After four days , Lily smiled with a much stronger debt chain connected to the Labyrinth " Looks like they found value on the two spells I gave them " Lily already heard through the other debt chains that distributors suddenly were killed off in mass media without revealing any information about what occured .
' The labyrinth is sending me a copy of that key for me to hold on to ' Lily considers the keys she currently has and thought of the staff ' I should probably use this , I know studying is going to be important , but there's no harm in making some shortcuts '
She holds Tanec's key and gives it to the staff to open the exit to the world where Life and Death came from " woah " she was amazed to see this world " Huh , something's happened here " Lily calls Life and Death and shows them the portal with the staff maintaining it .
" It's amazing that you already found the way to leave this world " Life said " I sense another underworld " Death said " You do ? " Death nodded " Life , what did you do when you left that world again ? " " Took all life " " What about the mythical beast ? "
" Oh so that's what you were concerned about " " Those that mean they had some kind of battle royale in here ? " Lily asked " Possibly , hold on " " I'll try to fix the damage by bringing them back " Life said , sensing some guilt coming .
" So what should I do with this world ? " " You could mine it , years of inactivity and dead souls dwelling in it can cause some interesting minerals to surface " Death said " You may find those minerals that can carry souls "
" In a land without life or death the underworld seems to be their final destination , so they'll definitely maintain it " Lily thought about what that could mean and Death reached into the world and sensed the underworld " Woah " he fell into the ground and Lily grabbed his leg .
" Woah " his voice turned into marvel looking at the well-developed underworld , Lily pulls him up " What did you see " " A really big underworld , it seemed like the souls were just enjoying what they have "
" So let's not bother them then " Lily said " but don't you want to go look around ? " Life asked " I mean , we could make up some disguise to enter if you have a way " Lily said " yeah now there is usually a day of the dead that naturally occurs by time " Death said .
" Alright Argus , make sure to take care of the place while I'm gone " Death and Life returned to their pendant forms and Lily entered the underworld of the dead mythical beast ' Wow this place is amazing '
Lily could see different beasts talking to each other , they sat on tables to play board games ' interesting games they have " Death said ' You can tell ? " ' Yep , because of this world's nature as an underworld , I can review their memories in here . Life could do the same in the land of the living , but this place is where I could do the same "
' So what did you find " Lily asked admiring the arts of the dead ' They can't create new souls " Lily looked around unable to find any youths ' Hmm you are right on that one " ' That's true , youths usually create a very carefree environment but this carefreeness comes from adults it doesn't seem the right kind "
' Now that I think about it , there are some souls that I didn't get Maybe that was how this underworld came to be because the region where the souls of mythical beast stayed " ' how the underworld was created did take a lot of resources " Life said and Lily looks at a library which she enters .
' Care to tell how it appears ? " ' It's very simple . the souls leave their body , finding themselves in a world of souls from other beings that came from nature itself , you already know about the soul , which I explained to you "
' The one about the spiritual immune system ? " ' Yep that is where the wood comes from " ' But this is paper " Lily said , looking at the pages ' Perhaps it's the law of the underworld to follow the same physics as the law of the living world " Life assumed .
' Rather than living world and underworld , it's more related to that spiritual world follows the laws of the material world " ' But doesn't that mean that the underworld would keep growing exponentially ? " Lily asked .
' That's where the concept of reincarnation occurs , moreover , the spirutal world has its laws too . It's a void and if you throw a body into outer space , the air inside will leave , killing them , but then again , the spiritual body doesn't necessarily have such things , it's more on how solid your soul is "
' That explains a lot , but won't you drift through the void " ' That's where the ecosystem appeared , long before intelligent life could think , the lifeforms who weren't capable of thought dies and slowly forms the underworld we know which is why there's trees , this is only the case of my world and I've found that Mother's case is a bit different to the world , she is the undeworld "
' Such a headache to learn about other cultures " Lily , looked at the book one more time and placed it back ' So what else is in this underworld ? " ' Well , like all beings capable of thought , they stayed in the same state for far too long , they wish for change " Death said .
Lily sighed ' Basically , they want to reincarnate ? " ' Wait are you actually going to help ? " ' Why not ? It could be useful to have contacts this far outside , we'll need some form of insurance and a force outside " Lily said .
' I guess we could do that " Death said ' Then it's settled , get us out of here " they leave the underworld and stood on the desolate land " First we need to build several facilities in this dead land "
" There are actually a few microorganisms that exist here " Life said " Okay in this almost lifeless land , I need a lot of things if I want to employ them , If I create the reincarnation device I can possibly mine this place using them , I'll have a workforce who is willing to accept my terms and condition "
" But won't the descenders be suspicious ? " " I can always say that Solaris was the one giving me these minerals " " Makes sense " Lily smiled , looking at the potential of a dead world that's hers to own " Then let's get this project started "
" There's a cave that has minerals connected to the underworld , it should be the perfect place to create the reincarnation facility " " Good let's get going " they returned home and Life and Death returned to their corporeal forms while Lily called Argus to start the plan .
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Lily returns after hearing the confirmation that Argus has finished and already reincarnated a few souls " Stop doing that already " Death yelled " what is happening ? "
Before Lily could see Life pushed the young manifestations out " They are enjoying the joys of a physical bodies " Life said " It was so weird " the traumatised manifestation said .18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebC4yBOFis
" So they did 18+ ? " " But also they ate a lot of food that we gave them " " It was so scary " " I can't believe children are made through that " " if it makes you feel better , I don't have to do that ? "
" Really ? " They all asked and Lily nodded " Beryl was born from me using my blood and Aurora just filtered the air , which had my genetic material " they all smiled , forgetting about what they had just seen and Lily asked " So are they alright ? "
" They are very active as soon as they realize they could do it , don't you see the debt chains form ? " Lily wondered what to feel about the debt chains which came from that kind of gratitude " I'll wait to meet with them " " good choice "
Lily spent the time reading and Death came out " Can you let Argus handle it ? I do not want to see all that " " Is it because they were making life ? " " No just how they did it " Death said .
Death looked at Lily " I'm kinda glad you have kids without doing that " " it's not like I could , years of not using those organs has result them to being sealed "
Death instantly waved a thought away " but they should be finished by now right ? " " Yes I killed them all after they went to sleep and their souls are waiting for the reincarnation device to work "
" Okay then , I will go speak with them " Lily walked to the crystals to see the faces of the mythical beast " Hey little human can you please press that button over there " " did you enjoy having a body ? I heard from Death that you enjoyed it so much he had to kill all of you to stop you "
" AHH yes we enjoyed it so much " they said and Lily smiled " Well I'm looking forward to having you work for me , the body I gave you required a lot of resources to make so you will have to make do with it "
" What about salary I know you humans always work for something " " yes I will allow you to use your body however you like , there'll even be food for you to enjoy , all the worldly things you couldn't enjoy in the underworld "
" WE AGREE " they said " No wait , we need the terms first " " well I'll try to be generous , however the things you'll be getting are quite limited . I've found that your world has nothing , only rocks and minerals . I'll be satisfied if you mine as much of that for me . "
" But if you mine our world , we'll lose the foundation of it " one of the more responsible souls said " I know , that's what you'll be responsible for , I already have the necessary resources to recreate each of your bodies . You'll regain what you lost through death or starvation , but at a cost "
Lily summons the debt chains , which some recognized that " Of course I don't plan to just make use of just you after all , I have quite a lot " more debt chains appeared and the more knowledgeable souls recognized that some of the chains had a different feeling than debt chains connected to mortals .
" Of course I'll also offer you , the opportunity to rejuvenate your world back to its former glory , but I won't be doing it all , I have much bigger things to worry about . So I'll be giving you a system , work hard you can buy the resources necessary for restoration . Any questions ? "
" Where are you from ? " " Well that's going to be quite a long story , Argus explain give them a proper briefing " Lily leaves and checks the other key .
' This one is somewhere much more unknown , there's no information from Duarte so I'll just have to figure it out . I can't exactly just keep using the keys until I find the right one , but then studying it will take forever '
She wondered how the debt chain could get her this information , considering the potential leak and went to find Death " If you are wondering about that , then it could be possible , the key that you got was sort of a big memory , Think of the comparison between one plus one and the concept of addition "
" So it's easier to get a simple memory than a complicated one ? " " Yeah you could copy it , but it takes a while " " there's no security at all ? " " Why would there be ? The debt chain you use doesn't require consent at all just the feeling that they're indebted . You're basically just harvesting payment by using the emotions as buying power "
" But for some reason the red string is part of it ? " " It's actually the base , it was incredibly pure and never demanded that either side pay each other any dues . It's more like both sides are willing to do things so that they can keep that relationship that way " Death explained .
" Interesting then , if I were to take that information about what this key leads to , I'll be able to get it without problems ? " Death nodded " okay I'll get it " Lily procured the details and found it " Huh now this is interesting "
" What did you find ? " " Another underdeveloped world " " what was underdeveloped ? " " Their society "
" What was your like ? " " Like a card game , either you start with good cards or bad cards and how you play them will decide whether you win or lose "
" I guess ours was kinda similar , but there were a lot of jokers " " well , considering the first few jokers you gave me , I figured there'd be more " " so how do you wanna go with this "
" not sure the problem with the mythical beast's debt chain can be ignored since I don't need to worry about it as much as the rest and it may be useful later on so I'll hold on to it "
" Good choice , I'll call Life to meet with them " " Yeah sure it'll be good for them to be aware of what happened makes negotiation easier " they went as soon as Argus finished the briefing . They were able to see some high ranking mythical beast by the minerals waiting for them to ask .
" So will you accept the proposal ? " " There is one thing we want to ask " they looked at Life and Death " First the person this construct calls Death you should have the souls of those who were dead no ? "
" Yeah , the death extracting practitioner used all the souls as catalyst . But they exclude you beasts of myths " " then what of the life that she took ? "
' they must be talking about Life ' " Yes I had to take it , back then , I had a goal to complete the natural cycle of life and death by escaping to the world that Death was thrown into "
" But in doing so , you left us to starve " " There was no way for you to have done anything " " there was , we just had to find a way to kill and we did , but before we used it all , life died "
' because she took it ' " and then we were left to starve " Death looked at Life whose emotions remained still due to her awareness of the peaceful underworld .18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqtNTM0qWU
" I mean it's not like you're always getting the short end of the stick , now that all those deathless mortals are in the world we are in , you get to keep this for yourself " Death said , thinking he should defend Life a little .
" But even so , the scar of starvation remained even among us dead souls " they said while Lily was sensing the tension and unwillingness to cooperate due to Life's action " So you want compensation , is it ? " Lily asked " Valley , you don't have to get involved " Life said and turned back to the crystals .
" It is true that what I did was wrong , robbing you all of your potential to live in a world free of starvation . However while you had been busy figuring out how to kill , I found that they've obtained the piece of the underworld containing your ancestors' souls . "
Life shows a memory through a familiar art , revealing a conversation " It seems the livestock still hasn't noticed how they are dwindling " " the hunts have been very secretive , they all assume it's nature's doing because they're the only ones who have the ability to die "
" But we still have the underworld right ? " " Yeah they don't notice anything and just think that it's the land not being able to heal from the undying nature and dug the roots in " " really convenient that we can just kill a few to eat something that doesn't move inside your mouth " " yeah I miss the days we could've killed a few cows and eat without them squirming "
" The death master did say that the consumption of their flesh was more beneficial and the meat of a cow isn't going to help us develop our body , mind and soul " " always with those three words , but I do agree these old beasts of myths are more rejuvenating to those three words "
" There's even the plan of using them as livestocks but we're still figuring it out " " there has been some mining to produce feed for them " Life ended it " There's more conversations like these , but it has been kept confidential from most " ' so basically these guys were planning to turn them into livestock to be farmed and killed sounds miserable if it had happened '
Lily thought of the circulation of life but remembered that they had mentioned a way to kill ' That's right they may eventually learn how to kill wonder how that would go '
" it would eventually reach a critical point where they were going to force you into submission and so I got rid of them , this world had a proper foundation anyway , so starvation won't be a problem , I've even left some spiritual parts of nature with you "
" But you didn't account to them being aware of how stable it actually was " Death said " My bad , but still you should've healed by now " " but what about your plan , you said that you were going to mine the minerals , surely you were aware of that " ' Oh so that's it '
" We will not allow you to mine and if you think you can send other people to do that , we have our ways of interacting with the material world " Death taught of what to do .
" You could just stop mining , we already told you about it moreover , there is an alternative " " Like what ? " " The cycle of life and death , usually it's just the usual , which is that the dead feed life and life dies , but we can always change it "
Lily taught of how it was possible and Death explains " Reincarnation you should've asked what the mortals became as they entered the other world . " " Are you suggesting that we use that ? "18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJAmn0pypa
" Why not ? The changing of a body strengthens a soul as they experience new things , it makes you stronger and makes others stronger too which will also strengthen the underworld so that it won't be reliant on the material world "
" But won't there be a limit " " you mythical beast are few compared to the billions of mortals that were here , that problem won't come considering how long it takes for your kind to make new ones " " but how long would you be able to complete this reincarnation plan , Moreover we have a concern on how we could expand "
" There's a few planets in this Goldilocks zone you should be able to achieve some form of space travel " Death said while the souls discussed among themselves and returned to Lily " So what do you think " " I think you guys can handle taking care of this place , I don't usually give these kinds of things much thought at all "
" You can leave it to us , we still have to figure out that reincarnation plan anyways " Death said " Thanks for your help " Life said " Anytime , so about the other world from Duarte's key ? " " Not sure about it yet , I found that this one Duarte opened the exits but never gave the key away , so I feel like there's a reason for it "
" What did Duarte get from it then ? " " They just sent the enemies of the war , they're kinda like you , but the abstract attributes are more related to things that can be seen than though " " so they're elemental spirits like the possessors ? " " Yep , the payment was the technology of these people"
" So any updates on that world , it might be a bad thing if you open it " " unless I ask the Labyrinth to guard me , it'll be a good opportunity to get their attention should I have failed " " Rate is calling " Argus said " You can focus on that , we can take care of our old world ourselves " Life said .
" Hello dear ? " Rate blushed " Uhm , about the research we've been doing in my body , I found that someone is in my Dreamland while learning from Mom , they said they came from another land and I learned that the land they came from was your body , so I'm wondering if that has anything to do with you "
Lily looked at the red string sensing some souls passing through it " Can you ask them how they came here " " Okay I'll try " Rate closed the call and went to his mother to help while Lily went to Death " yeah that's definitely a problem but I'm sure you just seal it "
" In the first place , how did they get through it ? " " Likely because your body generally doesn't have any defenses against this type of things . Moreover , the red string is a symbol that you accept your spouse and you're open to telling them a few things . Which essentially results in the red string being a form of bridge between you two , you should be able to recall them "
Lily wondered how that could be possible " Is this what it feels like to be the first to have this problem ? " " For a person like you , I bet you'd have a bigger biodiversity inside your body than the present world of your old world " Death said.
Lily wondered how hard it would be to take back the souls that crossed the red strings and received a call from Rate " I've confirmed that they are coming from a gate of red " " Oh that confirms the theory , did you tell them to go back " " yeah , after I told them that this was my body not yours "
" Thanks I'll also need your help " ' at least they didn't do anything harmful , since they have no plan to do anything we can't leave it be , they can't possibly do much against either Mother or Solaris at all with their strength of soul ' " is it about the souls that appeared in my body ? " " Yeah , but the souls won't be a problem cause they're harmless "
" So what do you need my help for ? " " Just returning them back it can wait and I've already kept the access sealed , so you won't find them to bother you at all " " Oh then just call me when you want to " Rate said " Then I'll look forward to exploring your sealed bloodline tonight "
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Lily walks through a door and finds the Labyrinth " I'll need you to get some information of this otherworld " ... " You want me to check what the distributors are doing ? " Lily checks on the blank grimoire to find more information again .
" That is a problem " "Duarte has been trying to use the Labyrinth piece with the other distributors to fulfill the deal they made with the otherworld , they had gotten too involved in this world due to its quick progression . Hence his position as the leader and manager of the distributors"
' makes sense ' " He's been using it too often " ... " Now we can't have that how about this I'll use the debt chain and their control spell over you to send an attack you'll use the exit they opened up and grab someone from the other side " ... " No if you take that they'll retaliate, if you take one of them "
Lily thinks of a suggestion " He about this instead " the distributors exerted control over the piece while Duarte tries to use the piece and all of them suddenly felt an attack allowing the Labyrinth to regain control of the piece and dragged Duarte's dealer and pulled them through their body while Lily used a fetor blade and killed them upon arrival .
She grabs their soul and finds what was inside it " Huh so it's a world worth visiting " ' I'll have to fix it just like how I'm slowly fixing the world here ' " thanks for the help , this should disorient Duarte and the distributors " Lily leaves the Labyrinth's domain and opens the exit to sense a different kind of pollution .
Magic pollution , the result of artificially manipulating magic before the magic ecosystem could change . It is akin to how pollution slowly affects the world . The polluted world has continued interactions with Duarte due to their advancements .
None wanted to heal the land , for they risked awakening the natural forces that are resting and continue to damage the land to kill the forces completely .
Lily stood at the moon of the polluted world ' It's been a while since I've been a climate activist . It'll pay off if these spirits will help me in some ways ' she looked at the dirtied world , seeing all the poisoned land and space debris .
She removes her suppressors and breathed out some air ' My senses are ridiculously high right now I should be able to get rid of all these pollution '
In such an instant , the poisoned world lost the pollution .
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