" You're just going to stay here? " Death asked Lily " Yeah , of course , I don't get to watch a live movie like this. " Lily ate some popcorn while her residents battled the Mazes.
" They have some basic magic but they still prefer using their weapons so it's showing they have some progress the great fire is supplying that shield I gave her " " What about the accurate divination ? "
" You don't have to defend those I falsely accuse " " I'm just saying , nothing is happening so I thought it would be nice if you could say something about why you don't trust divination " " It's a very good story " Lily said sarcastically .
" First a charlatan trains their bird well to pick the same card and leaves in a mysterious fashion " Death waited for the rest of the story " And ? " " That was it , I was being sarcastic about it "
"I was expecting something good " " Don't try to stir anything up to cure your boredom " ' Yeah but there's nothing to do , If I am free from memories at least let me have some fun '
Death was interested in traveling independently due to his own life experience . However , having to stay in one place forced him to watch only the sky . He wanted something more interactive , like how Lily cooks her food through technology or what the residents do to keep their spirits well-rested .
" You could try to develop Life's self " " How would I be able to do that ? " " Being in the same place doing the same thing doesn't help for sure " Lily wondered if this was how Death planned to cure his boredom but made sense of his words .
' I could wait for her to gain a self and help me properly but that could mean a lot of time to wait , I can't exactly put her through virtual technology since I don't know what her body is made of so my best bet is really to do other things '
" Fine , Argus hand me my mask , googles and cane " ' Yes finally some action ' Argus hands Lily upgraded tools " Seems neat " " Their combat capabilities are enhanced by the use of the artifacts of the sages and technology of the Futures " " Hmm wonder what it can do ? " " Go test it then " Death suggested and Lily reached out to a door and opened it .
" Where are we ? " " Hasst said that he's been fighting against Mazes for a while so we gotta help him " " how ? " A maze jumped out of hiding and Lily raised her hand and cast a spell " Oh " " what were you expecting ? " " A special magic exclusive for you ? " " That would be entertaining for you "
" Yeah, it would be maybe something like using your body's ability to kill and kill " " I do know how to do that " " Really ? " " Yes it's called digestion " Lily joked and moved her hand towards an incoming maze and suddenly they froze falling .
" But I can do that although it cost me the same as throwing the poison to their body minus wounding myself and with the requirement of me having to focus " " So you can do it " " I took inspiration from the labyrinth's ability to digest things "
" Why not make something like a sword with that " " I can do that but for the fighting , The cane will do it " " The cane " Lily released her hand from the crane and it turned into an arm armored by magic .
" Now for the sword " Lily opens her palm revealing a colorful blade which the arm took and flew towards the Mazes swinging it causing them to die " You're letting your lifeless robot do the work ? " " That's what automation is called Death "
" But won't it be possible for the Labyrinth to digest it since it has no will ? " " Then I just have to make sure it's not too far off the range " Lily walks with a flying boomerang with a single edge . She resupplies the kill ability of the sword and reaches Hasst .
" Oh hey boss " " how is the invasion " " A lot compared to the previous days " Lily used the cane to analyze Hasst's body " Death take his death away " " Sure thing " Hasst saw something leave him and Lily stored it inside the arm .
" So where is the mother ? " " She's flying around with that body you gave her but she is pushing it to the limit " " That's fine , the dragon associates should also be in trouble if this place is also being attacked "
" So what do we do ? " Lily thought of the targets the Labyrinth would be after " Small girl " Mother ran to Lily with broken wings " Oh hey Mother how's the body " " It's the worst also my own body is being attacked "
' I expected much ' " My children's souls are barely holding on to keeping it from those Mazes " " I can't exactly have anyone go into the water with its purity " " You could transfer Mother's soul to get the body to work " Death said .
" What ? What about my son ? " " You can give it to me I'll take care of him " Mother turned to face her original body thinking about the cost " " Fine you better do it properly " the body fell and Mother's glowing soul flew into the sea while the son's soul was taken by Death .
" She can do that ? " " Apparently although I think we should be worried about the plants in here " Hasst suddenly felt a sense of dread around him ' Oh no ' Lily kicked Hasst into a door " You'll be in the way "
Lily summons a sword " Let's dance shall we ? " a branch flew in her direction and Lily took off her mask and released her true breath as the branch dissolved .
" Finally some more air " a stone was thrown towards her and she turned her cane into a handle which emitted a sharp energy blade allowing her to cut it .
" Wow I didn't know you were this athletic " " I said it myself I had to restrain myself " Lily crossed her legs and turned to slash a maze that turned to airborne cells that died quickly " I didn't check on life but isn't your heartbeat bad ? "
" When did I say that ? " Lily's heart rate goes up and Death senses it ' what is this ? ' Lily dances against the Mazes and the plants that attack her breathing out her poisonous breath weakening airborne cells and weaker lifeforms .
The grass around her rots but does not die ' Woah ' Death silently hears Lily's heartbeat , sensing it is much different ' It is special ' Lily swings both her death sword and energy blade at the Mazes , breathing the air as she taps on the ground .
Death hears a sound sensing the egg's status " What did you do ? " Lily shuts off his noise ignoring him , she jump and lands on a running Maze , appendages from her back try to tie her down but Lily cuts them off with the energy blade .
The Maze ran to the edge of the island and some Mazes flew out of the water ' It's here ' Death heard a beat coming straight from Lily's soul . She jumped out of the Maze's back and her energy blade flew out of her hand , forming a stable platform while the Mazes were paralyzed .
" So this is what's so special about it " Lily jumps out of the energy platform and rolls into the ground sending the damage to some of the people at the food supplier . Lily smiled looking at the line of Mazes , she started to run into them and Death was protesting " Are you crazy ? "
" No but I am feeling more alive than ever " Lily cast some magic spells on some Mazes and jumped onto their dying bodies . She saw a claw and lowered herself while running over their bodies .
Some appendages tried to stretch out but only came out as tiny weak thorns that crumbled upon Lily stepping on them . She saw a stretching branch and jumped towards it " Wait that thing's gonna break "
Upon reaching the branch , it broke into tiny pieces . Lily positioned her body and cast an explosive spell , sending the recoil through the debt chains . She grabbed the flying energy blade , looking at the Mazes .
" Lily you got yourself cornered you better survive cause if you die I'm going to be getting a lot of your memories " " I know that much " Lily attacked with an energy blade killing a Maze and they all pounced towards Lily .
She lowered herself splitting her legs turning the blade into a staff and swinging it around with magic " Amazing " " Huh ? " ' That wasn't Death ' Lily looked down to see the green pendant glow " Lily watch out " a Maze attacked her thrusting a sharp blade into her body .
Lily looked down and the Mazes and plants around turned to gas after being exposed to the poison through the scent of her blood " Ow " " Don't you dare die Valley " " Trust me I won't " Lily fell to the ground and closed her eyes.
She opened them and looked at where she was " Huh " she felt the exposed wound in her and a fire that was in the wound " I forgot I left it here " " woah how are you here ? " Lily looked at Death " Maybe because you bonded me to be the hamster in the wheel "
" But I saw your body fall why haven't I gotten your memories ? " " Because she's still alive she's only staying in between the cycle " Life said and they turned to her surprise to hear her tone of voice " You sound like you have a bit of " " Life ? Yes I suppose I was able to make up a self hearing your heartbeat "
" What that's cheating " Death said " How ? " " the soul compliments other souls the reason a soul can realize itself is through learning with others or anything that's a person or has a great consciousness " Life answered .
" Death here gained self by revisiting memories I gained mine by hearing you're heartbeat which echoed through my being " Life said , Death looked at Lily and pointed at her wound " So what's that ? " " The phoenix sun "
" You have that with you ? How does it fit ? " Death asked " Imagine what you think is on my eyes " " What is in there ? " " Radiation " " From what ? " " You'll figure it out and we'll talk about Life's things later "
Lily looks at her wound which was sealed properly ' I might need some clothes too ' Lily opens her eyes with her face on the floor " Right my clothes " Lily looks at the broken clothing and uses a spell to fix it .
" Status report ? " " The Mazes underwater are being repelled , and our territories and the great fires are well protected " " Good then this is the the perfect time to use the flames " Lily pushed out the Phoenix sun and was surprised by the color .
" What happened to this ? " " It got affected by you " Life said " Oh she's right " " Oh is it because I lost control ? " " You can still control it too , it still sustains its ability to bring back life however because you let your poison fuel its fire " Death said
" They could get affected by it and live a life similar to mine " Lily said " you can give it your blood " " But won't that hurt him ? " Lily asked " It would change the child to be able to withstand the radiation "
" But that makes you the Father " Death said " I don't think I mind that at all so how does it work " " There is an art among those who were once alive that became the kin of mythical beast " " Your world also has mythical beast ? "
" Yeah, but I never mentioned it because the sages have there's too " " Alright then help me out you two " Lily asked and Life left the pendant " You can do that ? " " Yes I can as long as I am close to you "
" How do you do that and still stay sane ? " " Valley's bond with us is stronger because of the debt chains you made " " Oh there was also that " Death left the black stone seizing the half while Life seized her half .
" Huh, it is pretty quiet " " Are you going to get to it ? Life is already drawing it down " " Yes yes I'll get to it too " Death walked to Life and started to kill the grass .
" Is this how it works ? " " Yep because the making of a kin causes a lot of pain and change on the body we need both life and death moreover it's you we are talking about a walker between the borders of life and death "
" Since when did I become that ? " " You've been like that for a long time just never mentioned it because we don't need it " Death said "Then how does this work ? "
Lily asked " You'll act as an anchor for the body and soul thanks to your great willpower you can prevent the dragon from hatching into a monstrosity and prevent it from dying while the kin-making continues "
Life and Death completed their preparations " Stand in here while I take your blood " Lily stood at the center and Life took her blood " I definitely want to use that Phoenix at the right moment too " " No there is no need for that " Death was confused by what Life said .
She held a single drop of Lily's blood " Even though her blood can cause death it's because of the immense capacity for life you don't need to use those flames at all " Life held the drop and pushed it into the ground .
" We just need you to give the little one courage " Life said " Calling the child of a dragon that's at least two suns big "little" is crazy " Lily felt something pull from her " I feel something pulling me " " Is it a lot ? " Death asked .
" Encourage it that's the child in pain " Mother suddenly hears the wails of her child and quickly gets up with wounds on her body " the sea level starts to fall as her body surfaces , the movement of a giant creation causes tectonic plates to shake and earthquakes to form .
Argus detected the movement of the farm as the wings buried under it moved " Terra others given abandon battlefield and lift the patch of land there's a moving structure trapped by it "
" Seriously ? " A door appears and Terra appears somewhere safe and drops to the ground and starts to spread her telekinesis and raises it . Mother's wings were freed and Argus commanded machinery to assist Terra " Mistress Skylands project has been activated "
" Perfect " " Is the kid okay yet ? " " Not yet I am helping his hatching process , Valley's blood is killing a lot of the Labyrinth's life that is affecting it and mutating the egg " " So we do need the flames " " No I need another drop "
Lily held her hand out and Life takes a drop of her blood " This should be enough " Life gave the egg one more drop penetrating it " I think it's calming down "
Lily said " Is it not that Heavy " Death asked " Small girl is my son okay ? " Mother's head was staring right at her " Don't worry he should be hatching soon . " Lily said and they heard a crack .
" He's hatching " " ARGUS " " Affirmative " Lily's cane grabs Lily and brings her up while Life and Death return into a pendant " Get us out of here "The land bulges and Mother happily watches her son trying to hatch .
" Oh you can do it baby " ' I wonder what's going on with the dragon associates ' Lily looks east and sees two floating islands and hears a loud crack . Lily cast a spell to block the shell that flew out and looked at the dragon " Oh baby you look so healthy and you're color is a nice green "
The small dragon roared happily seeing their mother in his body " wawa " " Oh yes say it say mama " " Dada " the dragon said happily " Huh I don't think you have one "
" Oh I see " Death said excited to see the drama " " Hey small girl why is my little one calling me a father do I look that manly ? " The cane transforms into a sit and Lily takes it " I think he meant me "
" YOU !!?? " Lily used a spell to silence it but it caused the surrounding land to vibrate like there was an earthquake " I had to use my blood to mutate it look at those shells they have roots penetrating through holes "
Mother looks at it " Then that means it was the plants that were harming it ? " " Probably how the Labyrinth tried to kill your kid by moving wind to bring the seeds and keep you in check anyways you're pretty wound up you should eat some food just over there "
Argus uses holograms to give Mother a general direction and Lily leaves through a door ' What kind of food will it be ? ' Mother thought " Argus status report "
" A few residents have been wounded however the employees are alright with minor injuries which shouldn't prevent them from working Mazes are all gone after some residents attacked them when they fell and the employees are prepping the ingredients as we speak "
" It's a lot to take out but I'm sure we'll be fine how's Terra ? " " She's assisting in cooking " " Good how about the great fire ? "
" Still fine however I have not called to discuss the request " " I need to find a way to repay for the energy I'm asking , we'll have to find our nuclear reactor , the problem is they might take a while good thing we invested it how far is their progress then ? "
" It's going very well their biological threshold will be reached in a few days or so " " Good we should be able to keep Terra on cooking duty but I do need to make sure to promise the Great Fire will take me to that location and how are the enchanted voodoo dolls ? "
" Doing very well we have armed them with cooling and fire resistance , we have a few volunteers who are willing to wear them and are waiting " Lily puts her mask back on " Good then tell them to let me through "
Lily appears at a chamber with a great fire inside " Valley you're here " the great fire seemed surprised by Lily's presence nearby " Didn't read the briefing I gave you ? " " No this briefing you gave me was complicated but since you haven't poisoned the air yet I believe you have found a way to prevent that ? "
" Yep, I want to ask if you can help me with a request ? " " What is it ? " " I need help in cooking " " You mean that process by which you torch corpses and enjoy it ? I've seen a few cold people do that "
" This time though it's to feed that giant dragon I told you about and her youngest child " " What about the rest of her children ? " " According to our conversations they're dead and inside her body "
" How is that possible " " It just is , now back to my request I'll make sure you'll be getting back the energy " " I am feeling much weaker than my prime " ' I'm more surprised you have one ' Lily thought .
" Don't worry about being weaker now , then . I have the technology to recreate the power of the sun , but I'll have to get it first . I'll likely get it within two weeks . Surely you don't plan on dying within that timeframe? "
" I can last even longer than that , so this request of yours does involve me powering your cooking ? " " Yep you don't have to do anything just stay right in here and enjoy watching the TV I gave you "
" Then I will wait " Lily smiles and uses another door to return " By the way is the red string there ? " " There's two of them now and Mother is waiting outside " Tell her the cooking will take awhile Argus is the oven ready ? "
" It is " A satellite above the volcano created a mirror while the food was being delivered to a giant floating island made entirely of iron alloy " I don't have to be around the cooking process so let's deal with the people at the back door please "
Lily walked to the back of Mother " So how's the battle Larna " Larna was surprised to see Lily " It was fine why are you here didn't you say that being close to you is the equivalent of death " Are you just rejecting me the hero ? " Lily teased Larna who was irritated by the fact .
" What are you here for ? " " I came to gather the debt between us I resurrected the mother dragon of the ancestral dragons " " Of course you did , what do you want ? " " A meeting can be right here , Get me the doors, Doris "
A few doors appeared beside them and opened revealing the leaders " Go and invite them in " Larna sighed and brought the people together " Looks like everyone has gathered " Lily said with a smile under her mask .
" You all should know what caused this right ? " " Yes we have seen what you did " Agatha the leading Sage said , Derick also nodded and the Futures' AI too " Good I want you all to do me a favor "
" It must sound costly " Derick said " Of course it will be I need you to shut up about me " Lily said and they were all surprised to hear that " Is there a reason to ask that ? " AI asked " Nonono mister AI you shouldn't get more Info on me the thing I need you all to do is lie and hide the truth "
Chains appear around Lily with three connecting to her and several towards the committee that composes the AI's personality " What is this ? " " A debt chain you can contact the Committee about it "
The AI authenticates this fact and Derick questions what this was " Are you keeping us prisoners ? "
" Don't misunderstand , it's a chain that represents your debt to me and I plan to collect your debt by using it to get your silence " " Confirmed with the Committee what effects will this lead to those bonded by it ? " The AI asked .
" I don't know , you all owe me a lot for resurrecting your way out , I plan to remain in the shadows like I always do especially when the light is blinding so all of you will keep quiet about me " Lily said .
" do not announce this secret to anyone the effect of silence about your savior will be kept inside you , you won't be able to mention this but be on guard higher-ups because only you guys know the truth of the debt I have collected " She declared her request .
Larna blinked her eyes and turned to Lily " Why are you here little girl " Derick and Agatha were surprised to see that Larna had forgotten and the committee was also surprised to see it through the AI .
" Also any information about me will be replaced with a cover-up I'll be taking care of that on my end I'll be putting my trust in you with that one " Larna seemed confused by what Lily meant and Lily opened the door and disappeared .
Agatha and the AI also disappeared leaving Derick to see Larna " Oh Sir Derick what are you here for " " Did you not see that little girl with something on her face ? " " What ? Was there one around ? "
" She is probably hacking our systems to cover her identity " the committee said within a room without surveillance ' She'll likely use magic to erase any written text , but why must she do that ? "
" The debt chains are all intact right now they all remember the savior but not what they are " Death said " You think the descenders will make the connection that the savior is the immortal ? " Lily asked .
" Not sure but you should worry about what's under us now " Death said and Lily looked at the map , they were now on top of a tall mountain with ruins under them .
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