In a distant pce far from Hiro's world, here the souls from the free worlds come to go through reincarnation. In every direction transparent flusks were spread out connecting the ceiling and the floor, which were transparent as well, the same flusks were in the top and bottom floors. A man stood before one flusks, operating on a hologramic computer system projected by a particur flusk, the technology was so advanced it seemed magical.

  "Well now, what do we have here".

  Orbs of light were busy going through the flusk like all other flusks except in this one, one orb was motionless. With the computing system he extracted it without opening it. Each orb was a soul and when outside the flusk took on the form of what it was before death. The man watched as it transformed into Hiro then gave his welcome.

  "Welcome to the leading End Dimension of the Free Worlds, I am the manager. You can call me Manager".

  Hiro was confused it was just a moment ago when he used his ability which cost him his life and now he was here as alive as one can be.

  "You must be confused, but when you think about it calmly it makes sense. You died and arrived here so your soul could be cleansed then reincarnate. Souls are not an endless resource too you know".

  He could understand what the manager was saying but it did not help with adjusting to his current situation, he took in his surroundings from end to end it was the flusks, souls constantly moving through them, how many souls would go through the flusks each second, too many to count certainly.

  "Assuming what you said is true why out of all these souls did you bring me out".

  The manager was puzzled by Hiro's question, from his perspective he should be the one seeking answers.

  "You don't know. I was hoping you would tell me why your soul refuses to pass on, is it tied to some sacred item perhaps or are you..."

  Before he could propose another possibility, Hiro split into two people, one was Hiro the other was unfamiliar to both. Even his clothes Hiro found strange, it was his first time seeing such clothes, a highly restraining straitjacket. The manager was first to act bowing to the to this mysterious man, even though Hiro was startled he did not react much.

  (Things just keep getting stranger and stranger, and I may be wrong but I feel I should know this man).

  "Visitor from the true origin, though I do not know who you are, I feel that you are One who stands above the All Mother, she who guards the free worlds. I seek your assistance for she has disappeared and the free worlds are being invaded".

  The straitjacket man looked at the manager pity in his eyes.

  "I know her, she was like sister to me. Sadly as you can see I'm far from being able to exercise my power, you would have a better chance of protecting them than I could".

  He manager stood up straight typed something on the system and three seats appeared. After they were all seated he continued.

  "Being the manager I am unable to leave this pce and forbidden to interfere in the world".

  He looked at Hiro, he had a pn in mind.

  "Your existence is tied to him he can no longer operate within the reincarnation cycle of the world, meaning I can remove him from the life and death cycle of the world without any viotions on my part. With my guidance you can prevent any further destruction from the invaders, if both of you agree of course".

  The conversation had been lost to Hiro for quite some time but he understood there was a danger to the world and he could help prevent it somehow. The strange man shook his head.

  "Hiro he intends to use you for something he could easily accomplish, so I'll leave the decision to you"

  "From how I understand it you are unwilling to do a thing yourself for whatever reason and I am under no obligation to help. I don't know of the dangers that will come but I will not turn a blind eye to what you've said. If these invaders are a threat to the world you can count on my assistance."

  With Hiro onboard the manager gave a summary.

  "Invaders are beings that come from outside the free worlds. Normally they are like guests but that is in the case of there being an owner or guardian of the pce. And for the free worlds it was the All Mother, ever since her disappearance these guests have turned to thieves doing as they please. Hiro you were almost a victim of harvesting. That old man you encountered before your death is one of many harvesting invaders. What they harvest varies from individual to individual, some harmless but most cause disaster spreading a form of evil. They are fearsome beyond belief, before you can finalise your decision you should know you have the option of being separated from him and go through the reincarnation chamber, have your soul memory wiped and start a new life".

  Hiro was determined many would fall like him maybe even worse if nothing changed, if no one was willing to act then he would.

  "I may not know everything now but I trust my judgement, I will put a stop to the invaders".

  "Before we continue aren't you curious as to who I am".

  "I am it's just there's simply a lot to take in, but I have a vague idea of how we're connected". There was no way Hiro wouldn't be curious who this man who split off from him was. When the decision was finally made the manager wasted no time on removing Hiro from the cycle.

  "It's done. At present you wouldn't even stand a chance even against a weak invader, so build your strength".

  "It doesn't matter where you send me but I'll need my swords, send me home we'll see where to after".

  "It's not possible, your home world is not in this end dimension. Your soul will not survive going through the void and the soul corridor of world's only works for reincarnating souls".

  "His soul is connected to me, it won't perish."

  "If that is the case follow me I'll take you to an exit point".

  The manager took the lead and they followed behind, the change in scenery was so sudden that the room of flusks seemed like a hallucination or they just teleported away. They were now in a dark basement like area with a door at its centre.

  "This door leads to the outside from there you'll have to find your way to your world. On your journey try to find clues that may shed some light on where the All Mother might be and if possible find her, with her return peace would return to all the worlds".

  The door was opened, nothing could be seen beyond it. The two entered the door leaving behind the manager. The transition of stepping through the door into where ever it leads was lost to Hiro, when he came to he was already on a familiar nd. His body was restored, he looked exactly like he did before the demon lord raid.

  "Where do we go from here".

  "I can sense the holy swords we can retrieve them ter, for now a drink. It may be te to ask but what should I call you".

  "Niu will do. From this moment on you'll be my familiar but your fate is yours decide".

  They left the forest and went into town, their first destination was an adventurous market where he stole a cloak. Along the way he noticed that his companion was not a soul body like he firest thought, he could not be seen by adventures who could see ghosts and other spirit like bodies. After that he went to a bar, he and his party would go to for drinks. With the cloak no matter how much or close a person looked at him they would fail to recognise him thanks to his hero trait, unknown savior. It was just as he had hoped they were here but he wouldn't be joining them.

  (Good I can now have that drink with them, and Rinia it's great that she's just drinking juice. There's a chance they'll notice it's me if stay long, it's possible they've already noticed but knowing me they'll know I have a good reason not to return).

  He ordered one drink after finishing it he went straight to the town church. That's where the swords were, and likely with his deceased body it hadn't been more than a day, his body and possession were probably in the process of being cleansed to prevent his body from turning into an undead after burial.

  "So will you be stealing both swords or just one".

  "Epsilon is mine and only known to me and my friends the other I'm sure the world won't need it by the time I'm done. Besides I'll leave something behind".

  When he arrived it was just as he'd thought, his body was in the inner buildings of the church along with the holy swords. Gaining access was easy he just had to lie about seeing a recently deceased retive. And with his link to the swords he easily navigated his way to them. Seeing his dead body in the coffin was strange even though he now had a new body it felt as though there was a link between his soul and former body. He took the swords and one other he wasn't expecting to see then used Spiriton to cut space and exit the church without using its exit.

  "Now that you have the swords is it time to leave ".

  "Not quite there's one st thing before we can leave. I'll forge a holy sword, more like a dagger really."

  Finding a smithy was not a problem he would have to negotiate with the bck smith there to let him use it, and with a not so cheap item he swiped from himself the negotiations went smoothly. He took out both swords and did something any swordsman wouldn't dare do with their sword. With his hand a cut the tips of both holy swords and put them in a melting pot. Such minimal damage to the swords was not an issue they would recover in moments. While waiting for the sword tips to melt he began to expin his pn. Through out his life he encountered a lot of things and tried to understand them. One of them is magic swords and holy swords, from a material perspective they're no different from regur ones. It's the additional attributes that makes the difference and his conclusion in the end was there is no difference between natural attributes and added attributes except for when you consider has it always been the attribute of said sword, after that it doesn't matter what you do with it, be it turning it into a pot, the additional attribute will remain a part of it, till removed. Though holy swords were few in number and no one knew who made them or how to remove the holy attribute.

  "With those sword tips I'll be able to make a holy dagger with all the attributes of both swords".

  His pn was to leave the dagger as insurance incase something happens to his world while he's on his journey. With the abilities of Spiriton it would remain undetected and able to cut space and arrive where he would be should any dangers arise. He poured the molten metal into a shaper, after letting it cool he to began the hammering when he was done he sharpened and added the dagger's hilt.

  (I may be wrong but won't you need companions).

  "My friends are not an option, they fought their fight what comes next will be for me and maybe others I'll pick up along the way".

  The completed dagger floated above the smithing table then entered its subspace. The two holy swords were whole once again Spiriton entered its subspace, Epsilon was sheathed on his back. There was nothing left to do here, all preparations were done. He would leave without much worry, he activated the device handed to him by the manager and was transported to another world.

  "How is what we doing different from moving from the manager's world to my world".

  "To put it simply there is a collection of end dimensions separated by the void, and each end dimension has countless world's inside. Your world and this world are in the same end dimension unlike the manager's world which required moving through the void to get back".

  Obviously this was a mellowed version of what they were but there was no need to be fixated on what was not yet relevant. The light around him cleared and he found himself on a stairway. Unbeknownst to him this new world was the domain of a low css fragment dragon. If Hiro wanted to improve his strength and swordsmanship there was no better opponent he could ask for.

  "The teleporter he gave me has its destination fixed and I missed my chance to ask where I'd end up".

  He trusted the manager wouldn't send him where he would be helpless and if he was out matched he would escape. This world dispyed nothing but disaster, he was considerable kilometers above ground, the wind was hash and cold. Clouds covered the sky from horizon to horizon light barely got through. At the bottom he could see a structure that resembled a temple and was the starting point of the flight of stairs that went passed the clouds. He was in the middle of them and following his intuition he climbed passed the clouds and could finally see the sun. At the end of the stairs was a portal, that would lead to the dragon that terrorised this world. He walked in and emerged on the other side, greeted by a scenery of barren red nd. There was nothing in sight as far as he could see, no pnts or animals. This nd was not habitable, it was day but the sky was dark and stars could be seen. He was on the moon, he could even see the pnet he just left evident from its color from the clouds.

  "Good thing I honed my senses, I can feel a presence".

  Following his senses he went towards the west, he did not have to go far. The lord of this nd was already aware of his intrusion, its size was no joke it was comparable to a mountain, Hiro could see it coming from the horizon appearing rger and rger as it got close.

  "A dragon is it, I've faced one before though this is rger but I have a feeling I'll manage".

  What he was wearing was even made from the scales of a dragon he syed. It nded right before him, even with its towering height he did not lose focus, its color being the same as the ground made it look more like an actual mountain.

  "Human you bring not an offering, I'll only ask once. What is it that you can offer so I may consider sparing your life".

  It said with a voice carrying a certain heaviness with to it.

  "I may be wrong but are you the reason that world is dying? I can feel its likeness from you".

  The dragon ughed finding the question to be amusing.

  "You're not from around here are you. If you don't interfere with my business there won't be any blood shed".

  It considered its new attitude as a show of great respect. It did not mind not testing his strength to see if he was worth considering, in a way it was wary of otherworlders would not underestimate them.

  "I'll take that as a yes. Bloodshed cannot be avoided".

  It didn't wait to see what he does, proceeding to stomp him with its hand. Dust rose preventing sight of what's below, it had missed its mark and not only that, its hand was cut before it could retreat. Hiro managed to dodge and cut its wrist in the process. Its hand was not bleeding and Epsilon had no trace of blood. He looked closely and saw it's body was made of the earth, it was rare but not unheard of.

  "You are indeed not weak, we can still come to a compromise".

  "If you stop destroying that world then I agree".

  "Its fate has already been decided, and you shall share in it. Now die".

  From its mouth a hot substance came out, va and not the fire he was expecting.

  "With that color I was sure you were a fire dragon, but this isn't so different".

  He jumped around evading the not only the va directly from it but the spshes it made. Being out of range to ssh it with the sword wasn't a problem, at his level with the sword he could unleash sshes that travelled beyond sword length. Every time he unleashed these sshes the earth and va would rise and form a protective wall around the dragon at its will. He was sweating, this back and forth between them coupled with the rising temperature was troublesome.

  "Why not use your other sword it can cut through space can't it".

  Said Niu, who stuck near Hiro like a ghost. It's not that he was foolish not to use it, he was just not used to it, he hadn't even had it for more than one day, he knew from stories that it could cut space to go to wherever and capable of folding the space it has cut to create a disconnected sealed space. Attacking by cutting space he'd never heard of that.

  (I have nothing to lose even when it fails. Spiriton answer my summons).

  The moment it left its subspace he sshed across space, the effect travelled from him to the dragon. The space ssh travelled unhindered by the earth and va protective wall of the dragon, by the time it realised it couldn't block the ssh it was too te. It was cut in half and fell to the ground turning into a mountain of rocks.

  "Huh, that's it I was expecting more of a struggle".