Dave was at one point subaverage at best, born in a world where disease, genetic defects, mental illness, and most other human concerns had long been dealt with. When the "sky broke" he was drinking at home alone. While the world did not end he died when one of the many meteorites vaporized his apartment. Of course, he was reincarnated in a "sword and sorcery" type world where he was granted an inventory and some of the other 'typical' cheats granted to reincarnates. A HERO was born, lived, and conquered, just when he was about to claim the throne of humanity...he was summoned to another world. The goddess he had previously met apologized offhandedly and sent him onward to what could only be called a grimdark world as a summoned hero with all the glory that goes with it. After all the demons and undead fell by the wayside his family and children gathered by his deathbed and said their goodbyes.

"I'm sooo sorry!" cried the same goddess as before.

"what? ahh.." Dave was now completely out of his depth even with all that had previously happened

For some reason, the goddess was on her knees in a Japanese dogeza. "I'm so sorry, I messed up!"

dave had no idea what was going on, but seeing her on her knees with tears in her eyes he couldn't help but kneel and place a hand on her shoulder.

"you'll forgive me?" she asks

"For what!?" Dave still confused

at the moment looks up at Dave with a sad smile "So you do forgive me, thank the elders. I thought you would hate me for all eternity."

Again Dave's confusion was immeasurable and apparent in his expression. "What are you on about!?"

"oh..." the goddess began to explain her mistake and his future.

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"O.K. so the cycle of life and death is 'inviolable' or well that's what my sisters and I thought. at no point did it ever even occur to us that the 'Grater multiverse' which connects our many multiverses would have a rule that kind of sort of Mabey in a way bends that rule..."

At this point, Dave only had the ability to stare blankly at the fumbling goddess, his mind not able to grasp the concepts she was trying to convey. of course, he understood the multiverse but what was the greater multiverse? why would it have different rules? What did that have to do with him? why was she so frantic about all this?

"O.K.! one thing at a time!" Dave shouted out of both anger and frustration. "please I don't understand anything you are saying."

for a moment the goddess looked like she was about to cry, however, Daves almost begging look calmed her heart. She took a deep breath and began to explain how the true infinite worked. it is easy enough to explain how a multiverse is most like a tree with endless branches. but to explain the infinite as the forest said tree is in requires a level of understanding beyond human capability. the summation sounds like an obvious reality but the implications are far beyond what is known. in a multiverse, some people exist and others do not, and while it is infinite the 'Laws' remain the same.

the infinite greater multiverse however had entirely different laws from gravity to light. this is why one hero seems stronger than another in fiction. in one the world is bigger speed has a limit, and in another dragons or words that affect the flow of world events. while all fictional worlds do exist [excluding bad fan fic] they mostly remain independent of one another.

the explanation droned on for what seemed like hours but within the godly domain time is irrelevant and at no point made more sense to Dave, [ again not even average intelligence ] "I still don't get it"

"I'm sorry but I don't know how to really explain this to you but you cannot truly die" Her expression was solemn "And I do mean ever, you will come back here as I grow old and then on."

Dave could not but stare blankly at the fullness of what he had been told, so far out of even multi-world human expectations that a standard Isekai story was mundane by comparison.

"to do something to prove my sincerity and truly apologize I have asked a sister to allow you entrance into a Mirim world to cultivate immortality and live more happily in true eternity, again I'm sorry!"

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