Starting with One Piece, a Multiverse Simulation

Judging from his appearance alone, he didn't seem like a respectable person at all. Yet he was walking with the human kingdom knights, and judging from their behavior, they seemed to be leading him. This made Wood feel somewhat puzzled.

Wood noticed the other person not only because of his appearance and clothing, which were different from others, but also because of his powerful aura.

Without exaggeration, of all the people Wood has encountered since coming to this world, the skeletal figure in front of him is definitely among the top five in terms of strength.

In Wood's memory, the only beings who could reliably defeat this guy, besides the dragon god Alsteed, were probably the nine-headed dragon of the underground labyrinth who could be considered his equal.

As for Rudy, Rijkaard, and Gilead, they were clearly inferior to their opponents.

“They are from the Kingdom of Wanglong. These should be Wanglong Knights. When they served as Templar Knights in the church, they saw the old Pope receive the envoys from the Kingdom of Wanglong.”

Therese, a former captain of the Temple Knights, quickly recognized the origins of the knights who appeared there.

Upon hearing the words "church" and "temple knights," the newcomer looked enlightened and said to Therese and the others, "So you are from the Holy Kingdom of Milis. It seems that we have the same purpose for coming here."

As those who arrived before us, I wonder if the members of the Holy Kingdom of Milis have investigated the heretical phenomena occurring here?

The person who spoke was not the sinister man who had previously made Wood feel dangerous, but a captain among the Dragon Knights.

Because this is the border between the continent of Milis and the central continent, and the two kingdoms closest to here are the Milis Theocracy and the Dragon King Kingdom, the other side obviously also believes that Therese and her group are a team sent by the Milis Theocracy to investigate the anomaly.

"The strange thing happening here..."

Upon hearing the question, Therese was momentarily at a loss for words.

She naturally knew the reason for the strange situation here, and she also knew the purpose of the Wanglong Kingdom sending people here, but how should she answer this question?

Could it be that the commotion that shook the two continents was caused by her nephew and the dragon god Orsteed?

"Why pretend to be stupid? We are all here for the same purpose, and this time we have caused such a big commotion."

Our Kingdom of Wanglong and your Holy Kingdom of Milis are the two kingdoms closest to here. If any catastrophe were to occur, our two kingdoms would be the first to be affected.

Therefore, I still hope that you can share information frankly and openly, as this will make it easier for us to support each other in the future.

Seeing Therese's state, the people of the Dragon Kingdom assumed she was deliberately hiding something, so their attitude suddenly became somewhat impolite.

The Kingdom of Wanglong is very powerful, at least much stronger than the Holy Kingdom of Milis.

They came with a mission, while Therese's group consisted of women and children, clearly a ragtag army of temple knights and adventurers.

After realizing that Therese had been hiding something from them, the knights of the Dragon Kingdom naturally began to use their power to intimidate others.

"Stop making enemies unnecessarily with your foolish actions. The people in front of you are not as simple as you think."

Or perhaps, the cataclysm that shook both continents was caused by them.

Seeing the Dragon Knight Captain attempting to intimidate him, the previously silent and sinister man finally spoke up, placing his hand on the Dragon Knight Captain's shoulder to signal him to shut up and stop talking.

“But Lord Randolph, they… yes, I understand.”

The dragon knight who was stopped wanted to say something more, but after turning around and seeing Randolph's dangerous gaze, he immediately chose to obediently obey orders.

"Although I don't know exactly what happened here, if it was the Dragon God Lord Orsteed, it wouldn't be surprising if he could have caused that strange event."

I wonder who the other opponent is who can rival the Dragon God to this extent? It can't be Laplace, the number one ranked Technique God, can it?

In fact, the so-called "Seven Great Powers" are not fixed candidates. Although titles such as "God of Skill," "Dragon God," and "Sword God" are fixed, the people who inherit these titles are not unique.

The ranking of the seven great powers was arranged by a stone tablet, and the "God of Skill" and the "God of Demons," who were originally demigods of Laplace, were ranked first and second on the tablet of the great powers.

However, during the Battle of Laplace, Ulpe, the dragon god who was ranked fourth at the time, defeated the "Demon God," which is why their rankings changed.

Compared to other major powers, the top four of the seven major powers are a very clear dividing line with the bottom three.

The last three of the seven great powers, "Death God," "Sword God," and "Northern God," have almost all been human in succession.

The top four of the seven great powers are either related to Laplace, the creator of the stele, or are simply not human.

There's no need to elaborate on the Dragon God Orsteed. The first "God of Skill" and the fourth "Demon God" are both half-bodies of the original Demon Dragon King Laplace.

Even the third-ranked "God of War" actually has a very deep connection with Laplace, because the third "God of War" is not actually a person, but the strongest armor created by Laplace, originally meant to be armor for fighting against the gods.

The so-called "God of War" refers to the person who wears the God of War Armor.

The Armor of the God of War grants its wearer the strongest power. However, the excessive magical power possesses its own will and can seize the wearer's consciousness.

Once donned, over time, one's consciousness will gradually be dominated by the God of War Armor, rendering them unable to distinguish right from wrong, good from evil, and solely focused on fighting. Driven by the wearer's magic power, the armor cannot be removed until the wearer's life force is completely exhausted.

Furthermore, the Armor of the God of War possesses an extremely absurd self-repairing ability. In order to kill the God of War, Laplace once unleashed an attack powerful enough to create a huge hole in the continent (reportedly comparable to the Pacific Ocean), and he himself was destroyed in the process, but the Armor of the God of War was still preserved.

In short, the first four of the seven great powers are not normal guys, and the Dragon God Orsteed, who ranks second among them, can be considered one of the best.

Furthermore, the fact that the Dragon God is ranked second is not because his limit has been reached, but simply because he has never challenged the "God of Skill" who is ranked first.

The man standing before Wood and his companions, walking alongside the knights of the Dragon King Kingdom and exuding a sinister aura, was none other than Randolph Marian, the strongest knight of the Dragon King Kingdom and the fifth-ranked "Grim Reaper" among the powerful forces.

At the same time, Randolph also recognized that the white-haired, cold-looking man in the ragtag adventurer group that the Dragon Knight had mistaken for was none other than the Dragon God Orsteed, the second strongest among the powerful.

Since even the mysterious and powerful dragon god Auersted has appeared here, it's not hard to guess who caused the anomaly.

Randolph was able to inherit the title of the fifth "Grim Reaper" among the great powers, so he must have been a very powerful warrior himself. And based on his experience, it was not difficult to tell from the surrounding environment that an extremely fierce battle must have taken place here.

If one of the combatants is the Dragon God Alstead, then who would be the other? This is something Randolph could never have imagined.

The "God of Skill" who was the number one among the seven great powers was extremely mysterious, and no one had even seen his true form to this day.

The third, "God of War," was severely injured by Laplace, the former God of War, due to the God of War Armor, and his whereabouts are currently unknown.

As for the fourth "Demon God," it was destroyed by the "Three Heroes" many years ago during the Second Human-Demon War and has not yet been resurrected.

One of the so-called "three heroes" here is the first generation of Northern God, Kalman Rebek, who is now the seventh strongest power.

As the half-body of the "Dragon King" Laplace, the demon god should not have been hostile to humans at first.

Unfortunately, because it only inherited half of Laplace's soul and memories, unlike the other half of the God of Technique who only remembered to defeat gods, it only remembered to defeat humans, which is why it was so obsessed with destroying humanity.

The "gods" and "men" that the "God of Skill" and the "Demon God" want to defeat, when put together, are actually "human gods," which are Laplace's greatest enemies.

Unfortunately, because the "God of Skill" and the "Demon God" only inherited half of its soul and memories, they went astray and instead became obstacles to the Dragon God's victory over the Human God.

Of course, these are all digressions. What I really want to say is that the top four and bottom three of the seven great powers have an absolute gap in strength, and are not even on the same level.

Even if the Dragon God wanted to kill Randolph, who is currently ranked fifth, it wouldn't take much effort at all.

If he, the fifth strongest among the great powers, is already like this, then the others are even more so. The third-ranked "God of War" has yet to have a new successor, and the fourth-ranked "God of Demons" is dead. Therefore, the only one that Randolph could think of who could fight the Dragon God to this extent is naturally the mysterious first-ranked "God of Skill" among the great powers.

"Your intuition is very sharp, but unfortunately you still guessed wrong. The guy who fought me and was evenly matched with me was not the 'God of Skills,' but that blond kid over there."

I remember you must be one of those guys on the Great Powers' monument. If he's really interested in taking that position, judging by your strength, you probably wouldn't last three rounds against a fully serious him.

The arrogant Dragon God wouldn't remember the names of ordinary minions, but it must be said that as the fifth strongest among the seven great powers, Orstide did have some impression of him.

Upon hearing Alstead's words, Randolph was horrified and looked at Wood, the seemingly boy-next-door type, with disbelief.

Randolph didn't believe the Dragon God would lie, because given his status and prestige, he wouldn't need to deceive them on such a meaningless matter.

That's precisely why Randolph was so surprised, because in his eyes, Wood was far too young and also unusually unfamiliar.

If the other party is truly a terrifying being capable of matching the Dragon God in strength, then he shouldn't be an unknown figure on the continent... no, I should say in this world.

"May I ask your name, sir? And what race are you from...? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to inquire about your information, I just wanted to get to know you."

After all, some special races have their own customs, and I just wanted to avoid stepping on any landmines.

Randolph did not underestimate Wood because of his youth. On the contrary, his tone was unusually polite. After all, Wood was a formidable figure who could face off against the Dragon God Alsteed. If he displeased Wood, it might bring annihilation to his homeland, the Dragon King Kingdom.

And while his tone was polite, Randolph's questions were quite sophisticated. He said he wanted to avoid stepping on some strange racial customs, but in the end, he still had some questions about Wood's information and origins.

Randolph, who was able to fight the Dragon God Orsteed head-on and be evenly matched, naturally did not believe that the other party was as young as he appeared, and might not even be human at all, which is why he asked such a question.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Of course he's human! He's my child, how could he be a freak of some other race?!"

Before Wood could respond to Randolph's probing question, Senis, standing nearby, glared at Randolph and shouted angrily.

There are reasons why Senis reacted so strongly.

Because Wood had previously used the secret technique of the Teigu "Winter Knight", the side effects of "dragonization" were manifesting on his body.

When Senis wiped Wood's body while he was unconscious, she was terrified when she saw the dragon scales on his skin. She even went so far as to confront the dragon god Orsteed about it.

The other party is the Dragon God, and now Wood has dragon scales on his body. Naturally, Senis believes that this is all Orsteed's fault.

However, after seeing Wood's condition, Alstead immediately concluded that this was one of the side effects of Wood's previous use of powerful force. After all, no power in the world can be obtained out of thin air; everything is based on equivalent exchange.

Fortunately, after the Dragon God examined Wood and confirmed that the dragon scales posed no real harm to his body, Senis was finally relieved.

However, the appearance of dragon scales on her child, turning him into a monster-like being, caused Senis to harbor resentment. When she heard Randolph say that Wood was not "human," she naturally exploded on the spot.

Chapter 511 The Struggle for the Papal Throne

Randolph looked at the suddenly angry blonde woman with a bewildered expression, but he was quickly shocked again by the information contained in her words.

Randolph had considered many possibilities, but he never imagined that the being who could fight the Dragon God Alsteed head-on and be evenly matched would be a human!

Furthermore, since it is a human being, it means that the other person's appearance is not faked, but that they are naturally this young.

Judging from his still somewhat immature appearance, is this boy really fifteen years old...?

Randolph considered himself quite talented; otherwise, he wouldn't have inherited the title of "Grim Reaper" among the Seven Great Powers and remained active for so long.

After defeating the previous "Grim Reaper," countless people wanted to challenge him and rise to power. In the end, he grew tired of it all and returned to his homeland, the Dragon King Kingdom, to become a chef and live a retired life.

Even with such talent, Randolph was probably doing cheap mercenary work in some corner of the Demon Continent when he was fifteen.

He was also fifteen years old, yet he had already faced off against the Dragon God, the second strongest of the seven great powers, and remained undefeated.