Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic (Part I)

0114 Seven Tales and the Graveyard of Kings!

Kai beamed as he saw the Side Mission's Time Limit.

-/Rest,/- he told Meg. -/You will have your part to play tonight./-

"Yes, master," she grunted a reply, helping herself to the bed. "First, let me write the names."

Kai snapped his head back at her. -/Oh!/- he exclaimed, obsessively. -/Have you thought them through? Remember, I won't tolerate any more surprises like Professor Elm. Take your time, if you aren't sure. I will not rush it./-

Meg seemed to have decided. "Waiting longer is pointless, master," she said, picking up paper and pen. "I was a 13th-floor Contestant once. Though I didn't ascend to the 6th Set, my knowledge isn't lacking compared to those monsters. Being a Priestess had its own merits too."

Meg scribbled down on the paper hastily but deliberately as she addressed Kai.

When she was finished and flicked away the pen, Kai couldn't control himself any longer. He rushed to her and snatched the paper off her hands. His heart was thumping against his bones. He walked to the chair, which was shining golden under the full brunt of the noon sun, and sat down.

The first name was according to his instructions.

In front of those names, she had mentioned their worlds. Seven...

Seven tales to rule the world.

"First, Orochimaru from the Naruto World, master." Meg's words reached Kai. "Second, Mayuri Kurotsuchi from Bleach. Third, Kisuke Urahara, also from Bleach. Fourth, Rintaro Okabe from Steins;Gate. Fifth, Reed Richards from Marvel Universe. Sixth..."

Kai picked up from there. -/Sixth, Senku Ishigami from Dr. Stone,/- he said telepathically. -/And seventh, Dexter from... What the fuck?! Which Random World is this?!! You never mentioned it to me before./-

Meg took a deep breath.

"The Graveyard of Kings!" she blurted out. "I didn't mention it before because I didn't think that even you could survive a single hour in that world, master."

Kai's eyes widened. "What... did... you just say?!"

"In the Multiverse, only the Graveyard of Kings is a cluster of different Random Worlds," Meg continued. "Its name was given to it by Contestants, not by the Systems. The reason is simple, no matter how absurd it looks. Hundreds of King-level Contestants are known to never clear the missions from this place, dying there like pigs. All their power, Skills, Items, and Abilities are useless when faced with the logic of those worlds."

Kai's soul shuddered. What place could be so terrifying that could claim the lives of so many top-class Contestants? They were Kings. Kings! Kai couldn't even fathom their power, much less the nature of this place Meg was talking about.

-/What is it?/- Kai asked, steeling himself. -/Which Random Worlds can be so dangerous that they even changed the name of this group to such a horrifying degree? What twisted logic are you talking about?-/

Meg's half-closed eyes matched Kai's.

She was trembling before even uttering the words.

"The Worlds of Cartoons." Meg's voice echoed as a lone cloud slid under the sun, darkening the room. "Everything is useless when one faces the Cartoon Logic, the Killer of Kings."

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11:00 pm, June 26th

No. 64, Surfer Street, Near New Bark Town's Port