I thought getting isekaied was a blessing—going around saving maidens and growing a harem while getting super strong. I could not be farther from the truth. I died like most isekais by getting hit by a truck, and then a goddess came to me and asked me to save her world from a demon lord with a game-like system. I was so excited I did not see her smile grow too wide as I jumped in joy. Sending me to an almost completely destroyed church with starving and sickly people worshipping a statue of said goddess, seeing me appear, they thanked her as a few messages appeared before me.
[World left to save : 98% / 100%]
[Difficulty set to: Armageddon ]
It was hell leveling up I could not tell you how many times I almost gave up, but then after a few years I formed a family of people that I saved. We made a safe haven for the people of this world, and the goddess's name grew with every person saved. My system saved me so many times. The leveling up and making me grow seven years after being transported to this world got me to sixty-something percent, gaining the attention of the many demon lords in the world. My safe haven almost fell apart many times.
I protected it many times, gaining skill, but along with my growth, I saw many things no boy should see when I went out and conquered the castles and territory of the demons humans used as playthings and food and then the breeding ground for food or the half-lings of humans and demons that have many times betrayed us, using kindness against us. I have lost more comrades than I've breathed, and every time I grow to hate demons with every fiber of my being.
20 years have passed, that percent has almost hit zero, and my level cap has long since been hit. I could only grow with my techniques and magic arts, but even with all of this, the demon king was so very strong it took me three weeks to even make him tired and another month or so to fatally wound him. While I have long grown tired of losing my right arm and left leg, a hole in my stomach, and many fatal cuts all over my body, the only thing keeping me together was my [Regen] skill since I have much mana, as much as the goddess, but I did win. Everyone I brought with me died along with every demon in this world.
[Hooray! World left to save: 0% / 100%]
[You get one wish from my goddess.]
Do you accept [YES / NO]
"Yes," I said, falling to the ground, my eyes closing subconsciously.
****
Waking up, I slowly sat up, feeling some soft fabric unlike anything I have felt before. Seeing my body naked and all of the scars on me made me think back to all of the people I fought with. Seeing my limbs back, I sighed. Standing up, I looked around. I see clouds as far as the eye can see, and the goddess is looking at me with eyes of pure excitement.
"Armory," I screamed, taking out my best friend through my journey, a massive claymore made of meteorite, and rushing at her with the fury of 7 quintillion suns.
But my body froze in place only inches away from her.
"Wow, is that any way to greet your goddess?" she questioned, smiling a sickly sweet smile.
"NO. . .NO, YOU ARE NO GODDESS OF MINE. I DID EVERYTHING I COULD TO SAVE YOUR WORLD AGAINST MY WILL JUST TO SURVIVE 20-SOMETHING YEARS, ALMOST THIRTY," I screamed, able to move my mouth.
"Did you not agree to save my world its not my fault when you were thinking of saving my world, you thought of a cakewalk, and I am extremely grateful to you, the 75th hero I sent to save my world it was not like this before. beforemost people I got from your world always thought of getting a harem or just fucking like rabbits with every female they saw and when they went out to fight any demon or monster to gain strength, they chicken out and ket the world get so bad I have tried to tell them many times but I was blow off many times HOW DARE YOU GET MAD AT ME? I DID EVERYTHING I COULD DO FOR MY PEOPLE. I HAVE GIVEN YOU EVERY BLESSING I COULD, ALL OF YOU, BUT ALL THE PAST HEROES DID WAS MUCK ABOUT, MAKING THE PROBLEM WORSE. I KNOW WHAT I DID WAS WRONG, BUT IT WAS THE ONLY THING I COULD DO. YOU, OUT OF ALL THOSE HEROES, DID NOT LOOK FOR A FEMALE; YOU GOT STRAIGHT INTO HELPING MY PEOPLE. I THANK YOU FOR THAT; I SINCERELY THANK YOU. SO PLEASE do not get angry with me, I beg of you," she said, getting on her knees at the end and bowing her head.
Tears swelled in my eyes as I cried for the first time in 20-something years, "Y...You're right. I am sorry. I was just such a stupid kid back then. I should have asked questions or even thought about the family that I left behind. I just thought about those cartoons I watched or those fantasy books I read about," I said, falling to the ground as my once scar-ridden body and tall, imposing figure turned back into the skinny, mildly fit, pale white body I had when I first got isekaied.
"I feel very guilty, so I shall make two wishes for you, but you can't ask to go back to your world; too much time has passed on this side, I am sorry to say," she said, standing back up as she floated down to hug me. Feeling her embrace, I felt like a child getting a hug from their mother. All of the sadness and stress from all of the fighting melted away as I bawled in her arms for a while.
****
Standing back as she floated above me, I gave out my wishes.
"I would like to keep my strength. Does that include everything I learned and used without the system? I said/asked, hoping for a yes.
"Yeah, that is doable, but I will have to take the system away, not that it matters, so make sure to memorize those spells and skills you have. Now for the next one," she said, smiling.
"Send me to another world, a calm and peaceful world if possible." I asked about putting away my claymore.
"I am sorry, but there is no such world in the whole omniverse," she said, shaking her head sadly.
"I see. Then please send me to a world free from demons, please." I said after a minute of thinking.
"That is doable, and with your strength u should have no problem in world I send you because I power a whole lot of divinity in making that system to make you strong Because even after the level cap, you still grew, even if it was much slower. I could say if there was no cap, you could be around level 1376 from my calculation," she said as a transportation circle appeared under me.
"Then why make a cap if you need someone strong?" I asked, confused.
"I have to; if not, then it would break the balance, but I did kind of make you OP. It was just the demon king you fought also has a similar system he extracted from one of the past failures I sent to save my world, and I am sorry for that. He should not have gotten that strong again. Once again, I apologize, and I hope you live a peaceful life in your new world. Goodbye, Azearl, and I hope we meet again if fate allows it, my sweet hero," she said, smiling as she kissed me, leaving me dazed for a second as I got transported to my new world.
To Be Continued. . . .