Lily looked at the debt chain connected to Keyly and smiled ' Now that is just hilarious ' she could see a lot of holes inside , not just Immortal's plan , but also the unity ' The trust will crumble , but in making them trust him , they did plant a few seeds of doubts .
She could see how little the rebels were starting to trust Lily , even if she were to clear her name by keeping up the lie of Immortal being a Labyrinth puppet , it wouldn't be enough ' So what if you crumble the trust of the rebels and library of seals to me ? '
She thinks about how the worldview of the two parties would unfold as Immortal continued to reveal all the planning Lily had made to free the Labyrinth and how it had led to this dangerous situation where the Labyrinth is free and ready to attack .
' Your society and system are also built on lies , no matter how much you change your view about me , I'll still be the one winning ' she chuckled lightly as she watched more and more people turning to Immortal's side as the Keymaker .
Even though she was already heading down , it felt like she was looking down on the descenders . Ahh , but how should I break this news to the others , I can keep the spies they're gonna send down from hurting my troops but it's gonna be hard to be scolded by them '
Lily sighed and just told Death and Life " Are you stupid ? " Death asked while Life put her hand over his shoulder " You can't do much about it , she is right about that plan though . If she resists it Immortal will try something even worse "
" Yeah , she gets it " Lily said with a casual and unconcerned tone . " Oh my god , just chill okay , you think it's okay for you just to die ? " " I did that a lot " Death sighed .
" But this one is certain , I've been surfing through this world's internet and the amount of planning this Immortal is doing is going to send you not just away from the material world , but also keep you in there "
While Death seems to exaggerate , it can't be wrong for him to do so " Because not only do you have to be trapped inside an underworld , Immortal is gonna make some extra measures so that you don't get out "
" Strange how of all the things he chose , he gets the one Lily is the best in " " To be fair , there are a lot of different kinds of deaths in this world , a single human's ability to die isn't gonna be enough to take this monster down but there are a lot of much stranger ways of dying in this world full of different people "
" Hey I have feelings you know " Lily said " Oh please , you've been called worse than a monster " Death said " I do understand your worries , it could be possible for her spirit to be crushed by the amount of death that Immortal could gather "
" Which is why this lady has to stop him " Life said pointing at Lily " I was planning to secretly train myself " " Where and how ? " Lily pointed up " But that's too close " Death said , assuming she was talking about some random facility that he doesn't know of yet .
" I was talking about the worlds beyond the world seal " Death smacked Lily with the table " Life , can you check if she is sane ? I must be blind " " Her soul's health is fine and this field is something you are better off taking care of than me " Life replied .
" You don't have to worry , I already have a machine that can power the necessary input for several exits . As I'm just slowly increasing it so that I can train my soul " Death hits her with a chair " What was that for ? " Lily asked , brushing off the debris stuck on her hair .
" I needed to vent , but if you are going to do that , at least say you are out on a very long vacation . At least this way you can keep your family safe " " I've already got Birch and Veda handling the transportation of Labyrinth although Birch did say he wants to meet Sermin because of their extensive research on the possessors "
" I'm surprised that mad genius agreed to helping Veda " " Veda is just that good at making solutions , Birch on the other hand is just staying here to protect the kids I made him do that mission to keep him busy but since I did want to go on vacation I'll send him off my in-laws will be fine down here " Lily said " Okay at least you have a lot of plans ... see you on your funeral ? " Death asked .
" That sounds a lot like a bad omen out of context " " But with context , it's just you going somewhere I can easily reach , so what does it matter ? " ' Now that I think about it , death could easily bypass the borders between the material world and the spiritual world '
" Death , make sure to watch out for the reapers and yourself . Immortal might have some people come after you " " You know that some of these people are not exactly easy to find " Lily tilts her head in confusion .
" Look if I'm correct Immortal must know enough about Life because you did just kill the unkillable by taking their life , so they might send in those who aren't even alive , like mechs , undead and the like , but it won't be enough so won't they just send someone very strong ? "
Lily thinks of Immortal coming down ' Oh no you don't ' " If Immortal comes , just go kill him or something " Death said " I don't think he would , he probably doesn't even need to come down here " " What ? " Life tells Death about Tanec's possible awareness of how he was formed and the same to Life .
" Oh , but aren't I a variable ? " " You are , but he was already planning to make such a big move for Lily . I doubt he would bother with you . " Death's expression grew black and white " Would make plenty of sense for Immortal to just use the death against Labyrinth , no ? "
" Yeah , that could be true , but do understand this Lily , while the plan seems solid to trap you , it won't work that well to the Labyrinth . They have achieved a great refinement in their soul " Death said " I don't need to tilt my head , but please elaborate "
" If you compare yourself to Labyrinth , they are better in the aspect of a soul , they have spent a while inside the Spiritual world while maintaining a connection to their body . But you're different , you have too much attachment to the material world , soul is strong and all , but small and you already figured out Immortal's ability to seal you out of the material world so this is the other solution they can think of "
' So that's why Immortal aimed for me ' Lily looked at the window to see the Labyrinth's body on the horizon ' You sure are special " ' Thanks " ' Of course not just in the standards but also to me... And as for your situation , it will end soon , I promise "
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The next day Lily bought her family out to a world beyond the world seal ' It smells sterile here ' Rate thought as Carrie was surprised to smell a very clean environment " How do you like this ? " " It smells weird " " It just smells like water and air ," Beryl said .
" Of course it does " Lily said " There is no living here that is capable of thought . Apparently , it's a consequence of the maintenance of the seal they are stuck in this level of thought and evolution but not completely stasis they just don't have enough space to change because of the seal " " Papa is saying weird words again . " Daize said .
' I get what you mean ' " So why are you here ? " " I realise that my growth is stunted , so I'm here to train my mental strength " " How ? " Lily told Rate while they unpacked " Isn't that bad ? " " Don't worry , it won't break because I already placed a lot of failsafes on the new power source ."
" Isn't that the power source that I said smelled disgusting ? " Rate said as he narrowed his eyes with some anger " Oh , come on I fixed it " " How ? " " I just fixed it " Rate grumbled " You should be smart enough to know that I would file a divorce if it's not the "I fixed it" that I wanted ."
' Wow he is very proactive ' " Of course It is dear " " It better be " While thinking of the change in his behaviour she whispered to his ears a question and he backed away with a red blush on his face " No we didn't do it again " " Sorry I was just confused because you were suddenly so concern "
" Who told you to make it stink this bad " " I'm trying to clean it up , but if the smell of crime is bad , does that mean I need to get rid of all of it ? " "No , you can't leave some of it but not too foul " Rate sigh , letting out his stress " Even a good perfume will smell horrible if you put too much . " " Are you saying I shouldn't be a messiah ? "
" Yeah the smell would get too strong and heroes usually have a burden of being good " " Okay , but you do like places that don't have a scent like this ? " " Yeah , being able to smell deeds isn't a good skill , I'm still busy teaching Carrie how to turn it off " " I'm sure this place is a good place for her in the meantime "
" I agree " Rate finished unpacking and embraced Lily from her back . Lily smiled with this act and Rate says " So about your funeral " Lily froze instantly " How did you know ? " " I asked mother-in-law to teach me , at first she didn't object to it , but I never knew you had some things you were hiding from me "
" But if you could do that , you should know that I've been cleaning , right ? " " Yes dear , you have been doing that , but I hate the idea that you are going to accept the death and how this vacation was just a cover "
" I mean I do want to enjoy some time with the family , but that pesky Immortal is always in my way " Rate tightened his embrace " I know , it's like you have the world against you " " Come on , dear , it will be fine . "
" It's hard to think it's fine when you say it like that . Why can't you just fight Immortal yourself ? You made a fetor that can injure him and he already lost an arm and you can use the debt chain "
" But there are lots of ways Immortal could easily escape . The only way I could get rid of him was through his own plan , where he would go in with confidence that would blind him " Rate hears Lily's thoughts as he sees the many ways Immortal could survive and escape the numerous plans Lily had laid out .
" He's strong enough to keep Labyrinth at bay at full power and he continues to grow , so I have to take that chance when he thinks he will win " " Then you better get extremely strong " Lily places a hand on Rate's " I will... So can you let go , It doesn't hurt much , but you are increasing the strength "
Rate let's her go and gives her a light punch " You are so cruel to me , I'm not like Solaris or Mother , you know . I can easily tell what you're trying to hide " " Then you can relax on this vacation " " We just had one before and it wasn't relaxing after you said you had a baby with Labyrinth "
" I apologize for that one " " Then , hurry up and finish unpacking . I'm going to gather some food for us " " Okay dear " Lily said with a smile ' I'll be very busy , aren't I ? '
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Immortal finally opens the exit to death's old world ' I sense the presence of a very stable underworld , which should be the original source of the exit . This strange power source is messing with the seal , I'm not sure if it's her or not , but this is the only known place with the right resources '
Immortal starts to mine out the minerals himself to bring them back ' So Immortal has passed . Better to hurry up and send some people to delay his plan ' Lily creates a mission for the Mythical beast to stop Immortal from mining too much .
' If I work my way through the seal , I'll eventually change the seal structure , it should buy me a lot of time ' Immortal resisted the attacks of the mythical beast while Lily and her family were enjoying the new planet .
" Papa , look " Aurora showed Lily a seed " How am I supposed to look at this one ? " " Inside it ? " ' So microscopic ' Lily dove deep as her sight views the genetic sequence which was mutating " Oh , that is impressive , a seed that is mutating on its own "
" It wasn't like this before " ' It wouldn't be with the seal taking out the resources for its maintenance , but it would start changing now that I have taken over it ' " What do you think it is ? " " Evolution , it looks like it would photosynthesize better if it sprouts "
' Smart kid ' " You think there will be any animal life ? " " I don't know " " It's fine , there are a lot of worlds we can explore from here " " Why is there a lot ? The cartoons I saw only have a few where the character goes to different worlds "
" It's just that big , your mom Solaris is from a vast space and there are also other people from the descenders who came from different worlds " " So is the world I sprouted like an intersection ? " " It is but hidden because it brings people in , people can't come here if they wanted to "
" So , who bought you here ? " " They have departed from the world " Lily said " Ehh ?... Did Papa... kill them ? " Aurora said with a very low whisper " Yes and you shouldn't be asking that " Lily whispered back " But I wanna know " ' Kids are supposed to be curious '
" Okay , then you can ask you are the eldest after all " " I am ? " ' I did confirm the date with Solaris ' " Yes , you are " " YES , Then can you tell me why you're body is so weird ? Every time I look at it , there's something different " Aurora said .
Lily smiled as she caressed Aurora " My body just wants me out most of the time , but I have my grip very tightly " " I don't get it " " Just think of it this way , My body wants to die , but I am stopping it from happening by wanting to live "
" So you're body changes because it wants to die ? " " Yes and I'm not dying because I'm stopping it , Any other questions ? " " Hmm , why do you love Mama ? Isn't it hard to see because of the bright light ?"
' I saw through that , but if I tell her Solaris won't let me live ' " I just think your mom is very warm , anyways don't stay with me all the time " " But I wanna " Aurora said " Alright , you can stay "
The rest of her kids then took turns talking to Lily ' Looks like I finally hit the limit . From now on , I will have to try to maintain the seals actively to get stronger '
Lily used Blank to get some books about the soul to help with her progress ' Library of souls about time I start learning an entire library ' Lily sighed and finally after four months ' I hate how this is much harder to understand , but I've got to go through it '
She was very satisfied with the results and felt Immortal break free from the exit she was maintaining ' Better pay those guys ' Lily sent an order to compensate the mythical beast for their service " Where are you going ? " Mother asked out of simple curiosity .
" Work , I'll see you guys at dinner . You know I don't break promises " Lily said with a smile and heads out . She looked at the parade that welcomed her ship " Commander you are back " " How was the vacation ? " everyone cheered with smiles .
' How could she betray us ' ' She should've been thrown under the bus ' ' Let the lies consume you , soon you'll find what is true ' she smiled as if pretending to be ignorant .
" Hello Commander " Duarte said " I'm so glad you recuperated long enough " ' Isn't it to have a poker face ' ' We'll remove her from her place '
" Yep , recuperation took too long I can't believe I was injured that much from fighting the labyrinth " ' Liar ' the officials close to her thought at once as Lily felt the sharp daggers stab her .
" What about your spouses ? " " I told them that I'll probably have to go back to fight the Labyrinth and thought it would be safer up there " ' Traitor , they accept your ideals '
" What's been happening ? " " The Labyrinth has been very active for some reason " ' Yes , cause I took the seals and I'm sure you all think the same ' Lily followed ' You're playing a losing game ' Duarte thought .
" How long until we can send some dispatch down , I'm sure some are itching to fight " ' We aren't on your team ' the officials nearby thought ' I know all your pointless dreams ' Lily thought .
She goes to the platform and makes a speech " I'm glad to join the fight " ' Hurry and get out of our sight ' " I look forward to your efforts when I take command " ' We know all the dirt on your hand '
" Something about this attack feels different " ' Don't act so innocent ' " I feel like changes are coming in time " ' You've committed enough blood and crime ' " We can change the tides of war " ' We won't stop with you behind the bars '
" We can finally get rid of the enemy " ' We will strip your fake identity ' " So let's end this farce " ' And this is just the start ' Keymaker thought .
A special seal activated beneath Lily and she widened her eyes in fake surprise " Aagh , What is this !? " " Kill the traitor " " No I'm not a traitor " " Don't act so innocent " " We know that you're different "
Keymaker appeared as the crowd walked back . Keymaker takes everyone's death and throws it at Lily as he breaks the border between the material world and the spiritual world .
The deaths hit her and she withstood it like it was a strong gust of wind but many more came . Everyone's death came at her with varying force of power " Unleash the dying , free the living "
Everyone chanted as they powered Keymaker " kill the Traitor , No mercy to her " Lily used Sermin's research artifact to resist the Deaths and felt bits of her soul being grabbed by thousands of deaths .
" Take her nations , Don't spare her relations " Lily hears their thoughts as their hate was used to weaken her soul and attack on her whole being as they chanted together " Change the positions , keep the tradition "
" Time to end the farce that you made " Keymaker said as they gathered the power of every civilian's soul " Maybe you should do the same " Lily said and reached her hand toward Keymaker . He found what she was trying to do and quickly used his other plan and takes her Life as the deaths start to grab Lily's death .
" Your lies are not as stable as you believed " Lily pointed a single finger at Keymaker and revealed a long chain , damaging their disguise , revealing Immortal with his tag as a Labyrinth puppet still present .
Lily smiled internally " See the truth and don't be deceived " Lily embraced her death as the chains dragged Immortal with her and the borders were sealed again . Everyone couldn't believe what they just saw " That was Immortal ? " they were all stunned , unable to process the sudden changes .
' If that was Immortal , then what did the commander mean by lies and what truth are we supposed to see ' they looked at the body of Lily , thinking of what they've done as it starts to crack .
The officials near it retreated even further , wondering what it was and Sermin was surprised to see what was happening " Noooo it's going haywire " the systems connected to the artifact that showed the results of all his research started several alarms .
" Woah what is all that noise " Birch asked while he woke up from his sleep " Birch we have to take control of the artifact , something is messing it up " Birch looked at the alarms blaring and the data that was showing " Just leave it there's nothing to do " " What are you talking about ? "
Birch pointed at the television , which showed Lily's body cracking and a strange figure appearing . Birch watches as the figure forms a swirl to seize everyone's life " AHHH , what is that thing ? And is that the life aspect ? " Sermin panicked and Birch hit him to calm him down .
" We'll be fine now about the abstract research . I have a few questions " " Why are you calm ? " " Aren't you supposed to be like that ? " " Y-yeah , but at least show me some reaction so I don't sound crazy "
" You are and Boss already knew this was gonna happen , so she set up a bunch of barriers around here . She doesn't know what will come out of her body , so she chose variety of barriers "
" Huh ? " the blaring alarms shut down and another status of data was displayed instead "Oh , it's finally here... Hello Scyan , how's the smart tower ? " " We're fine " Scyan was sitting down holding a book .
" Why are you calling ? " " Sermin is panicking and look at the news " " Already did we could study that thing that broke out of the boss's body , it looks grotesque and it's even growing and taking everyone's life aspect , so why would it do that ? "
Birch and Scyan viewed the TV while Sermin was confused and wanted to ask some questions " What do you mean by boss saying " " not right now , we have other questions that need to be answered " Birch interrupted him .
Sermin looked at the figure " You said they're taking life , do you think it feeds on it ? " Scyan asked " Maybe balance it ? You did say boss is the carrier of death in your old world " ' I just heard something strange '
" What are you too doing " Sermin If we don't find answers , we won't answer your questions " Scyan said clearly and Sermin looked at the figure " I think it could be related to the artifact but I also need answers to answer your question " " Not it , " Scyan said and Birch sighed " Okay , ask away .
Meanwhile
" YOU LIAR " Mother threw a pillow and broke the TV " She said she would be fine " she hugged a pillow and cries " She's not that hard to kill also Rate can you order a TV " Solaris asked and Mother starts shaking them with panic " How could you not be worried about our husband you bird brain !? "
Rate looks at the red string " she'll be fine , she's not stupid to walk on a trap she knew about " Rate said " You know about this !? Why doesn't she tell me anything ? " "'Cause you're very impulsive and you have only seen her get stabbed , so you underestimate her " Rate explained .
" Have a little faith in me , will you ? " " We do now , she'll be fine , she even had enough energy to take someone with her after revealing that the Benefactor was the bad guy " " Ug , am I the only one here who was scared ? "
" The children would've been scared if they weren't out playing and there is also Labyrinth " " Ah , I'm not the only stupid one " Mother said ' So you admit being stupid ' Solaris thought " Where is she then if she is fine ? "
" It's complicated , but the best way to say it is she's in a dream , the world's dream "
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