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Nikola Tesla
Name
Kanji	ニコラ・テスラ
Romaji	Nikora Tesura
Aliases	Ultimate Mad Scientist of His Time Child of Light Human History's One and Only Sorcerer The Greatest Mind in Human History Humanity's Greatest Scientist
Personal Description
Species	Human
Age	160+
Gender	Male
Origin	Smiljan (Austro-Hungarian Empire, Earth)
Status
Status	Deceased
Affiliation	Humanity Einherjar Göndul (Valkyrie)
Relatives	Unnamed Parents Dane Tesla (Older brother) Milka Tesla (Older sister) Unnamed Younger Sister
First Appearance
Manga Debut	Chapter 66

“	"Magic"? No! Non! Nem! Nein! I despise that word. What I use is no magic...it's science!	”
	— Nikola Tesla to Brunhilde and Göll in Create and Ideate

Nikola Tesla is Humanity's representative in the eighth round of Ragnarok, going up against Beelzebub.

Known as the "Ultimate Mad Scientist of His Time" (世紀のマッド・サイエンティスト, Seiki no Maddo Saientisuto), Tesla is one of the most famous and renowned scientists of all time, due to his inventions and discoveries that have changed the world forever.

He is also known as the "Child of Light" (光の子, Hikari no Ko), "Human History's One and Only Sorcerer" (人類史上唯一の魔法使い, Jinrui Shijō Yuiitsu no Mahōtsukai) and "Humanity's Greatest Scientist" (人類史上最高の科学者, Jinrui Shijō Saikō no Kagaku-sha).

Appearance

Nikola Tesla is a rather tall, young and lean man with curly brown hair that's parted at the front. He wears a formal wear with a white shirt, black tie and waistcoat. He also wears khaki pants with a pair of boots along with a long jacket, where the bottom left side is made out of a black netted material.

A feather is pinned to his left lapel and he wears a glove on only his right hand. Both hands have two rings on each finger. Tesla also wears a pair of goggles that usually hang around his neck. These goggles and his hairstyle seem to be inspired by his older brother, Dane Tesla, who he looked up to.

As a consequence of his Völundr, his body is now mostly covered in a golden and blue armor with the exception of his head and face, which has cybernetic material going across it.

Nikola Tesla without the armor

Nikola Tesla at age 5

Nikola Tesla at age 11

Old Nikola Tesla

Personality

Tesla is a man of science, who deeply loves his work and the laws of physics. Because of this, he refuses to let someone compare it to magic. His passion for science can sometimes make him behave in an insensitive or rude manner, as seen when he started touching and staring at Göndul to see if she was a "material" capable of making his theory into a reality.

Nikola Tesla believes that Humanity is able to evolve through failures

According to Marie Curie, Tesla is a man who is very obsessed with his research and as a result, this trait can lead to Tesla having a tendency of forgetting about everything else and only focusing on what interests him. For example, after Beelzebub overpowered him in the early stages of the eighth round, Tesla, despite being injured, got excited over how the Staff of Apomyius increased the energy of his opponent's vibrations. He even asked Beelzebub to let him borrow the staff so that he could study how it worked.

Due to his love of science, Tesla is also severely intrigued by anything that could allow Humans to advance, and is especially proud of them when he figures them out. This love of advancement even went as far as him explaining the exact strengths and weaknesses of his teleportation ability, one of the few advantages he had over Beelzebub, right in the middle of their fight. His pride in advancement stayed with him to the end, using his last moments to deliver a speech to the rest of Humanity, claiming that, so long as advancement continued, Humanity would live forever.

Abilities

Overall Abilities: According to Brunhilde, Tesla is the only Human in all of Human history that can be called a sorcerer. Due to his immense intellect and his creations that have changed the world forever, his work has been compared to magic. Even mankind's greatest minds, such as Thomas Edison and Marie Curie, have shown admiration for Tesla's intelligence.

Physical Abilities

Godlike Endurance & Stamina: Tesla has displayed inhuman stamina. While his colleagues passed out from exhaustion after helping him develop his Völundr, Tesla did not show any signs of tiredness. During round 8 against Beelzebub, Tesla manage to endure Beelzebub’s Sorath Vau and Sorath Tau technique at close range and survived the Original Sin of the Netherworld - No. 0: Chaos technique, all of which did massive amounts of damage the surrounding area. However, Tesla was only able to survive the Chaos technique due to him sacrificing a Tesla coil to offset the vibration burst.

Mechanically Enhanced Physiology: With the help of multiple scientists and Göndul, Tesla was able to create a mechanical armor that greatly enhances his physical abilities.

• Godlike Strength: Tesla is portrayed as having enhanced strength, although it is not explicitly stated to be at a godly level like some other characters in the series. He possesses above-average physical power, allowing him to engage in close combat and deliver powerful strikes to his opponents capable of damaging the surrounding area.
• Godlike Speed & Reflexes: While Tesla's speed is not a prominent aspect of his abilities in the series, he is shown to possess agility and quick reflexes. He utilizes his agility to dodge and evade attacks, relying more on his intellect and energy-based powers rather than sheer physical speed. Tesla's reflexes are portrayed as sharp and responsive. He can react swiftly to his opponents' movements and attacks, allowing him to employ countermeasures and develop strategies in the heat of battle.
• Godlike Durability: Tesla's durability is not explicitly highlighted in the series, but as one of the chosen representatives of humanity, he possesses a level of endurance that allows him to withstand and recover from injuries sustained during battles. His focus primarily lies in utilizing his scientific abilities rather than relying solely on physical resilience.

Mental Abilities

Genius Intellect: He is the smartest man to have ever existed in Human history. Many of his inventions are taken for granted even in the current day, being alternating-current generators, radio equipment and fluorescent lighting only a few examples. After dying on Earth, Nikola Tesla would continue to innovate and invent, managing to create pigeon automatons and the blueprint for the Super Automaton β with the help of his fellow scientists. With the technology of his Völundr, Tesla would be able to invent even further, being capable of creating an Anti-gravity system and even managing to perform the feat of instantaneous movement, also known as teleportation.

• Enhanced Memory: Tesla has displayed the ability to remember information inhumanly well. He managed to memorize the theory necessary to create his Völundr without any effort, despite the formula taking up an enormous amount of space in a variety of blackboards in his room.

Supernatural Abilities

Golden Age: As a soul in the afterlife, Tesla possesses the same appearance and skills that he did when he was at his peak.

Techniques

	Plasma Pulse Punch (PPP) (プラズマパルスパンチ, Purazuma Parusu Panchi): Tesla converts the life energy of Göndul into ultra-high voltage within Super Automaton β. He then stores it within his fist and releases it instantaneously.
	Plasma Pulse Jet Punch (PPJP) (プラズマパルスジェットパンチ, Purazuma Parusu Jetto Panchi): Tesla puts his left hand behind him and releases a large amount of electricity to close the distance between him and his opponent. He then strikes his opponent in the head with his right fist, releasing electricity at the same time.
	Plasma Pulse Punch Twin (PPPT) (プラズマパルスパンチツイン, Purazuma Parusu Panchi Tsuin): Tesla releases electricity while putting both his fists together. He then strikes using both of his fists at the same time.
	Gematria Zone (Prison of the Gods) (神々の監獄ゲマトリア ゾーン, Gematoria Zōn): Tesla's Super Automaton β, alongside the electricity, generates and disperses a particle called the "Super Tesla Particle". Once enough of these Super Tesla Particles fill the area, Tesla creates a cage of electricity around himself and his opponent. The cage is 9.63m by 9.63m. Inside this cage, the Tesla coil on Tesla's Völundr reacts to the Super Tesla Particles in the air inside the cage and activates an anti-gravity system inside the suit, allowing Tesla to float off the ground.

Zero Max (零距ゼロ・離高速マックス, Zero Makkusu): Usually, in order to reach top speed, a being has to accelerate for quite some time. But thanks to the anti-gravity system inside his suit, Tesla is capable of reaching top speed in just the first stride.
Tesla Step (テスラ・ステップ, Tesura Suteppu): Due to the fact that he can float inside the Gematria Zone, Tesla moves in an unpredictable and strange manner. To take it even further, he can use Tesla Step Wonderful (テスラ・ステップ・ワンダフル, Tesura Suteppu Wandafuru), which is where he circles around his opponent so fast, he leaves numerous afterimages.

Plasma Pulse Punch Surprise (PPPS) (プラズマパルスパンチサプライズ, Purazuma Parusu Panchi Sapuraizu): While floating, Tesla leans so back so far, that he nearly touches the ground. From that position, he continually spins around, towards his opponent. Putting his hands together, he then crosses his legs and leaps at his opponent while spinning and releasing PPP from his fists.

Tesla Warp (テスラ・ワープ, Tesura Wāpu): Perhaps the greatest ability of his suit, Tesla is able to teleport. By making a lot of attacks with his electrified fist, Tesla can create areas that have a high concentration of Super Tesla Particles. Tesla can only teleport to those particle-dense places by synchronising the particles in those areas with the Super Tesla Coil on his Völundr. It takes about 63 seconds for the synchronisation to work. Furthermore, one Super Tesla Coil is broken every time Tesla teleports, which means he can only teleport three times. If he tries to teleport more times than that, Göndul (who is the material of the suit) will be destroyed, which would also cause Tesla to die. It should also be noted that Tesla can only teleport inside the confines of the Gematria Zone as it is too dangerous to attempt outside of it.

	Plasma Pulse Punch Mobius (PPP∞) (プラズマパルスパンチメビウス, Purazuma Parusu Panchi Mebiusu): After covering his Super Automaton β in electricity, Tesla unleashes an onslaught of unending punches at his opponent, that move so fast, that it is hard to see when one punch ends and when the next one begins.
	Plasma Pulse Punch Jet (PPPJ) (プラズマパルスパンチジェット, Purazuma Parusu Panchi Jetto): If he's falling back, Tesla puts one of his hands on the ground and releases electricity from it to propel himself back up at a high speed.
	Plasma Pulse Punch Cross (PPPX) (プラズマパルスパンチクロス, Purazuma Parusu Panchi Kurosu): Tesla's final move in Round 8. He feigns attacking his opponent with one of his fists before using Tesla Warp to instantly sever and teleport his fist behind his opponent to attack them from behind while he attacks them with his other fist from the front, catching them in an almost inescapable pincer attack.

Equipment

Super Automaton β (超人自動機械スーパーオートマトンβベータ, Sūpā Ōtomaton Bēta): A Divine Weapon in the form of a mechanical golden and blue armor designed by Tesla himself with the help of his fellow scientists and provided by the Völundr of the 9th Valkyrie, Göndul. It grants him additional protection alongside a great variety of other scientific powers, such as: Electrokinesis, levitation and teleportation.

Quotes

• (To himself) "Beautiful... The utterly perfect laws of physics... are the most beautiful thing in the world."
• (To Brunhilde) ""Magic"? No! Non! Nem! Nein! I despise that word. What I use is no magic... it's science!"
• (To himself) "What others call "God"... I call... the laws of physics."
• (To Beelzebub) "Destruction is a most foolish act – the very abandonment of creation itself. Even we Humans, unripe as we are, understand that. Our dirt-stained trial and error... and the sublimely beautiful achievements of our knowledge... our powerful wills envisioning the future. With their driving force, we, the Human race, will constantly create. And... not even you can stop us!"
• (To Beelzebub) ""The present may be yours but the future is ours." Yes... man is a creature that always looks one step—two steps ahead of the present."
• (To Beelzebub) "In this 9.63 by 9.63 meter world, you are no God... I am."
• (To Beelzebub) "No! Non! Nein! "The wonders of yesterday are today's common occurrences." Science has no end... it is ever advancing."
• (To Beelzebub) "It's all for the sake of science!! Withholding information is a crime to science itself!! By freely sharing all the wisdom you acquire without restrain... that is how science... no... it is how Humanity has progressed!"
• (To Beelzebub) ""The end"? No... Non... Nein. I... reject that. We have no end... we are forever."
• (To Dane Tesla) "It's okay if it fails.[...] Because even if it fails, it means you'll discover something new![...] It's exactly because of failure... that Humanity is able to evolve!"
• (To Dane Tesla) "Brother, always the worrier. But... it's okay. As long as science continues to grow and flourish, Humanity will never die!!"
• (To himself) "Humanity... Whenever pushed to the point of crisis... has always evolved!!"
• (Final words before being banished to Niflhel) "Humanity! Keep looking forward! Humanity! Never stop moving! Humanity! Humanity... Humanity! Continue to progress!!"