The Dark Rebirth of Pandora: Revenge of the Abyss

Chapter 734: Crossover Part 1

[For more context, readers!! This story is a crossover between my works!! I won’t give spoilers about what happens in my other stories, and this first Chapter will only feature one of my works.

It will follow the perspective of one of Pandora’s avatars! I had this idea because some readers showed interest in seeing Pandora travel to other universes, since the story made it clear that other universes existed and Pandora had even traveled to some of them.

I know this isn’t exactly what some of you requested, but to do something involving another universe, I would have to plan an entirely new universe, new characters, and a whole new context! That wasn’t something I had planned!! If I use a universe I have already created and a character I have already made, the overall context becomes much better!

I thought it would be very interesting to connect two different stories, since Pandora, as an omnipotent being in the literal sense, can go anywhere!

Of course, I can’t simply make a crossover where Pandora goes into other people’s works because of copyright issues! However, I can create universes of my own for this purpose or use universes from works I have already made!! And I thought it would be equally interesting to have two of my protagonists interact!

Now I’ll let you see for yourselves! Some of you may already know the character, while others may not!]

”W-Wow... so... you’re like a goddess from another universe? Needing eight hours to explain all that is a lot of time, but I believe what you said—everything’s too cohesive... and your power is... undeniable.” The girl in front of me asks with obvious discomfort, her pink eyes scanning around as she nervously tucks her white hair behind her ear.

”That’s right, little goddess! It’s actually quite interesting! You’re a goddess too, so it’s not like this is all that shocking—after all, you have absolute immortality and nothing can kill you in theory.”

”Call me by my name, Demon King...”

”Then just call me Pandora. Demon King is just a title, same as [Doomsday Priestess] being yours.” I say to her, tapping the table and dragging my finger across it.

”...Why did you come here?”

”Ayla... your name’s funny. So Ayla, I’m just exploring new things. My true self is doing who-knows-what as an omnipotent being.” I laid out quite a bit to this girl because she’s pretty interesting.

A goddess with absolute immortality—a level of immortality where even having your existence erased wouldn’t be enough to destroy her. Plus, from what I gathered, she uses her powers in an interesting way.

”...I... you...” She seems confused about what to say.

”You have a terrifying power, y-you know? Here in this world, nothing is as strong as you—not even I can have that much power... do you... think you could kill me?”

”...I couldn’t, but the real Pandora could.” Even though Ayla has ”Absolute Immortality,” she can’t surpass the powers of an omnipotent being.

”That’s... interesting. Sorry for not being more welcoming... it’s just... strange having a visitor from another universe. I never imagined this... h-hahaha...” She seemed genuinely happy when she heard she could die.

”Do you want to die?”

”...M-Maybe. I guess it depends. My life is pretty shit, but things have gotten a little better. I don’t know yet...” I look around as she says this.

”An entire biome made of candy, and a house also made of candy. Weird taste. Why? What’s the purpose?”

”...I like sugar. Sweets are good, and it’s nice being able to just face-plant into the ground and lick it or bite the furniture when I want sugar...” Despite the conversation being a bit strange, I’m actually enjoying myself. This girl seemed pretty interesting among the various universes I thought about visiting.

And that’s because this girl is immortal—in a very specific and unique degree of immortality, which is rarer than it seems.

”I have another universe I want to visit soon, and it’s equally interesting. Would you like to come with me? It’s temporary, of course—you can’t be taken away from your universe.”

”Why? Because you’re kind of the existential center of this universe as its only high-ranking goddess. Without you, it’ll be erased—unless you want that?”

”N-No! I... I have someone important to me here... wait, why are you talking like I’ve already agreed to go?” She says, tossing her white hair back as she adjusts it.

”And don’t you want to? If you don’t, then fine. I just thought it was a good option. I’m bored—a lot of universes are the same. Like, they have nothing special or even magic. When infinite options exist, specific ones end up becoming scarce.”

”...” Ayla looks out the window of her house, gazing at the various dragons flying through this place’s strange sky.

”You’re scary... but do you think I could talk to your true self?”

”Unlikely. But who knows—maybe she’ll show up if it’s an ’interesting scenario’? Only way to find out is to come with me.” When I say that, her face darkens into something grim.

”I hate manipulative people. And you remind me of someone I deeply despise... fine. I’ll go.” The disgust in her gaze makes me laugh.

”Yeah, yeah, I’m pretty manipulative. I use people to get what I want. Right now, I want to have some fun, so taking you along would be for my personal entertainment.”

”...” She stands up with a sigh.

”Aetheris... you can go back to your nest.” When she says that, I hear heavy footsteps above the house—her dragon stopping its watch over me.

”Look, I don’t want this universe destroyed. And I see you’re way stronger than me, but if you let my universe get destroyed... I’ll kill you.” When she says that, I let out a low chuckle.

”Sure, sure.” Ironically, it’d be an even fight. I’m infinitely stronger than her, but as an avatar, I don’t have the strength to kill her and overcome her immortality. In a fight, I’d likely have to retreat after a few millennia of battle to recover—or just abandon her in some random universe if I got bored. She doesn’t even know how to travel between universes. I don’t have to fight if I don’t want to.

”I don’t plan on screwing up your life any more. It already looks pretty fucked up from where I’m standing.” When I say that with a certain mockery, she gives a genuine smile.

”Yeah... there are so many people to ruin lives, while mine’s already been ruined. Sounds stupid to try and ruin it even more.” She says with a nod.

”Totally, girl. By the way, you’re cute.” I compliment her, licking my lips. She’s pretty adorable, and her body looks delicious—both in terms of beauty and in the sense of devouring.

”I’m not a lesbian.”

”...Too bad. I’d totally fuck you if you wanted... well, I’ll prepare the portal. Grab whatever you want to bring and come with me. I’ll take you along until I get bored of you, or until your universe can’t handle your absence anymore and needs you back.” I create a relic to carve the floor and make the portal.

”That’s it? You just kidnap goddesses out of nowhere like that, or am I the first?”

”Hahaha... you’re the fourth. Though it’s not really kidnapping if you’re coming willingly, right?” I’ve already kidnapped the goddess Tsukuyomi. There’s also Delphina, who wasn’t really a kidnapping, but I stole her heart. And Elysia—though she’s not a goddess anymore, she’s another one I ”caught” in my webs, stealing her soul to put into a body of my choosing.

”...” Ayla just stays silent, clearly not liking it much, but not having many options. Though it seems she wants to come more to confirm whether she can be killed than out of genuine interest.