Joshua and Fitz found themselves in a bloodied room. Coughing out blood as they gasped for air. Looking around for the bodies of other people. Leaning on the walls that was opposite of each other. they had bullets in their chests, shaking their heads to what they were feeling.

You will keep your stats but you cannot use any other weapon aside from those that are made from this world.

You will also be prohibited from summoning Familiars.

You can store ammo to your pouches whereby extra magazines placed will be put to your storage.

SPEED is reduced. You cannot just vanish and run everywhere. You have to use proper channels and transport. You can try to run or swim an ocean but you'll take days to do so. Not seconds.

No magic abilities allowed.

Your enhanced senses have been limited.

The Hatter's Underbelly begins.

"Them's the breaks." Fitz said as he grabbed the pistol off the body beside him. Joshua grabbed the rifle.

"Glock 19s and AR-15s. Wait is that the fun switch?" Joshua took a moment to look at the safety, seeing the logo for 'FA'.

"Might be full auto, but that's not the usual icon for full auto. There's bound to be something going on." Joshua said as they both headed to the door with Fitz taking the lead. Peeking out the door carefully. Joshua had the rifle behind Fitz, but careful enough to not get Fitz into his line of fire.

Moving through the corridor, where they see bodies lined up everywhere. One body had an entire katana pierced into the chest, the others? Either gunned down or cut up. Joshua and Fitz continued creeping through the corridors. Trying not to step on the bodies and avoiding the oozing pools of blood. Whoever that lived here must have been richer than the drug lords in TV-Shows, a lot of items that were in gold but none of them were taken.

Moving onward where they found an armory. None of it was touched, there was blood on the inside and even a set of displays showing the recording. That the people in the armory were shot, but then they were dragged out. Fitz was working the codes to the armory's weapons and armor to use. His fingers typing away a thousand combinations at once, it was like his hand had turned into nothing but a set of blurry motions.

Joshua was looking at the blood all around here, trying to recreate the scene from his head. Though it was safe to say that he looked a bit different than previously. Same can be said for Fitz, they looked a bit older, just without the scars. What happened here? A word came to his mind 'Regenerators' a term that Joshua had seen during seeing Coffin Dancer's screen. So it was done by Regenerators.

"So nice beard." Joshua touched his jaw, feeling a bit of some hair on it while Fitz had long hair that was resting by his shoulders.

"Too messy for you?"

"Yeah. I prefer keeping my hair short. Easier for me to keep things to myself anyway." Fitz continued to key in combinations until the lock on the armory opened up. Seeing long guns and sidearms there, along with some vests. Joshua and Fitz took off their coats, as they put on the vests. Stacking plates into it, grabbing two long guns and a sidearm. Joshua grabbed a semi-automatic shotgun and a battle rifle. Fitz took up a carbine and a bolt action sniper rifle, grabbing a revolver as his sidearm. Joshua swapped the Glock for something he preferred, the 1911.

"This'll have to do for now." Joshua said, pulling the slide a bit to the back to see the brass inside.

"We can carry a lot of ammo, but loading it all one by one. We need to grab more magazines." They put the magazines in the pouch, seeing how when it got full one magazine would automatically disappear. Checking their storage, they've accumulated as much ammo as they can carry. Roughly 2000 of each. Though it is a large number, would it be enough for what will be needed for them here?

The two of them walked out, this time taking the stairs as Joshua kept the shotgun ready while Fitz kept the carbine. Checking corners in case of anything, they've loaded 10 magazines for their weapons. It should be enough for now. The first plan was to get out from this place. They stepped out where they looked around to see a portrait of the current Joshua and Fitz along with a family.

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"So I guess we're the young masters here?"

"Guess so a-" A bright flash occurred as the entire building caved in on them. Joshua and Fitz were buried beneath the rubble. Coughing the dust out of their lungs. Violently coughing the blood out as Joshua found a piece of metal rod stuck to his leg, still buried beneath everything.

"Shit." Joshua cursed as he patted the dust off his chest. Seeing how a rebar pierced the entire shotgun. Which meant it was useless. Joshua looked at his rifle, half of its barrel was damaged. It meant that Joshua will need to fix this. The 1911? Somehow survived a lot of damage, but Joshua could see something wrong with it.

Footsteps made their way over ruble.

"Think anyone survived?" A voice came from above them, Joshua and Fitz kept quiet. Holding their breath as these figures kept an eye out for everything.

"Nobody could survive that. With that, the death of the Dowell family is assured." The voices left, as Joshua and Fitz finally let out their coughs. Feeling their chest ache from holding the sensation in. It was a bit painful and they were feeling uncomfortable as a result of it. They waited a bit longer before they dug themselves out. Not being able to use magic meant that some injuries are going to stay until they heal naturally. Fitz had a piece of rebar stuck to his shoulder.

Pulling it out as Fitz showed his revolver, his other weapons had broken to pieces. Fitz helped Joshua with the arm.

"You could break a pillar, but you get your leg pierced by Rebar. That must suck." They were making their way out of the area, checking their phones for any details. Their accounts had been wiped clean and their wallets only had some money left. They need to make changes to their identities. Their faces changed to suit their old faces.

D3C3P71V3 60D has changed your appearance in your current situation. A gift of sorts, he expects more from you.

The Lazy Warlord seems eager to see Coffin Dancer.

The Supreme Goddess has given her blessing for you to use telepathy to communicate with certain figures.

Communication via telepathy will be useful with Familiars. Even if they're on different worlds - Etana.

Cold Cage's Supreme God has given his blessing to heal your wounds by rest.

Cold Cage's Supreme God sulks at the fact his champion had lost, but relieved that his champion is still alive.

Thank you Lord of Thorns.- Cold cage's Supreme God, Satanael of the judgement.

"Sheesh. You're being too squirmy."

If you weren't so weak, you could have the Lord of Thorns by your side.- Satanael.

Supreme Goddess Etana laughs at that remark.

Be more honest, you're glad that the one you chose survive Cold Cage's Ritual. -Etana.

It is a cruel ritual but out of the ones I had been given. This one was the easiest, the others are far more ruthless.- Satanael.

Really ? I'm sure mine is far worse than yours. I put my Avatar through hell and he's never resented me. Oddly enough- Lucius.

"I don't resent you, Supreme God. You did tell me that you needed to choose someone and I was lucky enough to survive." Fitz said which Joshua felt a little nostalgia because of the thought of Etana's voice reaching him when he first became a Seedling.

I see... -Satanael. The Supreme God of Cold Cage kept quiet, the others are teasing him. The Eastern called him a Tsundere while the West called him a bashful figure.

Fitz sighed as they both healed up, finding themselves in a series district of abandoned buildings. Stepping where some of them had weapons that were made but they were far too dangerous for ordinary humans. It was like these guns were on par with the Grief Pistol set that Joshua had gotten earlier.

Most of it was incomplete.

The Forger of Crafts is impressed with human ingenuity.

He blesses the Lord of Thorns and Cold Cage to make use of the tools in front of them to complete the weapon series.

The weapon series is known as the special Anti-Regenerator Series.

A total of 10 weapon series has been made to be known and is on par with the Lord of Thorns Grief Set.

When crafted by the Cold Cage and the Lord of Thorns. It will form into a specialized weapon system.

The Gods were touched by the act of Joshua releasing his weapons of the ones in Mulligan and deemed him worthy to craft weapon systems that can rival the Seraph's Gift.

Craft the weapons as you deem fit. All the fundamental knowledge has been given to you. For this world's challenges may be far greater than anything else.

Joshua and Fitz nodded, they could not use magic but they had the equipment to make everything. There were a lot of parts with varying labels.They got to work on the construction of the barrels and the springs for it to use. Forging them all by hand, yet the system gave them both the advantage to turn some of the weapons inside this place to fight against Regenerators.

Fitz got to work on making himself a gunblade, one of his own creation while Joshua was going to craft a pair of pistols. A modified pair of pistols based on the M1911 frame but with more additions. Elongated slide with a compensator. Normal ammunition would be useless against Regenerators so they needed to make special ammunition for it. There's a few more things that will be going on but at the very least they can prepare for things.

Best be prepared.