechanism.
In the next instant—
A rainbow-colored beam of dimensional energy erupted across space.
It reached Jotunheim almost instantly.
"It's here!"
Leon looked up excitedly.
Within the black lenses of Ultimate Kuuga's eyes, the vast energy of the Bifrost poured down from the heavens.
Beautiful.
Dreamlike.
Deadly.
Filled with the aura of pure destruction.
Leon raised both arms like a devout believer welcoming divine judgment.
Then the Bifrost struck.
BOOM—!!!!!!
Leon's tiny figure was instantly swallowed by an ocean of rainbow energy.
And then—
Something unbelievable happened.
The Bifrost, now functioning as a planet-destroying weapon, caused no damage whatsoever to the frozen land beneath Leon.
The ground merely trembled like an earthquake.
It was as if an invisible net had anchored the entire area in place.
Only Leon—
Took the full impact.
The terrifying rainbow energy poured entirely onto him.
But he wasn't merely enduring it.
He was actively absorbing it.
Above Jotunheim, a massive vortex of rainbow energy appeared.
It spread across the sky like a heavenly canopy.
"Hahahahahaha!"
"It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!"
Ever since obtaining Aeon Seiga, Leon had almost never taken real damage.
Now, relying purely on his physical body, he was enduring the greatest injury he had ever experienced.
He laughed wildly—
While roaring in agony.
Time passed.
No one knew how long.
Even the Bifrost itself began overheating for the first time in history.
Back on Asgard, Heimdall wiped sweat from his forehead.
Whether from tension or heat, he couldn't tell.
"Leon!"
"Is it over yet?"
"If you don't stop soon, the Bifrost will fail first!"
"Almost!"
Leon's voice echoed from the rainbow energy storm.
"Just a little more!"
Inside the radiant ocean of power, Leon could clearly feel it—
The Armadam Spirit Stone, after absorbing immense Bifrost energy, was gestating a new ability.
The originally pitch-black stone now shimmered with dreamlike rainbow light.
THUMP!
THUMP!!
THUMP!!!
A thunderous rhythm echoed like an emperor's engine.
It was impossible to tell—
Whether it was Leon's heartbeat…
Or the birth pulse of the Armadam Spirit Stone.
HUM—
BOOM!!!!!
The Bifrost beam finally cut off.
The icy mountain Leon stood on exploded into countless crystalline fragments.
Jotunheim fell into eerie silence.
"Did he succeed…?"
Far away at the Bifrost Gate, Heimdall withdrew the key sword and gazed toward Jotunheim with his all-seeing eyes.
His vision was temporarily obscured by the endless blizzard of shattered ice crystals.
Leon's black silhouette was hidden inside.
Alive or dead—
No one could tell.
Then suddenly—
Wild, arrogant laughter echoed from beneath the cloud of ice.
A pillar of rainbow light shot upward.
Within it, a black figure burst forward, traveling toward Asgard at faster-than-light speed.
In the blink of an eye—
The rainbow beam had crossed the vast cosmos and arrived above Asgard.
Golden radiance became a rainbow arc.
Like a divine miracle descending from the heavens.
What had once been a miracle exclusive to the kingdom of the gods—Asgard—
Was now recreated by Leon alone.
Asgard's citizens stepped out of their homes one after another.
Instinctively, they looked toward the sky.
A black figure descended from the heavens.
Behind him, the lingering rainbow energy of the Bifrost stretched across the sky like a divine halo.
"My gods…"
"He actually succeeded…"
Heimdall muttered in astonishment.
From this day onward—
Leon no longer needed the Sling Ring or the Ancient One's magic to travel.
He could create the Bifrost with his own power.
Across the vast universe—
He could go anywhere.
He—
Was free.
[Ding! Congratulations, Host. Ability Awakened: "Bifrost."]
Bifrost:
No matter where you are in the universe, you can extend rainbow branches of the World Tree's conceptual pattern from yourself as the origin point, connecting to any spatial location within the universe.
Capabilities:
Faster-than-light travelBeyond-visual-range cosmic bombardment
Description:
I came. I saw. I conquered.
System Reward
[Chosen Summoning Opportunity]
After activation, you will gain the chance to be summoned into another world currently performing a summoning ritual.
Quality: One-time consumable
Description:
"Fate, stay the night."
Leon focused his mind on the system panel.
His attention locked onto the reward.
The system spoke immediately.
[Question: Use "Chosen Summoning Opportunity"?]
"Use it."
Leon didn't hesitate.
[Explanation: This traversal is special.]
After entering the new world:
Your main body will remain inside an absolutely safe special domain.Your consciousness will project into a magical vessel created by mana.
"…This kind of traversal…"
Leon suddenly had a realization.
Could it be—
But as usual—
Before he could finish the thought, his vision suddenly went black.
It felt like someone had smashed him on the back of the head with a club.
Fuyuki City
Beneath the calm surface of daily life, dark currents stirred.
But before everything began—
Matou Kariya needed to meet the most important woman in his life.
A woman he could have loved.
But at the final moment—
He let her go.
Because he lived in a hell no ordinary person could imagine.
How could he drag her into it?
Yet in the end…
His cowardice pushed her into another hell.
At least there—
She wouldn't have to endure the horrors of the Matou family.
That was what he believed.
But fate proved otherwise.
The woman gave birth to forbidden twins.
This caused serious problems for her husband's family—
It threatened the inheritance of the family estate.
That man was greedy.
And the man he called father was even greedier.
The two of them reached an agreement—
One that Kariya had no power to interfere with.
In the end…
Nothing changed.
Because of his cowardice.
Because of his weakness.
I—
Matou Kariya
…am a man who can accomplish nothing.
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