Multiversal Friendship System

For now, Souta couldn't rush the process of establishing a Divine Authority, so he focused on testing other applications of Divine spark.

His primary goal? Enhancing combat effectiveness.

Sure, divine spark could theoretically do anything, but directly manifesting an attack or wishing for someone to die was highly inefficient.

Why waste divine spark to kill someone when a simple knife to the throat would do?

Using divine spark directly in battle was stupidly wasteful.

So, he needed a better way to integrate divine spark into combat.

Then, an idea struck him—could divine spark replace the stamina he used for his abilities?

For instance, his Time Manipulation and Matter Creation normally consumed his physical energy.

If divine spark could substitute for stamina, then his abilities would become exponentially more powerful.

Back on the ground, Souta created a piece of parchment, then tore it to shreds and tossed the fragments into the air.

Then, he shouted DIO's famous line.

"ZA WARUDO!"

In that instant—

The paper fragments froze mid-air, completely suspended.

They were locked in time, like insects trapped in amber.

—A large-scale Time Stop!

Previously, Souta could only stop time for a single object. Kurumi had the same limitation.

Sure, Kurumi could fire multiple time-stopping bullets at different targets, but since she needed to reload each shot manually, it was questionable whether she could freeze everything before the pieces of paper hit the ground.

Unless she cheated by using store-bought ability cards, pulling off something like this was nearly impossible.

But now?

Souta had stopped an entire field of floating objects—all at once!

His power had leveled up dramatically.

Watching the motionless paper fragments, he grinned.

"Yup, this works."

Sure, burning divine spark this way was still costly—but compared to brute-forcing attacks using divine spark alone, the efficiency had improved by several times.

Next Test: Matter Creation

Previously, Souta's Matter Creation ability could only generate about 100 pounds worth of material at a time.

This time, however—

He created an entire steamroller.

And lifted it with one hand.

"…Divine spark is really convenient."

His grin widened.

But… What Now?

A new problem arose—what to do with the steamroller?

Unlike game inventories, Matter Creation didn't allow him to "delete" objects at will.

If he left the steamroller in the palace, the servants and guards would freak out, and it might cause a major commotion.

"Hmm… should I create a small stable subspace for storage?"

The idea sounded good at first.

But…

That would waste divine spark, and with his current level, he wasn't even sure if he had enough divine energy to pull it off.

After a moment of thought, Souta found a simpler solution.

He uploaded the steamroller to the system marketplace.

[Marketplace Upload]

Souta has uploaded a new item: Steamroller

Item Description:

Type: Tool (Weapon)

Function: Can be used to pave roads (or crush people).

[Chat Reactions]

Rin Tohsaka: "???"

Altair: "..."

Kurumi Tokisaki: "@Souta. What's with the steamroller upload?"

Souta: "I was testing my Matter Creation ability. The thing I made was too big to store, so I'm temporarily using the shop as a storage space."

Kurumi: "..."

She suddenly remembered—

Souta had talked about this before.

When Shiroyasha had removed items from the store, Souta had a brainwave:

"If I can voluntarily take down my own listings, then I could technically use the store as storage… As long as no one buys the items."

Kurumi felt speechless.

This guy actually went and did it.

Kurumi: "If you need storage, I could just use my shadow dimension for you."

Souta: "But you won't always be around. This shop storage trick is actually really useful."

Kurumi: "Then why not just make me stay with you 24/7?"

"..."

Souta scratched his cheek awkwardly.

Lately, Kurumi had become less reserved, growing increasingly forward.

Rin Tohsaka: "Wait… If we can use the store as storage, does that mean… I can upload an entire mountain and drop it on my enemies?"

…Does she not realize she'd probably crush herself too?

Souta suddenly respected Rin's creativity.

Souta: "Forget it. I already asked the system—you can only upload things you can physically lift."

Rin: "Damn. That means no mountains…"

Souta: "Yeah. Otherwise, I would've uploaded your entire moon and used it as a projectile."

Rin: "Wait—why OUR moon?! Why not YOURS?"

Souta: "Because if I took MY moon, my own world would get messed up."

Rin: "..."

Rin: "You… didn't consider that OUR world would also be ruined?"

Souta: "Relax, Rin. I was joking. If I actually stole your moon, I might accidentally wake up Type-Moon's Brunestud of the Crimson Moon, and that would be a disaster."

Rin: "Wait, you said we can only upload things that belong to us… That's normal, right? Why are you emphasizing it?"

Souta shook his head.

Rin was too young—she didn't see the bigger picture.

Because of this restriction, Souta couldn't use some of his best trolling ideas.

If this restriction didn't exist, he could've gone to Fate/Stay Night's Fifth Holy Grail War and stolen Lancer and Gilgamesh's weapons.

What could've been…

Lancer (Cu Chulainn):

"Gáe Bolg—!!"

"Heh, brat, do you even understand the true power of causality-reversing— Huh?!"

"W-WHERE THE HELL IS MY SPEAR?!"

Gilgamesh:

"Mongrel! Behold the true might of my treasure— Eh?"

"WHERE THE HELL DID MY TREASURES GO?! WHAT DID YOU DO, YOU FILTHY MONGREL?!"

Souta chuckled at the thought.

If he could just tank their attacks using his immortality, he'd have been able to loot Gilgamesh's entire treasury and steal Lancer's Gáe Bolg.

Then, he'd leave Lancer sobbing in the bathroom.

Unfortunately… the system's restriction ruined his plan.

"Hey, system—since divine spark can basically do anything, why do gods have different divine ranks? Shouldn't everything just be determined by how much faith they have?"

Since this was a modified divine system, Souta couldn't assume it worked the same way as traditional mythology.

He needed clarification.

[Higher divine ranks increase both the potency of divine spark and the amount of faith that can be converted into divine power at once.]

Souta: "Wait, so there's a limit to how much faith I can use at a time?"

…He suddenly understood.

If low-ranked gods could endlessly stockpile faith and wield it with full effectiveness, then divine rank wouldn't matter at all.

Souta: "Then… how do I level up my divine rank?"