[IMPORTANT NOTE!]
This episode is pretty much a yap fest. Yet, ironically enough, this chapter is very important to the story.
It is so important that future chapters will feature using the things that are going to be mentioned here.
So, listen up.
Or more like... read up!
Alright, bye.
Chapter 8: "Six Month Process."
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Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye.
Yes, it has been a full six months since Kardia experienced his "Isekai" type reincarnation into the grim and expansive universe of Warhammer 40k.
Surprisingly, things have been going rather well—at least for now.
Miraculously, no one has attacked his reflection in the turbulent and chaotic Immaterium, which truly surprised Kardia.
Although Kardia hasn't visited the Immaterium since arriving in this world, had he done so, he would have realized why no one dared to approach him.
Instead, Kardia has found himself immersed in a wave of productivity, advancing scientific ideas more than he ever did during his entire life as a civilian in his previous life.
As he delved deeper into the realm of science, Kardia actually began to enjoy it.
Yes, someone who didn't know much about science in his previous life began to appreciate the art of science in his new life.
A few weeks into his scientific endeavors, Kardia started reflecting on the implications of the extraordinary figures from video games and comics that he had integrated into himself.
He realized that if super-genius scientists like Doctor Eggman or Herta from Honkai: Star Rail truly existed, and if they chose to use their brilliance for the betterment of humanity, the universe would be a vastly different place.
For instance, if Doctor Eggman repurposed his technological prowess to uplift humanity from despair instead of pursuing his notorious world domination schemes, civilization could flourish and prosper for countless millennia, mastering technologies that would allow it to traverse the cosmos with ease.
The same could be said for exceptional minds like Herta, who, even at a young age in the lore of Honkai: Star Rail, achieved feats that could be considered transcendental within this universe.
Her ability to manipulate natural laws through scientific methods and create unprecedented technologies could inspire a revolution in scientific advancement in this world.
Kardia, being a blend of multiple templates, skills, and outstanding intellects of these amazing people, in this universe, found himself in a unique position.
Though he sometimes acted foolishly and didn't always behave scientifically, he understood that, in this universe, his intellect surpassed the collective intelligence of these fictional geniuses; he just didn't know how to utilize it.
Raphael had estimated that his IQ was around five thousand at a bare minimum, and this was without "optimizing" his brain, making it stronger.
But in reality, Kardia was only using about 100 IQ.
Why?
Raphael explained that the reason Kardia wasn't fully showcasing the supreme genius he possessed—and why he continued to act like the civilian he once was—had to do with his personality and mentality.
From the perspective of someone with intelligence but lacking the right mindset, one could easily understand and comprehend complex scientific concepts yet struggle to improve, innovate, or take action.
This had been Kardia's problem.
He could easily grasp any scientific terminology and understand much of what this universe had to offer. Yet, he lacked the mentality to truly comprehend, advance, or create something with this intelligence.
Raphael told him that to address this issue, Kardia needed to change his mentality—or at least some aspects of it—to fully embrace his supreme genius.
At first, Kardia contemplated those words. However, the more he thought about it, the clearer it became that it was the truth.
Kardia possessed the brain capacity but did not have the mentality to use that intelligence effectively.
This made him think of certain Primarchs in this world.
All Primarchs possess intelligence that is superior to about ninety-eight percent of humanity. Yet, even with that intelligence, they often struggled to make proper decisions.
Ultimately, Kardia decided to accept the truth: he was lacking the mentality necessary for his future plans. Thus, he accepted Raphael's suggestion to address the problem, which involved changing his personality.
Of course, if Kardia was going to do something, he would first "design" it.
Kardia and Raphael worked on this "project" for nearly two full weeks.
They designed a personality and mentality that would make Kardia more competent, attentive, kind, warm, and wise. However, they decided that he would not possess a solely "good and pure" mentality.
Kardia was preparing to become the leader of a new faction—an emperor. An emperor needs to be attentive, competent, kind, and wise, but he also needs to be cold, decisive, distant, arrogant, ruthless, confident, authoritative, and merciless.
Of course, every monarch has their ego, so Kardia retained some ego for himself.
He instructed Raphael to keep it in check to avoid interference with their decisions, as often happens with characters like Gilgamesh in the Fate franchise.
Kardia and Raphael had actually taken Inspiration from Caster and True Heroic Spirit Gilgamesh, and the likes of Lord Logres and King Solomon.
Great Kings with intelligence, but they are also wise.
These were kings who were wise, extremely intelligent, cunning, warm, yet they were also cold, decisive, authoritative, and had great ambition.
Kardia was fusing the best elements from all worlds to craft his new mentality and personality.
After all, he was not going to make the same mistakes as the Emperor of Mankind.
After the adjustments to mentality and personality were made, including the additions of some adjustments, like making his brain a SUPER fucking computer, Kardia began to see things differently.
MUCH differently.
It was as if the world had somehow become much clearer to him. Like his mind was no longer foggy.
Like he could use his entire brain capacity to do things that he wasn't capable of doing before, and not feel so limited to norms and so on.
It felt as if the mental disability that he had before had disappeared. Well, he never had a mental disability before, but you get the gist of it.
Kardia went from 100 IQ to now using his full ten thousand IQ.
Ten thousand?
How did it increase from five thousand to ten thousand?
Yeah... after the adjustments, and with some other improvements, Kardia practically made his brain into a super-quantum computer.
This at least doubled his IQ, and while this seems to be just a simple multiplier of two, in reality, his brain changed pretty quickly.
However, Kardia and Raphael also applied these changes to his soul. After all, the soul is the true consciousness; the material body is just another part of the process of the universe.
With this new mentality, personality, and perspective of the world, combined with his intelligence and the knowledge he had from his integrated templates about advanced machinery, biology, geology, chemistry, biochemistry, and physics derived from the integrated templates, Kardia's efficiency in the laboratory skyrocketed to unprecedented levels.
In other words, he had reached a state of "flow."
At this moment, Kardia is like a super-super-quantum computer in terms of intelligence, cognitive abilities, and computational power.
Yet, even that comparison feels inappropriate.
But what has he been creating over the past six months?
Surprisingly, for the first month, Kardia did not do much.
What?
What Kardia did in those first two weeks of that month was to get used to his new mentality and personality.
Aside from that, he focused on digesting information.
However, this wasn't normal digestion; it involved processing countless memories, knowledge, experiences, abilities, skills, and much more from the templates he had integrated.
Kardia made the decision to take the time to learn, understand, and ultimately comprehend many of his new abilities, knowledge, and experiences he had inherited.
Kardia knew that if he didn't do so, he was going to waste more time in the future. And there was no time to be wasted in this galaxy.
In the end, this choice proved to be the right one.
When he finished assimilating all that information, Kardia felt like a completely new person.
This transformation was especially more profound when he absorbed the knowledge of King Solomon from the Fate universe.
King Solomon's wisdom was vast.
In fact, Kardia could claim that King Solomon possessed more knowledge than even the super-scientists he had chosen to integrate into himself.
But just like him before, he didn't know what to do with that information.
After that month of purely digesting information, knowledge, and learning to perfectly control his power, Kardia moved on from that.
...
In the second month, Kardia turned his attention to food and collecting information.
The main reason he sought asteroids to construct his laboratory was to create a relatively safe environment for growing food, free from contamination by the conditions of the planet.
However, just as he was about to begin his work, Kardia realized he lacked crucial data about the food of this world.
He had the information of another universe, but not the information of this universe.
This presented a significant challenge.
Consequently, Kardia had to return to space with Vimana, traveling even more light-years in search of the information he needed.
In reality, he didn't need to go anywhere.
He could figure it out himself, after all, he was a scientist.
The entire theme of science is about experimenting.
However, he still chose to do so because he also wanted to visit other planets, which provided him with a valid excuse for his journey.
During his travels, he explored various planets, assessed their conditions, and began creating a comprehensive informational map.
Although Kardia possessed the Ultimate Skill "Terra Master, Lord of Cosmos," which is a skill that can reveal the locations of millions of planets in the galaxy, he still lacked in-depth knowledge about them.
As he visited these planets, Kardia began to gather in-depth information about these planets.
Kardia and Raphael marked the coordinates of uninhabited planets and even collected the data on those planets that were ruled by humans.
Kardia didn't just mark their coordinates in the interstellar map, but he also analyzed their culture, their economy, their ecological state, their buildings, their weaknesses, and their strong suits.
After doing that, Kardia began to gather in-depth information on how to easily make them submit to him. How to easily take down their defenses, and how to eliminate their soldiers. Essentially, Kardia analyzed their entire planet.
And while this was a tedious task, Kardia and Raphael knew that this was something that needed to be done. Of course, Kardia tried to keep himself focused on the mission, and the mission was to find information on the food.
However, as he went to more and more planets, Kardia felt somewhat disappointed, as he had not found anything productive. Anything of value.
On the myriad of planets he visited, he discovered food sources, but they were... unsatisfactory, to say the least.
Many of these planets he visited were designated for agricultural production.
You would typically expect to yield high-quality and substantial quantities of food from these planets; however, none of the ones he explored met those expectations.
Food wasn't produced with quality in mind; instead, it was produced for mass production, not even worrying about the quality, just the quantity that comes out.
And in fact, the people of these planets don't even have the information on the things that they are "making." They just use the information that was found, and they later praise it as if it were something divine.
With no other option, Kardia even thought of going to Terra.
Yes... Kardia even felt that he needed to go to Terra?
Did he fear going to Terra?
Surprisingly, no.
This realization astounded him as well.
But after thinking about it, it made sense.
Even if the Adeptus Custodes, the Sisters of Silence, and other factions on Terra sought to investigate him, he knew he could easily defeat a Custodes with just a flick of his finger.
The defenders of humanity were no match for him.
Well, let's rephrase that.
More accurately, the defenders of nearly all factions were no match for him, with the exception of the leader of said factions.
What about the demons of the Chaos Gods?
He could easily defeat them, and if he encountered any difficulty, he could simply use his Ultimate Skill, "Azathoth, God of the Void," to devour them, absorb their energy, and become even stronger than they were.
However, that wouldn't be necessary, as his body had grown extremely powerful over the past six months as Raphael continued to siphon energy from the Immaterium and the Materium.
And as for the Aeldari?
They claim to be the superior race in the galaxy, yet they consistently lose to humanity, are overpowered by Orks, and live in fear of the demons of the Immaterium, particularly those of Slaanesh and Slaanesh herself.
What about the Necrons?
Now, the Necrons present an entirely different challenge.
Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Kardia feels unprepared to confront the Necrons.
These zombie-like robots had the technology to LITERALLY create their own Gods, and later created the technology capable of sealing their own Gods.
Of course, it wasn't perfect, as some fragments of these escaped, but... the threat was still there.
Even a single C'tan Shard has enough power to destroy an entire Star System easily.
In fact, it took the Emperor of Mankind to defeat a SHARD of the Void Dragon.
Let that sink in.
Of course, it was a much bigger shard than the one that he got, but still, the point got across.
While Kardia is using the same argument over and over, Kardia knows that the Necrons are no joke.
While Kardia can confidently assert that the Necrons' space-time technology wouldn't work on him due to his ability to dominate space-time and the laws of the universe, he remains cautious about their special weapons, which can shatter the C'tan into C'tan Shards.
Thankfully, Kardia didn't have to go to Terra to meet the emperor; instead, he went to Macragge to meet his son.
Yes... He went to the home planet of the 13th Legion Primarch, Roboute Guilliman.
Guilliman, during the Great Crusade, while he was on Terra, collected information on many subjects, including the composition of various animals, vegetables, fruits, and plants.
He had a grand vision of using this information, and after some time, he attempted to find ways to replicate many things.
However, you know how things turned out.
The Horus Heresy happened, the Emperor was forced to sit on the Golden Throne to keep humanity safe, and Roboute Guilliman was later put in stasis.
The Imperium further degraded, and now everything that they found from the Golden Age of Humanity is seen as something given to them by the Emperor, or "heretical."
So, at the end, the ideas that Guilliman had in mind would never be able to be put into perspective.
Yet, Kardia found what he needed in Macragge.
(This is a headcanon; I'm unsure if it's true, but knowing Guilliman, it seems plausible. Think of it as a "plot device" for the plot to continue.)
Instead of leaving after finding the information, Kardia got quite bold.
He secretly went to where Guilliman's body was kept on Macragge.
This move was really bold, but without risk for him.
Even bolder was the fact that he managed to phase through the stasis barrier effortlessly, as if it were never there, and analyzed Guilliman's body in great detail.
This means that Kardia was able to gather information on one of the Sons of the Emperor down to its last atom.
If he chose to, Kardia could create his own version of Primarchs.
Kardia also obtained information about Guilliman's Space Marines; however, he wasn't particularly interested in them.
He already had data on the Thunder Warriors, who were stronger than the Space Marines. But he still collected data on them.
Additionally, Kardia acquired details about various weapons of the Imperium and numerous other things that the Imperium possesses but cannot produce or comprehend.
Before Kardia returned to his remote planet, which he managed to locate, and it was located in the Segmentum Obscurus, after the event of the Cicatrix Maledictum, the Great Rift that followed the Fall of Cadia.
This information led him to the idea of conquering the Segmentum Obscurus, also known as the Dark Imperium.
Returning to the earlier point, before Kardia left Macragge, he discovered information regarding multiple planets governed by the Adeptus Mechanicus—in other words, Forge Worlds.
He used that information, especially their locations, to go towards those planets using his powers.
Upon visiting those planets, he confirmed his suspicions: the Adeptus Mechanicus is also a plague upon the galaxy.
While they had amassed a vast amount of powerful technology, they lacked the knowledge to use it effectively.
Kardia did them a favor by stealing their technology; they didn't deserve it. Moreover, some of that technology proved quite useful.
He believed he could utilize it far better than the Adeptus Mechanicus ever could.
Man... The look on their faces when they noticed they had been robbed was beyond funny. Kardia even took photos of them.
He even hacked into their personal databases, and Raphael helped him steal all of their information.
Kardia didn't limit this action to a single planet; he used their own information about other Forge Worlds, and he performed his deeds across multiple Forge Worlds inhabited by the Adeptus Mechanicus.
At the end, he was even kind enough to send them a message at the end.
The message was "GET FUCKED AND HACKED, FUCKERS!"
Maintaining the Agenda is TOP PRIORITY!
HATE the ADEPTUS MECHANICUS!
The volume of information copied and technology stolen from these so-called "oil tankers" filled Kardia with satisfaction.
Upon returning to his planet, Kardia began to study the information.
Mind you, all of that took him less than a week to do. Meaning he went from planet to planet, and even across the galaxy in less than a week of that second month.
Kardia even accomplished his mission and even more than that.
After all, Kardia gathered the complete information on the planets near his spawn planet, and even some planets on the other side of the galaxy that were beyond this area.
After acquiring the information that he needed, which was the information on how the humans of this world intake those nutrients, Kardia used his power and literally "created" the meat of those animals.
He also created a list of fruits, vegetables, and plants from his previous life.
But why was he worried about the nutrients to the point that he went to other planets to gather information if he had the information in the first place?
In reality, the issue wouldn't be a significant concern for ordinary humans of his time.
Still, it posed a substantial problem for the people of this world.
So what was the problem?
While the vegetables, fruits, and all kinds of meats were good, they weren't going to be able to sustain the bodies of humans.
Well... let's rephrase that.
The humans of the Warhammer 40k universe.
Normal humans with that amount of food could easily survive and thrive. Still, the humans of the Warhammer 40k universe are overworked to the point that even OSHA would cry in pure anger.
Also, these humans are constantly fed food with insane amounts of nutrients to maintain themselves alive. If Kardia were to lower the amount of "nutrients," the bodies of the humans he saves in the future would actually collapse instead of recovering.
What he actually needed was the information on the now "standard" amount of nutrients that the humans of this world eat.
That is why he went to Macragge and other planets to gather information.
It was better to look at the already created information than to spend countless hours creating the same answer.
With the information in his hands, Kardia, after some experimentation, solved the problem. He even had Raphael revise it and further perfect his experiment.
After that, Kardia had engineered perfectly balanced and extremely nutritious food.
Now he can produce proper "human" food with more than the standard of nutrients that all the humans of the world of Warhammer 40k eat.
Healthy food that will help them recover.
...
What else did he do?
Through months three to four, Kardia initiated a biological project.
Yes, you heard that correctly.
But what was this project about?
Kardia had always believed that the "Humans" of the Warhammer 40k universe were simply normal humans. However, upon closer examination of their biological makeup, it turns out that they are actually only about 40 to 50 percent human, which was something he didn't like.
The reason for this low percentage of purity is due to the mutations they have undergone over the years and the harsh environments in which they live.
Yes.
The fumes, the toxins, and other kinds of things affect, over time, the biology of humans.
Kardia believes that if humans lose their purity as a race, they can no longer be considered truly human.
For this reason, Kardia aims to create something akin to a "vaccine."
This so-called "vaccine" is inspired by the concept of nanomachines. Yet, what would be injected is not a nanomachine; instead, it would be a solution.
In various works of fiction, nanomachines are depicted as functioning in multiple ways, including healing.
This vaccine would work similarly; it would inject a solution designed to restore the original genes of humanity to at least 98 percent purity.
Additionally, this solution can "adapt" and "assimilate" to the genes of the individual receiving the injection, allowing them to retain their familial traits.
What does this mean?
The "vaccine" can adjust, or adapt, to the individual's genes.
By analyzing the genes of both the "father" and "mother" of that person—their biological creators—the vaccine will work to restore humanity's gene pool to its true potential while preserving the genetic traits of the biological parents.
This will allow certain families to still be "family" after the injection is provided.
This vaccine will also enhance longevity.
However, this increased lifespan comes from the fact that the vaccine alters their genes to create "new" humans.
"New" humans?
Yes, you read right.
Kardia plans to elevate humanity to something akin to the "High Humans" of the world of Tensura, or the "Inhumans" from the Marvel universe.
In the end, Kardia leans more towards the "High Humans" of the world of Tensura.
But... What are "High Humans"?
In the world of Tensura, the Creator God Veldanava, also known as the "Star King Dragon," created a being named "Twilight Valentine."
Twilight Valentine is known as the "Ancestor" of practically a lot of races in the "Cardinal World" in Tensura.
Twilight Valentine was given the task by the Veldanava himself to create life to entertain him. Twilight, who was loyal to its creator, obeyed and accepted the task handed to him.
One of the first races that Twilight created was the "High Humans."
These "High Humans" had innate capacities for magic as well as long life spans that allowed them to live for up to a thousand years. Yet, they had a major flaw: they had extremely violent tendencies. In other words, they were extremely "aggressive."
This "aggressiveness" was something that Twilight didn't like, so he did the most sane thing to do. Twilight deemed them failures, and later, Twilight abandoned them.
Yeah, the most sane thing to do.
The "High Humans" would later meet their end years later when the King of a nation ruled by the High Humans summoned the Red Primordial of the Daemon race, Rogue, who would later become known as "Guy Crimson," the First Demon Lord in history.
Kardia wanted to do something similar.
He wanted to elevate humanity towards something like "High Human."
However, he wanted these "High Humans" to be something akin to the Asgardians of the MCU. Or something like the Quincies of Bleach.
At least his future soldiers.
More like a combination of the three.
However, introducing a "High Human" into the Warhammer 40k universe could be disastrous.
The adaptation of the "genes" of the "High Humans" to the Warhammer 40k world suggests that the High Humans, who possess a strong connection to spiritual energy, could easily succumb to chaos.
This scenario would be similar to creating an entire race of human psykers, which could spell disaster for the entire galaxy.
Just Imagine that.
Yeah... That is scary.
For that reason, Kardia began to think about how to solve this problem.
The first solution was to perfect the "general" genes of the race. That was pretty simple.
Kardia had Raphael do that part.
Raphael was quickly able to identify the problems of the "High Humans."
Raphael was also able to fix their "aggressiveness."
As he said, that is the simplest thing to do.
Yet, the elephant in the room was still not handled.
The problem of creating an entirely new race of humans with the ability to utilize spiritual energy is that they will be connected to the Immaterium. And if they get corrupted or possessed, that would be a disaster for the galaxy.
This problem still didn't have a solution until he found it.
In the end, that solution was... himself.
The answer came to him when he received a report from Igris, who was still battling the Tyranids on the planet.
But how did talking to Igris make him realize the solution to his problem? Igris was not the solution, or was he?
No.
Kardia remembered that Raphael told him that the reason that why the Shadows were able to be placed on a Synaptic Link was because they were part of his power. Because they used his energy and they were connected to him, as if he were a server.
After he remembered that, things clicked together pretty fast.
Kardia is actually perceived as a "Higher Dimensional" being, even though he is not one AT ALL.
However, his "status" as such, granted by the system of reincarnation as a gift, protects him from the corruption of chaos and from the Chaos Gods that seek to uncover his origin, memories, and so on.
This protection also shields him from Tzeentch's conspiracies, which is advantageous, as it prevents Tzeentch from finding ways to interfere with him.
Yet, despite already having protection, Kardia possesses another form of protection, provided by his Ultimate Skill, "Azathoth, God of the Void."
This skill was originally created by Ciel, the Manas of Rimuru Tempest, in the light novels of Tensura. It combines four Ultimate Skills: Beelzebub, Raphael, Veldora, and Velgrynd.
The main theme of this skill is oriented towards the "Outer" gods of Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.
The "Outer" Gods represent beings that exist outside the physical and spiritual laws of the universe; they are gods of the beyond.
As such, the concepts of good and evil are beneath them, and they remain unaffected by them.
Consequently, the Ultimate Skill "Azathoth, God of the Void," which ironically enough is the Supreme God of the Outer Gods, grants Kardia a similar passive ability that serves as an additional form of protection.
This is also why Kardia can absorb the energies of the Immaterium as easily as drinking water.
The point is that Kardia, with his status as a "high-dimensional" being and his protection from his Ultimate Skill Azathoth, can function similarly to a "server."
Why compare him to a server?
Imagine that the Immaterium is like the internet, which can become infected with too many viruses at some point. This is true as the Immaterium doesn't only have "demons," they also have other Warp entities.
To avoid infection and damage to one's own electronics (soul), one seeks out a "server" (god to worship) that allows one to navigate and exist within the Immaterium safely.
In this analogy, the Chaos Gods and other minor deities within the Immaterium act as servers, each with its own rules that you must follow to access their functions.
Kardia, in this context, represents a new server that has emerged seemingly out of nowhere and is immune to corruption.
This is why Kardia considered the idea of using himself in various ways.
In fact, this analogy also led him to think about the Odin Force.
Have you ever wondered why, in Marvel, no one who practices magic in Asgard ever mentions owing a debt to anyone?
If you're a fan of Marvel, you should know that using magic often requires paying a price, especially when tapping into energies from other dimensions.
However, you never see anyone from Asgard mentioning a debt for the use of magic.
Thor, as the God of Thunder and Storms, can use the power of thunder at will. He can control storms, manipulate the elements of nature, and execute various powerful attacks.
Similarly, Loki and Hela can manifest powerful weapons infinitely and employ different types of magic without ever appearing to pay a price.
Of course, you can say that because Thor, Loki, and Hela are Gods, and thus this means that their spiritual power is way bigger than that of normal Asgardians.
This means that instead of relying on Odin's power, they can use their own power instead.
That is true.
In fact, that is very true.
Nevertheless, the real reason why normal Asgardians don't seem to pay a price is that behind this lies the power of Odin, often referred to as the "Odin Force."
All Asgardians who practice magic draw upon the "Odin Force" to harness their abilities. After all, not all Asgardians are like Thor, Hela, Heimdall, and Loki, so for them, to borrow power from Odin seems the better choice.
The "Odin Force" is extraordinary, combining cosmic energy from the universe with the user's vitality and spiritual power, allowing for unimaginable magical and cosmic feats.
This is why Odin can perform so many abilities, including teleportation, shapeshifting, matter manipulation, cosmic energy manipulation, spiritual energy manipulation, energy projection, power bestowal, soul manipulation, as well as the ability to bless, curse, and enchant certain objects and creatures, and this is further improved with the Runes.
Kardia already has all of these abilities, yet, compared to him, Odin is able to use them as if they were a unified force.
This allows Odin to use any kind of superpowers without incantations and just do them with a single thought.
Kardia has the Odin template from both Saint Seiya and Marvel integrated into himself.
Kardia also recognized that the only way to solve his self-created problem was to serve as a "source" of clean power and a means of keeping his race in check.
Kardia can already draw cosmic energy from the cosmos, and he can also draw spiritual energy from the Immaterium. When combining both, this allows Kardia to create his own version of the Odin Force.
Thus, he decided to create his own "Force."
Yeah... You heard and read right.
Kardia created his own force, which he named the "Kardia Force."
Kardia had actually requested the information on how to create the "Odin" force from the system of Reincarnation, and when he had Raphael create this force for him, Kardia found that he could utilize his powers much more easily.
After creating his force, Kardia and Raphael began to see how they could implement their idea into reality.
Kardia used the information that he knew Doctor Doom had about the Odin Force.
Every Asgardian has the "spark" of the Odin Force inside them.
This is a direct physical and spiritual connection.
This allows Asgardians to use their spiritual powers through the Odin Force.
Kardia and Raphael just recreated this, but they also had to implement it in the soul.
After various experiments, Kardia and Raphael, using Kardia's newfound "Force", theym managed to solve the problem at hand, and later they created the Vaccine perfectly.
Just like the Asgardians of Marvel, the humans injected with the Vaccine, who will later change into "NEW" humans, will have a spark of Kardia's "Kardia Force" within their bodies and souls.
Of course, they will be biologically engineered to use their own power, but his "Kardia Force" will act as the "system" they need to go through to use their "psychic" abilities, or even perform sorcery through him.
Kardia was practically turning into the Vishanti of Marvel.
With the vaccine and food prepared, Kardia realized he needed machines for production and automation.
...
At the end of the fourth month and the beginning of the fifth month, Kardia started designing machines to automate various tasks.
The first thing he did was create an artificial intelligence, using the most optimal approach within this universe.
Kardia and Raphael, while they were going planet to planet through the second month, had learned to create Machine Spirits.
It was not hard, after all; after analyzing one, you can pretty much learn to make one.
With Raphael's help, they developed a being that combined elements of both Artificial Intelligence and a Machine Spirit. In other words, an AI with a soul.
It was like creating a Manas in Tensura, but, at the same time, it was not that.
Since the Machine Spirit was designed and created by him, this Machine Spirit is loyal to him to the death instantly.
Kardia had also given the Machine Spirit a name.
This name was "Enki."
He also incorporated the Machine Spirit, Enki, into his "Synpatic Link."
This integration allows Raphael and Kardia to maintain control and awareness of everything happening with their technology at all times.
This is further enhanced when you notice that Kardia has the Extra Skill "Technology Domination," meaning he can dominate the concept of technology.
This also grants their technology a level of "protection," as the coding and so on are under his "server," which cannot be corrupted or hacked.
With Enki and Raphael's help, Kardia began to create robots to move things around and do some other things that he needed them to do.
Now...
For the automation, things changed.
Dear reader, do you remember when it was mentioned that his system was focused on city and planet building?
Instead of simply receiving the finished buildings, Kardia obtains the "information," in other words, the complete information for those structures and machines.
Well, Kardia, for the time since he got to this world, engaged with that function of the system.
After analyzing, copying, and later perfecting some technologies, Kardia was able to recreate and perfect something that could potentially change the entire galaxy: the Star Forge.
Yes, that legendary super-weapon and factory created by the Rakatan Infinite Empire around 30,000 BBY in the Star Wars universe.
Yeah, that one.
The Star Forge was a super-weapon that drew energy directly from stars and even the Force. The Dark Side of the Force.
After obtaining this energy, through advanced technology of transmutation and other means, it could literally create the materials needed for building battleships, droids, weapons, and much more.
The Star Forge not only "forges" battleships, droids, weapons, and much more, but it also handles the assembly of these creations.
In Kardia's case, the Star Forge he perfected operates by drawing energy from him—specifically, the energy from his "Kardia Force."
Kardia doesn't have to worry about the machine developing its own "consciousness," as seen in the Star Wars universe, because it is supported by Enki and Raphael.
Enki follows Raphael's commands and worships Kardia, and Raphael, in turn, obeys, loves, and worships Kardia.
This means that everything is under Kardia's control. And because there is infinite loyalty, Kardia can allow them to act freely.
This Star Forge is even larger than the original and is not just a "Star Forge"—it was designed to be an overpowered entire space station, specifically Kardia's personal space station.
This Star Forge features designated areas for constructing extremely large battleships, cruisers, heavy cruisers, frigates, and various other vessels.
Yes, this includes weapons.
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Talking about weapons.
The last months, halfway through the fifth and the entirety of the sixth month, were dedicated to creating the initial weapons that his future people will use.
Yes... INITIAL weapons.
Kardia wants to create something, and later allow his people to "create" other things.
Weapons are needed in an Empire.
After all, every Empire needs weapons for protection.
Understanding the need for effective weaponry for his soldiers and people, Kardia analyzed the weapons of the Imperium, drawing upon information he gathered in the second month.
However, he was deeply disappointed.
Kardia had never truly believed the claims of other Warhammer 40k fans that the Imperium's weapons were inferior to those used by humans from his previous world.
Yet, upon inspecting the weapons, he found that SOME were, in fact, inferior.
This realization brought him to the brink of killing himself due to anger, but unfortunately for him, he is immortal.
So, what did Kardia do?
He set to work creating weapons.
What else would you expect, bro?
Kardia prioritized the development of weapons, ensuring they were easy to use, efficient, powerful, and reliable.
That was the main theme and purpose.
The second objective was to make balanced weapons.
To make these weapons nearly "perfect" for their specific job. However, all of them share multiple common things.
All of them are insanely precise, they have a wide range, and all of them have a good fire rate.
Through the process, Kardia figured something out, which made his life much easier.
He came to understand an important truth: when designing sci-fi weapons, logic sometimes needs to get the fuck out.
Of course, logic is essential for creating the technology used in weapon development. Still, when it comes to the actual design of the weapon, conventional reasoning may not apply.
For example, when designing a sci-fi weapon, you first need to identify the problem you want to solve.
Do you want to penetrate armor?
Do you want to easily eliminate Daemons?
Are you seeking weapons to combat the endless swarms of Tyranids?
Or do you need weapons effective against psykers?
Once you have a clear idea of the challenges, you only need to devise solutions and then find ways to implement those solutions with technology.
That is the truth behind Sci-fi weapons.
That is, why those weapons don't look... reasonable. Because reason was never in the picture.
After establishing the technical details, the final step is design.
Fortunately, Kardia and Raphael had already established the aesthetic for his Imperium, so any subsequent designs simply needed to adhere to that established theme.
This design was meant to reflect their power and status, sending a clear message to all their enemies:
They weren't to be trifled with.
However, Kardia aimed to create weapons that were vastly superior to those of the Imperium and to the other races in the galaxy.
Determined, Kardia began his work, drawing inspiration from video games such as DOOM, Halo, StarCraft, Star Wars, Helldivers, and many others.
He took particular inspiration from the DOOM series for his anti-demon weapons.
While the DOOM series utilized "argent" energy, Kardia needed to find an alternative source of energy.
Once again, the solution was his energy.
He crafted these anti-demon weapons using his energy, which proved to be extremely dangerous to all demons in this universe.
Kardia's design philosophy was reminiscent of the methods used by angels and exorcists in High School DxD to combat demons: using the element of light to vanquish darkness.
But in the end, Kardia decided to completely go away from this idea.
While it is good that he can use his spiritual energy for nearly everything, if something ever happens to him, pretty much his imperium would be useless.
Just like how Asgard became a hunted place after Odin died.
So he decided to incline more towards how the Quincies operate in the world of Bleach, but with less imbalance.
So, yeah, at the end, the entire "project" was cancelled by Kardia.
Kardia decided to go with something like "Reishi" guns.
Something similar to what Sternritter Robert Accutrone used in Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War. Which is to combine the spiritual with technology.
After all, that was what Kardia was trying to do.
He wanted to combine the spiritual with science to create "Technomagic."
After all, he had the template of Victor Von Doom, also known as "Dr. Doom", integrated into him. Dr. Doom is an individual who used both technology and "magic/spiritual."
Kardia also had the Tatsuya Shiba template integrated into himl.
Kardia wants to replicate the "technomagic" of "Shiba Tatsuya" of the Anime of "The Irregular at Magic High School."
That guy was the Goat.
For melee weapons, ultimately, Kardia opted for a more traditional approach to melee weapons, trying to forge weapons from metal. Fortunately, he had access to several strong metals.
Utilizing his knowledge of forging, which came from his template of Hephaestus, the Greek God of Fire and Forging, he crafted various types of weapons.
He created a longsword, a greatsword, dual blades, a katana, a spear, a lance, an axe, a hammer, and even smaller versions of the Charge Blade and Switch Axe from the Monster Hunter series.
These weapons possessed the Light Attribute, branding them as "Holy Swords." They were powerful, made from a special alloy he had developed.
But what is this alloy?
In the Marvel Universe, there is often debate about what the strongest metal is, with answers varying depending on the situation.
For instance, if a human needs a material that can offer protection from nearly everything, Vibranium is a solid choice.
If one seeks a metal that can cut through anything and also give you solid protection, Adamantium is the way to go.
For a God, metals like Adamantine and Uru are preferred.
However, these metals are unique in their own ways and have their own weaknesses, which often stem from the narratives authored in the comics.
Kardia and Raphael achieved something that, if replicated in the Marvel Universe, could literally change everything.
With Raphael's help, Kardia created an alloy that fused the protective qualities of Vibranium with the slicing power of Adamantium and Adamantine, as well as the ability of Uru and Adamantine to retain spiritual energy, cosmic energy, and enchantments. Mysterium was also added to the mix.
This alloy can be seen as the combination of the good properties of each metal that he had requested during his time in the "Endless Void," and later combining them together to make something without flaws.
Normally, this would be IMPOSSIBLE.
Mostly because each metal has a molecular composition it adheres to, and some scientific reasons.
However, you are reading about a guy who literally "dominates" the laws of the material universe and the laws of the spiritual side of the universe.
That same guy also has the Ultimate Skill "Raphael, Lord of Wisdom," with pretty much the ability to comprehend anything and everything, including the impossible, which was something he requested.
Kardia and Raphael were able to accomplish the impossible. In the end, a perfect metal was created.
It is not heavy, it is quite malleable, and its indestructibility is unparalleled; it cannot be destroyed by anything except for him. Well... unless you are a Saint from the Saint Seiya universe, you cannot harm it.
This metal cannot even be harmed by the force of a black hole or the speed of light.
This metal can literally cut through anything and everything. It can protect from nearly everything.
Additionally, it can be further enhanced with spiritual and cosmic energy, and it can also nullify the power of spiritual energy from an enemy and boost the user's own spiritual energy.
The conductivity of magical and cosmic energies is through the roof, making it the most energy-efficient metal in the universe.
Wasn't this too overpowered?
Yeah... but, at the same time, Kardia doesn't think so.
If the Necrons can literally create technology and weapons that can shatter the literal gods of the material universe, Kardia can have his little fun.
Yeah... so... don't come here and complain to Kardia why such a powerful "metal" was created.
After the weapons were made with that alloy, which he named "Lightium," Kardia enchanted those weapons.
Enchanting them to make them more powerful, to make their sharpness never dull, to give them the ability to shoot light, and to be unusable by anyone else that was not a member of his future empire.
This included the forces of the Imperium, Orks, Genestealers, and even the Aeldari.
These weapons were technically made for his soldiers, and he doesn't want unknown forces touching them and using them against his future people.
After those weapons were made, Kardia used them as a guide to mass-produce them in the Star Forge.
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The next thing that he did was to create armor.
For the armor, Kardia took inspiration from the Knights of the Round Table of the Fate series, and he also took inspiration from sci-fi armor concepts.
At the end, the armor that he went with was a combination of the aesthetic of the Knights of the Round Table, the MCU Asgardian aesthetic, and Roman and Olympian armor.
Normally, this would be disastrous as a design.
Still, because the theme was already established, the combination went very smoothly, especially when Kardia and Raphael took inspiration from the Armor of "Romulus-Quirinus" of Fate/Grand Order.
Well... these armors were actually created for the "Space Marines" of Kardia's future empire.
Kardia had actually planned for his "Space Marines" to be something like Paladins, or something like the "Grey Knights" of the Imperium of Man.
Or even something like the "Saints" of the Eastern Empire from the world of Tensura.
In fact, he was more inclined to the last one, but in reality, they were more like everything that he described.
He wanted hexagonal warriors. That is what he truly wanted for his "Space Marines."
Warriors that were balanced in pretty much every scale of combat. Kardia was going to design them to be able to fight against the Tyranids, the Orks, the demons, and so on.
What about the regular soldiers of his future empire?
The more "regular" armors were made of a special alloy, which was a combination of Mysterium and Vibranium.
This alloy makes it extremely durable and also capable of giving psychic immunity to its user.
His future super soldiers can't complain about weapons, about armor, or even about food because he thought of almost everything.
They can't complain about not having enough resources because the Star Forge can literally make them.
The only thing that Kardia wasn't able to figure out in time was the battleships, and he was still working around that.
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"Maybe it is time to stop the lonely journey."
Kardia, who got up from his laboratory seat, looked at everything he had accomplished and smiled.
He had worked hard.
You would think that Raphael did everything for him, but in reality, Kardia also worked hard. He was the one with the ideas, and he did the initial experiments, and Raphael was the one who perfected it and gave it a smooth final touch.
Kardia looked through the window and watched the planet where he first "spawned" into this grimdark galaxy. Kardia didn't know the name of the planet, and he wasn't actually trying to rename it.
Yes... Kardia was actually inside his Star Forge Space Station, which was outside the orbit of the planet, and hidden with invincibility technology.
Maybe it was time to make contact with the humans who were on that planet.
Yeah.. Kardia hasn't actually gone there and saved those people.
Maybe he wasn't such a good person after all, but hey, now he has the resources and means to save them. He also has the means to make them join his side.
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End of Chapter 8.
[IMPORTANT NOTE!]
Chapter 9 will introduce new characters.
Kardia, while still present, might not be the center of the story in that episode.
Well, he might be.