Chapter 43 - New Mission

Chapter 43 – New Mission

**Notification! A new mission has been issued. [Accept] or [Decline]?

77th Director: Another one? This one's pretty quick compared to the last

Baldy: I still question what happens if we decline

Ainz: Let's not test that. We'll of course accept it

...

**Notification! Mission accepted. Details

Mission world's name: Made in Abyss

Accepted: [0/2]

Main Objectives: Save Irumyuui

Time Limit: Relative one year

Hidden Objectives: ???

Rewards: ???

Tips: Be prepared

...

Ainz: Not a very helpful tip is it?

Witch of Betrayal: Relative one year?

Admin: Actually, this happened before. Basically, it's one year to you. In your previous mission, the time said one year, which means that it's one year for everyone. Saying relative means only to you. There's probably going to be some sort of time interference, and the time limit means one year for you/in your point of view, if that makes sense?

Witch of Betrayal: I see...

Railgun: Can I go on this one?

Ainz: Are you sure? You haven't been on one for a while

Railgun: Well that's because I either had things going on and I can't afford to be distracted, or the mission details are a bit weird for me. But this time it's saving someone and I just happened to have sorted everything out over here, so it's perfect.

Ainz: Very well then, I won't object

Red Dragon Emperor: I actually can't go since something came up

Nightmare: I say we let Misaka and Medea go for this one

Witch of Betrayal: Me?

Nightmare: Yes. Misaka wants to go so that's that, and you're still quite new. Plus you barely got any rewards last time and your participation was abysmal haha.

Ainz: No objections

Admin: Neither

77th Director: Neither

King of Imanity: Neither

Railgun: So Witch of Betrayal I look forward with working with you!

Witch of Betrayal: Likewise, although I was kinda forced into this

**Notification! Mission: Made in Abyss [2/2]. Teleportation will start in 1 hour!

Railgun: Time to get prepared then!

...

Once again, Medea walked up to Rimuru and Ciel to talk about something, should something happen.

"Hey Rimuru..."

"Hm?"

"If something happens one hour from now, please don't panic or anything.

"This again? Let me tell you, talk to Ciel about these things instead, but no I won't panic." He reassured her.

She smiled and walked to Ciel.

"Hey Ciel-"

"If it's about that one hour thing again then sure, and I won't panic either."

"Oh, thanks."

"But, I will have to remind you of something." Her tone turned quite heavy and dark.

"???"

"Whatever happens, and no matter what happens, you must abide by the rules and laws. Death is the natural course of life, and you must not interfere. All that is lost will eventually be returned"

"...okay?"

"Promise that you won't interfere with the natural cycle."

"I promise?"

Ciel's tone then turned to the usual, much more lighter and cheerful, "good, have fun!"

"Uhh, thanks?"

...

A young girl could be seen lying on a bed.

She had chestnut hair and has a small hair clip in her hair. Her eyes were the same colour as her eye, chestnut.

This was railgun, also known as Misaka.

Despite being a teenager, she was actually regarded as one of the strongest espers in the city.

They were divided into 6 levels. Level 0 being the weakest and level 5 the strongest, although the legendary level 6 has not been reached yet.

She used to be ranked third amongst the level 5s. Her ability used to be able to control electricity freely and manipulate it at will. But ever since the group chat, it actually evolved, well not evolved but more like strengthened.

She is now able to completely control the movements of electrons of any atom, and subsequently using the difference in charge to indirectly manipulate the protons and neutrons inside an atom as well, but she rarely does this as it is way more difficult and dangerous. Sometimes she doesn't even need to in the first place since electrons is all she needs to defeat someone.

Her processing speed has increased by multiple times, effectively making her a human supercomputer.

But despite this, her strength still hadn't reached level 6 yet, but more of a pseudo-level 6. But that's what the authorities said to her. She didn't believe it one bit. Maybe it's not officially 'level 6', but the strength was definitely at that level.

However, this was enough for her to rank second. After a clash with the previously second-ranked, she discovered that electrons were actually very overpowered. Before, she thought that manipulating electricity was basically like manipulating electrons, but how wrong she was.

Apart from being able to move protons and neutrons around with the power, she was also able to change the properties of any element, and her limit of one billion volts was removed. She could now, in theory, release infinite amounts of electricity and energy as well.

She found this out during her unexpected battle with the second-ranked, who could control dark-matter at will.

She may have accidentally changed his body and overall charge too much, and made a miniature black hole by compacting so much material and energy inside him, which subsequently made his entire being collapse in on itself, instantly killing him.

The black hole then discharged itself, so no problems there, but a heck of a load of problems soon arose for Misaka, and she had been busy dealing with the aftermath for nearly a couple months.

Add this onto the guilt of killing someone, and one could imagine that it was very troubling times for her.

Finally, she was freed of the trouble his death caused, and her guilt had completely diminished thanks to the group chat's help.

And now, she could finally relax a bit and go on a trip to another world...

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(A/N sorry if this chapter is a bit too short. I wanted to start the Made in Abyss arc in the next chapter, and I don't know what else to do to stall it, so I just decided to end the chapter there.

But I guess I still need some more word count, so I'll just put my reasoning behind the Made In Abyss arc here.

You see, I recently watched Made in Abyss, and of course after I finished both seasons and the movie, I felt really empty inside. I had so many questions and stuff like that, but I wanted to do something with it, so integrating it into this fic is what I decided.

People may say that the arc is gonna be sht because the power scaling is not there etc but I don't really care.

I'll try my best to make it believable and relevant to the plot, which is also why I chose Misaka and Medea.

Misaka is, believe it or not, still a child of sorts. So, using this cursed world, it would be much more interesting and beneficial to write about her. I chose Medea because I want a parent figure who knows quite a lot of things, and is always looking after Misaka, though she might not need it physically due to her OP abilities, mentally maybe.

And also, can I just mention that the soundtracks are just top-tier. It really adds to the cursed and emotional atmosphere.

Then, regarding Misaka, I wanted to buff her a bit as you can see. Doing so I can more confidently write her character.

That's all from me, thanks for reading!)