Chapter 686 Post-Aftermath

After the Luminous Continent Expedition, our avatars were now finally able to go back home and the Goddess Titania sent us back with everyone bidding us farewell. Although there are so many loose ends after the events, the situation is much better compared to the past timeline and the angels now are more united than ever. The people that got kidnapped that were rescued by the rebels returned to their respective families.

Due to the incident, the public view of the rebels changed drastically. Even the treatment of the fallen angels has been improved as well, allowing them to return to society without much discrimination. There are still those who can't remove their views towards the Fallens but this time around, they are not so vocal about it as it is now punishable by the law. The situation might have changed a little bit though not so much, but it was definitely an improvement and it cannot be easily denied.

The loose ends are still there, especially the disappearance of Alain, the leader of the rebels. Despite his leading the rebels to prosperity, he disappeared when everything was in the heat of the battle and never returned. Those who have seen him for the last time view him as the hero who saved them all for not his timely intervention, then the bastard of a guy Tactician would have killed everyone.

Until now, he is nowhere to be found but the village that Alain built is still waiting, waiting for his arrival like he always does.

As for us players, the anti-rebellion squadron was a little bit disappointed. Not only did they get wiped out from the battle but they also lost miserably to the rebel squadron with only a few players involved. These made the Leoran, Tatsumaki, Viola, Popo, Kylan, and Tsuru famous as they are part of the incident.

The only thing that is puzzling the players is the unusually quiet buzz of the six players. They didn't speak any of the information regarding the church dungeon and what transpired to them. Not only that but they left their guilds as well, stating that they are going to go for solo missions for a while.

For others, no one knows the main reason they did but for us, everyone knows why as the only reason they have is that they wanted to join us who are not tied by a guild to work with. Having worked with them, I welcomed them all with open arms and helped them. And honestly, they are good enough for teammates as they can coordinate quite well with us.

There are not many things happening in the real world though and the ability users are still rampant. Of course, they are controlled by the government but until the end, there is still no news regarding it. For us though...life goes on. There are no actual flags I needed to bother worrying about in the next couple of years and due to that, 5 years passed by.

Quite the time skip right?

Well, there are no actual things that happened over the course of the 5-year skip. Aside from the fact that everyone in the group has reached level 300 and beyond as well as my summons is not actually a bit of news.

Because the level cap update has yet to roll in, most of our time that are spent during that 5 years is making records in dungeons and raids. We also finished quite a lot of quests as well.

The only big change that occurred is the Magic update in the real world. The rise of people who can use magic powers, made the government seek out the main cause of this. And soon, they found the main reason and one of the only common links that the people who have gained powers is only one single thing and that is the game, Alternate World.

Due to this, the government demanded an explanation for this, and soon enough, they received an answer from Nexus.

"YES, WE ARE AWARE OF OUR GAME GRANTING THE ABILITY TO MAKE A NORMAL HUMAN GAIN MANA AND MAGIC POWERS. IN FACT, WE ARE PROUD TO SAY THAT OBTAINING MAGIC IS NO LONGER A PIPE DREAM."

This single statement is the same statement made in the past timeline and just expected, the people who are not playing Alternate World rushed in. The internet cafes also have their own Reality Verse cabins as well that are specifically left there by the Nexus for those who can't afford the game just yet but wanted to play it.

One more thing. The upgrade of the tattoo Reality Verse has been implemented as well. Everyone who doesn't possess the Tattoo Version has gained an upgrade from it.

My parents also upgraded their cabins into tattoos as well. Then, there is the ghost. Remember the time I fought one ghost occupying a bear in Nagoya from the haunted mansion that I bought that is now my parent's home? The ghost also got a tattoo as well. It made me confused but soon realized that the tattoo was not added to the ghost himself but to the teddy bear he was wearing. Still can't believe he was playing the game tho but who knows? Perhaps I will meet him in the game someday.

As for my parents, they only found out that he was a ghost when the people who changed the cabins to tattoos revealed it. It was so shocking to them at first that they couldn't believe it. As for the workers? I didn't expect them to be nonchalant about it. They even have a way for them to play the game which makes me wonder if everyone working for the Nexus already has dealt with this kind of case in the past.

Thankfully, my parents are open-minded and since they loved the presence of the ghost, they still didn't have much change of opinion from this.

Now, current year and day. The world is now fully aware of magic and is now capable of using them. In fact, they even started summoning their pets in the real world as well. Some terrorists tried to exploit the usage of magic but were immediately shut down by Nexus company as they implement the Judgement Eye that immediately considers the usage of magic abilities in the real world abusive or not. If the magic abilities are abused, the Judgement Eye will immediately perform a smite of judgment on the guilty and cut off their mana circuits.

Of course, this system still has a lot of flaws and some criminals are taking advantage of those flaws but at least, this made the people who break the law instantly regret it.

Due to the changes in the world, Rennata who was stuck inside our mansion for too long has finally received the chance to go out by acting as my familiar whenever we go out with everyone. Rika has mastered quite a lot of magic abilities so I decided to give her the ability to use the magic spell, [Disguise].

With the skill's help, she finally managed to go out of the mansion as well without the worries of being spotted by her parents and the people looking for her. Though honestly, I doubt they are still looking for her after all these years of her disappearance.

As for me, there are lots of things that have changed as well.  After the Luminous Continent Expedition, the same dream plagues me for the last 5 years. The dream of wandering around a place where the Yggdrasil tree is growing. I kept on meeting the girl clad in white kimono as well but she is asleep beneath the tree at a ceremonial altar. Over the course of 5 years, she has yet to wake up, and even though it was a dream, the things that are happening there seem like a continuous one since all the changes that I have done in that realm are passed down to the next dream as well.

However, I still don't know what is happening and why I am getting a dream like this. I am a bit thankful since it's not a dream that occurs every day but it is a dream that keeps repeating regularly and it does not seem to have a regular pattern as well. Despite that, this is not the main pressing matter.

This is the year that the tragedy of Riko will soon befall. The death of Riko in a crash accident will be soon followed by Janus's descent into madness and dies as well. I was worried that it will come sooner than expected but seeing it not happening over the past few years, I got confident that I changed the incident and a butterfly effect must have destroyed the link of her getting this future.

However, things changed when Riko received a fiancee that was arranged by her parents against her will. That made me fear the worst as that is the first trigger to Riko's death in the past timeline.