“Hey, you shut-in over there, you’ve been staring at This Goddess for a full three minutes.” “Although I know that This Goddess’s beauty is truly impactful enough to make people lose the ability to speak, the reincarnation process still needs to be followed, understand?” The voice was crisp and melodious, yet carried an unshakable sense of superiority.
Ash looked straight ahead, where a girl with hair like flowing springs was sitting brazenly on the throne.
She wore a translucent purple feather garment, her legs crossed under her short skirt, holding a folding fan in her hand, fanning herself rhythmically.
She was Aqua.
As an experienced veteran, Ash recognized this so-called “useless goddess” at a glance.
“So, have I transmigrated into the world of ‘KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World!’?” Just five minutes ago, he had been driving a dump truck to deliver steel coils when he crashed into a crane, and when he woke up, he was here.
Even more absurd, a thing called the “Mission System” appeared in his sea of consciousness.
[System loading complete.] [Current optional missions (choose one of three):] Mission 1: Become a World Destroyer.
Reward: Excalibur, Avalon.
Mission 2: Marry a Goddess.
Reward: gate of babylon, Ea.
Mission 3: Defeat the Blessed Ascetic.
Reward: Indra’s Divine Thunder, the white elephant Airavata.
Ash looked at these three missions and fell into a long silence.
Destroy the world?
Starting off by making someone a villain?
And this reward, Excalibur and Avalon, King Arthur’s configuration.
The sword is Excalibur, and the scabbard is the protection of immortality.
Putting these two together creates a top-tier configuration of both offense and defense.
But the mission itself was too abstract.
Destroying a world’s civilization system, that’s easy to say, but how?
Nuking the ground or physical transcendence?
Just relying on him, an ordinary person who just transmigrated?
gate of babylon and Ea.
Gilgamesh’s signature.
The gate of babylon hides the prototypes of all treasures in the world, and the Ea is an anti-world Noble Phantasm, known as the sword that “cuts open the world.” The value of this set is no less than Excalibur.
Indra’s Divine Thunder, the weapon of the thunder god Indra in Indian mythology.
The white elephant Airavata is Indra’s mount, a white elephant with thirty-two heads, legendary for being able to carry the King of Gods while patrolling the three realms.
This set of rewards also holds significant weight, but the mission itself is not simple either.
A blessed ascetic—anyone related to a god must be at least a demigod-level combatant.
He is penniless right now; how is he supposed to fight that?
So, the only one that seems to have room for operation is Mission 2.
Ash looked Aqua up and down, a gaze that made Aqua feel inexplicably creeped out.
In his system, Mission 2 is “Marry a Goddess,” not “Take away” a goddess.
This subtle difference in wording, combined with Aqua’s personality, formed a bold plan in his mind.
“Hey!
What’s with that look?” Aqua closed her fan, jumped down from the throne, and walked in front of Ash.
“Listen well, lucky shut-in.” “As compensation for your accidental death, you can choose one thing from This Goddess to take with you.” “Whether it’s a holy sword that can cut through steel, or a god-level talent that can max out instantly, as long as you ask, I, the Great Goddess worshipped by the Axis Order, Aqua-sama, will mercifully grant it to you!” Ash took a deep breath, inwardly marveling that this script was exactly the same as the original.
According to the normal plot, Satou Kazuma would choose Aqua herself out of anger.
But he wasn’t Kazuma; he had a system!
“Anything is fine?” Ash spoke, his face clearly wearing an excited expression.
“Of course!
Gods do not disdain to lie!” Aqua put one hand on her hip, her large blue eyes filled with innocence.
“Alright then, I choose you.” Aqua’s laughter stopped abruptly.
Her watery blue eyes widened, and it took several seconds for her to react, pointing at Ash’s nose and shouting: “Haaaaah?!
Are you crazy?
You want to take me to the lower world?” “I am a goddess who guides the dead!
I still have to drink tea here, watch anime, and enjoy the offerings of believers!
You waaaaaah!!!” She waved her hands frantically, trying to scare Ash.
“It’s not taking you away.” Ash corrected, then bluffed righteously.
“I am going to marry you.
As my wife, you will become my reincarnation cheat.” The temple fell into a deathly silence.
“What kind of joke are you making!
Although This Goddess is very charming, but…” Aqua was so angry her face turned red, and tears were already welling up in her eyes.
“You guy…
are you, you, you, you out of your mind?!” “I have infinite top-tier liquor in my treasury.” Ash suddenly said.
Aqua’s roaring got stuck in her throat.
“There are also countless exquisite desserts, fully automatic massage beds, and pure gold coins that never run out no matter how much you spend…” Ash paused and threw out the trump card.
“After going to the lower world, I will be responsible for clearing out all the Demon Kings Army.” “You don’t need to take risks; you only need to wear the most gorgeous gowns every day, sit on the throne, and accept the admiration of thousands.” “You will still be that unattainable goddess, and I will just be the husband who takes care of everything for you.” Aqua’s expression began to change subtly.
Anger turned into hesitation, and hesitation turned into a struggle called “self-persuasion.” “Can you really provide infinite top-tier liquor?” She swallowed, her eyes involuntarily looking at Ash.
“As the mistress, you also have the right to control the gate of babylon.” Ash’s technique was very professional.
He didn’t lie; the reward from the system was indeed called “gate of babylon.” As for how much was in it right now, that was a matter for explanation after signing the contract.
That thin string of reason in Aqua’s brain snapped.
She thought of the boring work she repeated in the heavenly realm every day, thought of those believers who only prayed to the statues but never sent any actual offerings, and then looked at the man in front of her with golden hair and red eyes, who looked decent enough and promised to let her live a life of a good-for-nothing.
Aqua suddenly raised her head, and although there were still crystal tears on her face, her deep blue eyes were already filled with the desire of “I want to freeload.” “Since you are begging so sincerely, then This Goddess will sacrifice a little and help you with this favor!” With a flash of white light, a woman who looked like an angel appeared.
“Since Aqua-sama has become your wife, her work will be left to me.” [Ding!
Detected that the host has completed Mission 2: Marry a Goddess.] [Reward distributed: EX-level authority “gate of babylon (framework)” loaded successfully.] [Core armament “Ea · EA” has been returned to its position.] [Note: Other Noble Phantasm prototypes need to be collected or analyzed by the host during subsequent travel across multiple planes, or unlocked through new missions.] A white beam of light shooting into the sky instantly enveloped the two of them.
“Waaaaah!
Help!
My body won’t listen to me!” Aqua screamed and crashed into Ash, while Ash was still immersed in the joy of completing the mission.
Ignoring the screaming Aqua, the female angel looked at Ash with a smile.
“Then Mr.
Ash, Aqua-sama, have a safe trip.” “The moment you defeat the Demon King, you will receive the gift of the gods and realize any wish…” “Wait!
The details haven’t been negotiated yet!” Aqua’s exclamation was drowned out by the white light shooting into the sky.
…
Axel, the novice village of another world.
After the feeling of weightlessness disappeared, a solid touch came from under his feet.
Ash opened his red eyes and found himself standing on the paved road of Axel.
The passing carriages, beast-eared girls, and elves all indicated that he was currently in another world.
“Wuuuuu waaaaah!
Aaaaaaah!
Aaaaaaah!” “Wuuuuu waaaaah!
Bastard!
Big liar!” “Where is the palace!
This is just a crossroads!” A familiar crying sound came from beside him.
Aqua was lying on the grass, her hands constantly slapping the ground, her light goddess feather garment shimmering in the sunlight, but unfortunately, the owner’s current actions really ruined the atmosphere.
On the roadside, several passing adventurers were looking at them with an expression of “another one has gone crazy.” Ash ignored her tantrum and went straight into his consciousness, calling up the newly acquired reward.
[gate of babylon] [Description: The key to connecting to the gate of babylon.
Stores the prototypes of all Noble Phantasms in the world.] [Current status: Extremely empty.] [Inventory list: Ea (Ea): An ultimate weapon outside of specifications, possessing the ability to cut open the world.
(Vacant) (Vacant)…] “Huh?
What is this situation?
Where is my Enkidu in the treasury?
Where is the Bow of Marduk?
Where is the Declaration of the Great God?!
Can’t it even automatically replenish Noble Phantasms!” Ash was stunned.
He tried to activate the skill, his right hand gently swiping in the void.
Golden ripples spread out, and from the center of those ripples, apart from a strange, cylindrical, black-red long sword, not even a scrap of iron emerged.
“System, explain.” Ash asked coldly in his mind.
[Reply to host: Because the mission difficulty was only “Marry a Goddess (Low Intelligence Version),” the reward only includes the treasury framework and the core armament.] [The remaining Noble Phantasm prototypes in the world need to be collected by the host during subsequent transmigration or unlocked through new missions.] [Note: Treasury ≠ Treasure.] Ash’s eye twitched.
This meant that he now had a golden door, but inside, apart from the Ea that could destroy heaven and earth, he couldn’t even take out a piece of dry food.
“Is this the retribution for me swindling Aqua…” “This is called a treasury, just call it a warehouse!” “Aqua, I’ve come down, the treasury is empty, don’t blame me, I was cheated too…” “I will have no more joy!” He turned his head and looked at Aqua, who was still rolling and throwing a tantrum on the ground.
“Liquor…
my peerless wine…” Aqua climbed up, sobbing, pointing at Ash with a trembling finger, even wanting to rush over and grab his golden hair.
“Hey!
Didn’t you say there was everything in the treasury?
Take it out!
I want to drink a sip to calm my shock right now!” “Hey!
Ash!” Ash looked at this face full of expectation, his brain running rapidly.
“Aqua, you have to understand.” Ash walked over with a grave expression, holding the goddess’s shoulders with both hands, his tone extremely serious.
“Just now, during the transmigration, we were intercepted by the space-time blockade set up by the Demon Kings Army.” “Eh?” Aqua was stunned.
“In order to protect fragile you, I had to temporarily open the treasury and use the stored treasures inside as an energy source to offset that fatal impact.” Ash made up nonsense without changing his expression.
“So, the treasury has now entered an automatic repair state, and the inventory has temporarily returned to zero.” “Haaaaah?!
What did you say?!” Aqua turned completely gray.
“You liar!
Big liar!
Give me back my life in the God Realm!” Aqua collapsed again, pouncing on him and locking Ash’s neck, shaking him desperately.
“Let go, Aqua, you are a goddess, watch your image!
You are trying to murder your husband!” “I don’t care!
My palace, my wine, my believers, they are all gone!” And in Ash’s sea of consciousness, the system’s notification sound rang again: [Mission issued: Earn the first pot of gold.] [Mission goal: Obtain 100,000 eris through legal or illegal means.] [Mission reward: Unlock a random Noble Phantasm prototype for the gate of babylon.]