Picking up Girls With My System

A god was standing right before Arthur, looking at him with fiery eyes. It was someone from the other universe, the same one Beatrice came from.

"Well, look what we have here," he said, surprised to see someone like Arthur there.

"Who are you?"

"Me? I am someone from another world, another universe. Do you believe in me, or do you find it crazy?"

"I know you are from the neighbor universe, but what are you doing here?"

"Huh? Do you know about that place? Well, let me tell you something more interesting. I am from a place called Earth. You probably never heard about it, but it is a planet in a faraway universe, not this one or the one you are talking about."

"..."

That was a revelation that took Arthur by surprise. Then, as they were called, the gods went to that planet when the portal opened, the same portal Arthur used to get to that place.

He guessed they were there because of it, but the portal closed right after Arthur was sent to that world, so the gods left.

Arthur did not know why these gods wanted that portal, but now everything made sense! So if they were from Earth, just like him, perhaps they wanted to return home?

"Don't be quiet. You are also from that place, which is why you are so impressive. You see, we are not actually gods but just powerful mages. We took over the Alliance in this universe and are planning on taking over the other universe too, but that one is hard; the mages there are more powerful than us. So anyway, despite liking you, and you are like a brother to us, I will have to kill you now."

The god in front of Arthur knew about many things, and he also knew Arthur was from Earth, just like them! So it made sense, as it was no secret Arthur came from that portal, and all of them did, so it was an easy guess for them to make.

Arthur was the only one that did not have that information and was virtually surprised after hearing that they were all from Earth, like him.

"Aren't you being too cocky? I can tell you only have the power of a rank-five mage like me. This body I am seeing is not your real one, right? You are only projecting it here."

"Correct. Smart one, you are. But either way, this is a peak rank five body, superior to you, and I know all the best techniques, so you will lose. Now, let us fight."

The man before him had a youthful face and a blue bow on his back. He was akin to perfect when it came to facial features, and his blue hair was quite different from what Arthur usually saw.

With quick moves, the man took his bow and shot an arrow toward Arthur faster than anything Arthur had ever seen. It was not a physical arrow but made entirely of mana, making it more powerful.

"Can I dodge it?"

Arthur was not confident in doing that, but then something happened. Now that his power increased significantly because of Beatrice, his Unseen Truth Eye also got more powerful, meaning Arthur could see up to two seconds in the future!

That may seem small, but two seconds was enough for him to prepare each time and avoid the arrows; it filled the gap between their strengths, meaning Arthur could dodge beforehand.

So he saw exactly where that arrow would hit. Not only that, but he saw the man placing his hands on the bowstring, preparing the arrow. Arthur was dodging it before it was even released toward him!

Arthur moved as agile as a snake, dodging the first arrow with ease, shocking the god before him, who did not believe that was happening.

"How? That arrow was faster than your reaction speed. I know it for sure."

The god could not believe it, so he shot more and more arrows. That first one had a blue color as it was only mana, but the god started adding some elements, so he shot flame, lightning, ice, poison, and anything else you can imagine.

Yet Arthur could see up to two seconds in the future, dodging the arrows and flying around using his red mantle.

"How? How are you doing this? Impossible, impossible," the man said, but then he looked at one of Arthur's eyes and realized something.

"Wait, I have seen this before. Isn't that one of the Forbidden Eyes? How do you have it?"

The god was in complete ecstasy, not believing Arthur had one of the legendary eyes, things that even the other universe — which was way more powerful than Arthur's universe, the one Beatrice came from — wanted to have.

Arthur disliked the situation, although the eye had saved his life, now the god in front of him knew he had the eye, making everything more complicated.

"Well, at least I can still merge this avatar with my main body, and this god will not see through my appearance," thought Arthur.

He could dodge all of the enemy's attacks, at least the ones so far, but Arthur did not see an opening to strike back until Beatrice spoke inside his head.

"Can I take control over this body for a moment? You have the power but cannot use our family's spells, as you never trained in them. If you allow me, I can do it for you."

When Arthur heard it, he was first worried about it, as even though Beatrice was his sister, he still had to know her more, but there was no other choice!

The god before him could not land his attacks on him, but he could not either, and time was not his ally at that moment. So Arthur had to end the fight quickly to close the rift, and the power Beatrice gave him would end, so that was another reason he had to end the fight as fast as possible.

"Fine. Do it."

When he said yes, his mind was still there, seeing everything Beatrice was, but his body was now hers to control. There was the image of a girl behind his back now, one that even the god could see.

"She looks familiar to me somehow, but I cannot remember," the god said, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not remember where he had seen Beatrice before.

"It feels good to have a body again, although it will only last a few moments. Big bro, you will have to resurrect me in the future, or I will kick your butt."

She kept dodging the arrows, just like Arthur was doing before she took control, but while doing that, Beatrice wrote magical symbols on the air using the tip of her fingers, and before long, a giant flaming bird came flying from the sky.

"A Phoenix? This is impossible!"

The god knew what a Phoenix was, as he had gone to the universe where there were two Phoenixes, but how could it be there?

Fear took over his body, and sweat dripped from his forehead.

"Will I win?"

That was the doubt he now had inside his head; he had never believed that would happen.