Chapter 14 A Reader's Greatest Cheat Is...
From Amelia's thoughts alone, one could already guess her secret identity.
No one would call God as "Author" while viewing the world as a fictional novel other than the reader himself, or in this case, herself.
Yes, Amelia Gardner, was the reader of [End Note: Writing The End Of Everyone] written by Katake Kage Zenchi (ShadowKatake). She even read the comic adaption as well as watching the anime adaption.
And she didn't want to admit this but she found out that despite the author having a god complex whenever he wrote a novel, her existence was the proof that the author was indeed a god. Or at least, a god that could affect the 2D plane with his words despite being a 3D mortal without any divine power.
Even she started to doubt whether her transmigration into her favorite novel was the machinations of Lord Zenchi. After all, she might have read countless novels written by ShadowKatake yet End Note was the novel in which she had invested a lot of time reading.
In other words, amongst all novels written by ShadowKatake, she had the most knowledge in End Note.
The reader had transmigrated into the body of Amelia Gardner, a girl who wasn't even mentioned in the novel, not even as a background character. Despite her heaven-defying appearance that was second only to the main female lead, she found it unusual that such a character wasn't mentioned in the novel.
'Maybe the former Amelia Gardner had died due to the Otherworlders. Or, she might have died due to mana overload. Whatever her cause of death was in the original novel, that didn't matter anymore since I had already taken her position.'
It has been two weeks since she had transmigrated into the world of End Note.
Unfortunately for her, she didn't receive any system or cheat skills despite that being her privilege as a transmigrator.
'There is also the possibility that Amelia Gardner had never existed in the original novel. And as compensation for not granting me any cheat skill or system, Katake must have created this heaven-defying beauty so that I could use it as my transmigrated body.'
'Even in my past life, I had wished to possess a heaven-defying appearance since I was bullied by the popular girls in the class as someone who was too ugly. Reading novels was my only solace in the cruel world.'
'Not to mention, Katake boasted in Discord that as long as he became a god, he would fulfill the wishes of his readers when they died and he would oversee their reincarnation or transmigration. So he stayed true to his words, and he fulfilled my wish.'
'And now that I have thought about it, although I haven't received any external cheat skills, I did have an internal cheat skill. And that is, meta-knowledge.'
'As someone who had read every part of End Note with dedication and patience, I know this world more than the protagonist knew about it. Perhaps only Katake himself could defeat me in knowledge regarding this world.'
Thinking about her possible cheat skill, she sighed as she rested her head on her desk.
'I knew about the locations of the rest of the ownerless End Note but I can't get even one of them since even if it was ownerless, all End Notes will have an owner after the Dimensional Gate descended.'
'And from what I have observed, it's unlikely for Keith to have the End Note. If he did obtain the End Note, then he wouldn't be on Planet Earth but with Class-B on Planet Fantasia.'
'It seems my transmigration caused more changes than I expected. But the problem is who the heck took Keith's End Note? If it fell into the wrong hands, then my life would end without my knowledge. The power of the final stage of End Note is at Universe Realm Peak Stage. Ending a universe would only be a matter of writing it on the End Note.'
In the Katake Multiverse, the power levels from weak to strong were: Lowest Realm, Low Realm, Mid Realm, High Realm, Highest Realm, Perfection Realm, Transcendent Realm, and Universe Realm.
Those who perfected their existence would be akin to a God, or even if they weren't perfect, they would at least possess the power to destroy or create worlds. Even if their body was destroyed, they could live as long as even a strand of their soul was intact. They would be at Perfection Realm.
Those who surpassed perfection and transcended their origin wouldn't be killed even if their soul was destroyed. They could create or destroy galaxies. Those powerful existences were at Transcendent Realm.
As for those in the Universe Realm, they would be existences who either created a universe inside their body or had a contract with a universe outside their body. Even if their body, soul, and origin were destroyed, they couldn't be killed unless their Universe was destroyed.
'There was also an existence above Universe Realm, stronger than the creator of the End Note who was only at Universe Realm Peak Stage. Even the author stated that none aside from those he had created had yet attained that realm.'
'Even when Keith was at his prime, he hadn't attained the power above Universe Realm. Well, that was to be expected since the author himself stated that, unlike other multiverses, the Katake Multiverse was designed to have the lowest chance to become a Supreme Being due to countless restrictions imposed by Katake and [The Law].'
'And in return for that, those who became Supreme Beings in the Katake Multiverse would have the greatest foundation in their power. In other words, they would be stronger than Supreme Beings from other multiverses.'
Remembering the information she had read from all the novels written by Katake, she couldn't help but shudder at the thoughts of someone from outside the Katake Multiverse managing to invade the Katake Multiverse.
'Since Katake was the strongest even amongst all Supreme Beings, he assured that as compensation for the absurd requirements of becoming a Supreme Being, only Supreme Beings weaker than [The Law] could enter the Katake Multiverse.'
'Even Outer Gods such as Azathoth wouldn't be able to damage the barrier and it would be bitch-slapped like a thot by Katake if it kept on pestering the Katake Multiverse.'
After Amelia remembered that information, she mentally sighed in relief.
'Now that I have been transmigrated to End Note, I can use my meta-knowledge to become the strongest. Even if I can't become a Supreme Being, at least I need to be at Universe Realm Peak Stage.'
Amelia recalled the skills and artifacts she could obtain from the original novel End Note as well as from the world beyond the Dimensional gate.
'Ah! Even if I can't get all End Notes, I should be able to get at least one of them from 'that' place.'
Using her meta-knowledge, Amelia started to concoct her plan of getting an End Note before the original owner could obtain it.