A white dragon flies with her young rider drawing out "the bountiful land with a massive lake . However , the more you get closer to the center the more you can see another island covered by an invisible wall . The colors of its vegetation were different than the bountiful land ."
"You can describe the central island as a perilous place Norbird can sense something dangerous and that invisible wall may be the thing keeping that feeling suppressed ."
The rider wrote on the notes "Meanwhile the land that surrounds the water which surrounds the center island seems very bountiful , trees grow as if they could reach the sky and many plants are growing beneath the trees despite the shade"
" Norbird dive into the water " Norbird allowed her wings to fold and fall into the water allowing her rider to see and write down "Roots that stretch downwards to the sea floor what is more amazing however are these construct that move around"
' I've kept a distance for a while I hope I don't disturb them but since Norbird is naturally easy to see it won't be difficult for them to spot us if they tried ' they resurfaced back after watching everything " Norbird let's head back first " but before they could they were captured .
" Subject has been captured after 4 days of observation " a robot said to a young girl wearing some glasses " Good with a subject like that we can establish a proper connection to this new world "
Lily plays with a withering scale obtained from the capture " I wonder if I could get a peaceful life in this world but it feels like I got myself in a not-so-peaceful world "
The last of the scale breaks into dust at her touch and Lily asks " Argus How far along are the drones flying ? " " Very far we have hidden them from any forms of detection however there is no real guarantee we can hide them as effectively on aquatic bodies "
" That's fine we may not be able to use the sea or watch out for it but the plants should be enough to make sure whatever is hiding in the deep sea doesn't come too close "
" Should we reinforce the outer land ? " " No keep it as it is " ' The people outside aren't aware of who we are but it's been a month since I came to this world '
" Mistress we have received a signal of our overseas residents " Lily was surprised to hear such a thing " How fast are they arriving ? " " Very fast they seem to be lacking in energy and but not time according to the data their microchips are transmitting " Lily looked at a digital timer that was ticking down and an ID on a hologram .
" Oh the perfect person and most likely to survive in an unknown world like this make sure to get information from Hasst to see what they learned " " On that note, they have experienced some damage " " By how much ? " " Most of his equipment seems to have overheated , he is also in need of ammunitions "
" Then bring him in " Argus sent drones to take Hasst who was steadily making his way back " Finally something familiar " Hasst grabbed onto the drones and let them take him back .
" Argus you there ? " " I am connecting you to the mistress " ' Still stuck with that name even though she looks as young as my daughter at grade school ' Hasst sees Lily on the screen and is ready to give a report " What did you learn about this world ? "
" A lot is going on in here , weird animals and folks " Hasst said in a serious tone " That much I know " " I have specifics , there's some kind of monster the locals would fight first then each other next "
Lily looked at an image extracted from Hasst's chip " Also they can do magic but some of them can use sci-fi " More images were extracted and Lily smiled " Magic huh " ' Makes sense for her to be more interested in magic "
" Alright , we'll gather all of your data through your microchip . Until then , I hope that my connections are loyal to me and protect your daughter . " Hasst looked at a keepsake with a picture of his daughter.
Lily walks towards a small burrow and out came some strange-looking bunnies " Aww how cute " she patted their bodies happy to see them well " Scyan is doing a good job making these " " Mistress captured subject has gained consciousness would you like to see them ? "
" Yes " a screen appeared in front of Argus showing Yok " Hello outsider , you are currently able to understand my language and speak it " Yok was surprised to be able to understand Lily and considered noting this down " You will enjoy your freedom as long as you allow me to learn what you know of this world "
Yok was cautious but considered the possibility of having an ally this capable " Then what are your questions ? " " What is this world ? " " It's supposed to be a prison " " Interesting why would prisoners be trapped in here ? " " To throw a prisoner which is seen as unfit to society or being a different and sometimes some real criminals "
" Nothing about using a prisoner for experimentation just a punishment ? " Lily asked recalling the history of criminals being used by doctors to discover the anatomy .
" No not at all , but please know that my people are just those that weren't fit to a society who owned the power to expel us to this prison as the labyrinth "
" Is that what you call this place ? " " Not many groups have different names but we all collectively understand it as a world with complex paths from one location to another " ' So that's why he used the word "labyrinth" '
" You mention that the labyrinth is a place to throw prisoners unfit for society . It doesn't just apply to an individual but a group, right? " " Yes , the dragon riders are sort of like that . " " It seems like I'm not the only one " Lily thought.
" Perfect you have answered quite a lot of questions but I do have a few more what do you mean by criminals ? " Yok recalls his words about why people are thrown to the Labyrinth " The Maze is also capable of containing very powerful beings "
" Do they have to be evil ? " " No it doesn't seem to matter what one does as long as someone wants a person gone they can ask the labyrinth if they have the ability to "
" Did you get this information from someone ? " " Yes there is an immortal that lived here for a long time they have said that they had an enemy talk a lot which sent them here "
' I'd like to know this immortal ' " Good Argus removed his microchip " Yok was surprised to feel something leave him and reached the location of the pain surprised to sense no blood or wound ' I hope we can ally with her '
" Also Outsider you can have this " a vial appears in the room " What's this ? " " Medicine for you and watch out for the dosage " a door opens leading Yok outside to Norbird who was waiting and a drone flying out of her back .
" I'll send someone over to greet your tribe " Yok looked at Norbird sensing her fear towards Lily's voice ' That girl must be terrifying ' Lily turned her attention to another screen " So Hasst about the information you got did you learn any magic ? " " I did take a lot of pictures on some books gotta take someone to learn it "
" That's fine , Argus will implant a chip on you " Hasst prepared for the quick implant of the chip and arrived at Yok " So you the guy ? " Yok was surprised to hear Hasst speak his language " Yes I hope you don't get sick while riding " " I've had worst " " I will also be watching " Lily said through a hologram on Hasst's renewed equipment .
Yok decided not to ask much of how this was possible and climbed onto Norbird's back " Don't worry girl I won't hurt you " Lily said trying to reassure Norbird's fear . They took off flying through the sky " Mistress I have established connections with some of our lost satellites "
A map appears in front of Lily showing the giant island and a vast ocean with an island a dot was moving towards too ' This should be his home ' while riding Norbird and not hearing Lily's voice Yok asked Hasst to learn more about Lily .
" Is that girl your master ? " " My employer " Hasst said " She is strangely well mannered for a girl her age are her parents powerful figures ? " " First off kid if you want information from me I'll have you know that Valley is an orphan and you should not mess with her for your sake "
" What do you mean by for my sake ? " " Do I have to give you all this information " Hasst hears the voice of Lily in his mind ' Just tell him , it'll be useful if I am known even by a little "
Hasst complied with Lily " But if you have to know Valley isn't a young girl she's little for sure but she is probably old you are human so maybe she could be older than your family " ' So she is like the immortal that we communicated with in the past '
" So is her age the reason I have to be careful of her ? " Hasst not hearing any words about stopping answered " Let me ask you how did you talk to her ? " " I believe it was through a window "
" So a screen , you will have to know this Young man , that girl is like death itself get too close to her and you die " Yok remembered that gift Lily gave him " Then what's this ? " Yok reveals a vial " You got that from her ? " Yok nodded .
" It's probably made from her body " Yok didn't understand how Hasst can say Lily was like death when the vial Yok got was also medicine ' Hasst is doing a good job introducing me but these dragons are amazing '
She looks through the map watching the dragons with a smile ' They look so cute , I'll have to send Scyan out later for that ' " So those criminals that rider talked about should be very powerful make sure that we have our residents ready to fight "
" Yes they're currently being briefed about this world and the language " " Good tell them to expect to leave the house soon enough and make sure they are ready " Argus confirmed the order and prepared the tools of each resident's trade .
" Tell Scyan to analyze the other parts of that dragon we extracted from " at an elevator , a man with a smile walks out with a container of Norbird's parts and a chip ' This is a really interesting subject Valley '
" And is it lunchtime yet ? " " Almost " " alright get me the data we recently obtained " Lily sat down reading through a hologram with Argus by her side " We're here " Norbird flew over the forest and over the stone walls of the dragon riders' settlement and landed .
The riders pointed crossbows and spears towards Hasst " Yok who is that behind you " " Wait he's not holding me hostage " Yok said and they find truth in his words as they don't sense fear of Hasst from Norbird .
" Care to introduce yourself , outsider ? " " Name is Hasst " everyone was surprised to hear Hasst speak their language fluently " How do you know our language " " Hey kid explain to them " Hasst demanded and they both went down .
" The island I've been watching has a girl who can allow me to communicate with her I already understand her language and it seems she can make her people understand ours " everyone was curious about this and Yok continued " She sent him with me to visit "
" How does she plan to do that ? " Yok looked at Hasst who calls Lily and a hologram appears " Hello dragon riders , it seems you have had an interest in who I am " they were surprised to learn that she was talking in their language to wondering if this capability wasn't limited .
" What do you want ? " " Best have your superiors talk to me " they all understood that they were too low in status to speak with her and Yok escorted Hasst to the elder of the dragon rider ' What a show ' Lily thought .
She appeared again as a hologram to the leader of the settlement " So you are the girl that Yok has been watching out ? " " Yes I am " " Is there a reason you come here like this ? " Larna asks " If I come too close you die "
" Bold of you to say that we are already aware of how many resources you have since you appeared with that giant island " " And I am aware of the unease your dragons are experiencing " data on Norbird that Scyan obtained had given Lily an idea on what has occurred .
" Of course , I know I'm the cause of it what animal doesn't fear an ecological nightmare like me " Larna was concerned by Lily's words of her being a threat on her own .
" But I am still new so I plan to learn more about this world , as long as you don't try to attack I won't attack you but we can help each other which I welcome that "
" So how will you help us ? " data on Yok obtained from the chip isn't just limited to language but also some of his knowledge " Depends on what you want I have plenty of different resources you can use the only I advise not using is my people "
" Do you also plan to use my people ? " " Not at all but I do require a sample from your humans and dragons just a little of course I can provide you a very good medicine " Hasst receives a message sighing after hearing it and pointing a gun at Yok shooting his body down .
" GUARDS " Guards ran towards Hasst with spears and he quickly subdued them breaking their spears and kicking them away at a certain distance .
Hasst quickly recovers Yok's medicine and poured it all over his body " Haaahhh " Yok gasped and touched his body and other than the damage on his clothes his body was fine " What was that ? " " Your "gift" " Hasst said .
Larna couldn't believe how Lily demonstrated her capabilities ' Making her people do something when she is not around , the man possessing weapons to penetrate dragon scales at quick succession and taking down elite guards and an elixir that heals someone who is supposed to be dead '
Yok was confused about what happened and Larna looks at Lily " Was that demonstration meant to provoke me ? " " No it's meant to show how valuable the medicine I gave to your rider is , You could save quite a lot with just a vial so imagine what it would do when you have a surplus "
" Do you not care about life ? " " Of course I do that's why I made Hasst use bullets that don't cause pain " Larna turns to Yok and asked " Are you okay ? " " Uhm yes Ma'am " " How do you feel ? " " Uhm great actually "
" So still open with my offer " " What would you have done if I refused " " I'd be disappointed and look for someone else to tell me about this world " " You couldn't have made that demonstration more gentle !!?? " Larna yelled .
Lily looked at her and asked " So it hurts right ? " Larna was confused by what Lily meant " I just gave you a taste of how cruel the world will be if that were to happen , I also gave you hope that it can be prevented "
Larna starts to understand what it must be like remembering the stories " So would you like to accept my offer to prevent something like this from ever happening ? " Larna collected herself and cast her anger aside " You better not lie about having plenty of these "
" I won't " ' Hasst you will stay there I will be sending someone over to collect the data I'll give you the trigger for Larna later use " ' It must be that person coming over ' " You got it, boss "
" I have sent a doctor to collect my payment which will be a small sample of your people's bodies they won't hurt in the long and he will bring the medicine to your tribe and tell you how dangerous it will be so you don't overuse it " Larna wonders what Lily means and so did Yok recalling how Lily said to watch out for the dosage .
" I'll be waiting for the doctor " Hasst said " Where ? " Larna asked and Hasst pointed to the location " Guards escort him " Hasst leaves them alone while the guards followed him and Larna turns to Yok .
" What happened ? " Yok tells her about what happened during his surveillance " That's bothersome " " Will we be fine ? " " We should be unless she's a charlatan , She said something about the dosage right ? "
" She said to watch out for it when I use it " Larna doesn't understand it and turns to one of the doctors " Did you understand what she means ? " " Possibly , We have created antidotes derived from lethal poisons by reducing the amount perhaps she means that we shouldn't administer too much of the medicine or else we use it as a poison "
" That sounds right the man did say the medicine is made from her body " ' So that means her body is poison that's why her man called her death ' " Take care of him and see if there are any problems with him I will take a close eye on these people and also tell the other settlements about what I found and bring some of the heavily injured to me "
Larna walks out of the hut heading towards the location Hasst pointed out remembering what Lily wants ' Why does she want that ? ' she reaches Hasst and asked " She likes things that are alive " Hasst said .
" Why ? " " Don't know my biggest guess is that they look cute and can be communciated with " " How does she find humans cute ? " " Not humans more like your dragons she buys a lot of artwork and is probably a big patron of arts "
Hasst said in their language ' There's a lot of words here ' they see a box landing on the location and Scyan after the doors open " Oh Hasst thanks for helping me win a bet " Scyan said " What did you win ? " " Satisfaction "
' Of course he did ' " You must be the leader hello now where are your dragons " " Stop I want to see if the medicine you bring is real " " Alright alright we have a giant container of them right now "
Scyan pulls a locked container and opens it revealing the same liquid ' It could be fake ' " Leader of the tribe you seem to have a lot of scars I'll administer a drop to heal it " " No you will administer it to someone with more serious injuries "
Larna points at a bunch of riders with burns , missing limbs and organs " Valley did say I have to listen to you " Scyan takes out a syringe " What's that ? "
" Something you will need for much older injuries you can just apply this liquid directly if it's recent but for old injuries it's better to inject it into their skin "
" You don't have anything special inside this ? " Scyan points the needle to Larna and pushes out the air to show her there is nothing " Just get to it " " Don't be hasty Hasst , you're the reason why charlatans exist because you don't check if the medicine is real " Scyan told Hasst .
" You can just drink it on your own but it's effective to inject it and as for how to administer it without this equipment " Scyan takes out a knife " Just skin the person and apply it " Larna wonders if there will be more people like this and watched Scyan do all the work .
He reopened old scars on those who seemed braver and injected the medicine into those who weren't so brave . While the box of medicine was being watched by another rider . Scyan finished administering the last injured and cleaned up his tools .
" So any other problems you wanna ask before I start collecting samples ? " the box was sealed and Larna asked " What do you mean to watch out for the dosage ? "
" The thing about this medicine is that if you put too much you might create a disgusting lifeform cause the medicine is meant to regenerate it can't exactly be controlled so you best not fully heal a severe wound " ' So that man can control the harm he puts on others , says a lot about their capability '
" And how strong is the box " Hasst shoots the box and the carriers drop it frightened " Pretty strong if you ask me " the demonstration has shown that Larna could at least trust that the box can be protected on its own " How do we open it ? " " Hasst here will tell you "
Larna was about to stop Scyan until Hasst pressed a trigger button " AHHHHHH " Scyan fell onto the ground and Hasst gave the trigger button to her " Just press that when you want to stop him from doing whatever he's doing "
Hasst gives her instructions on how to open the box while at the island Lily sits on the grass closing her eyes and taking out the eyeglasses " Scyan is already gathering samples " " Good " she pats a rabbit that jumps on to her .
" Our closest island is now our ally " she smiled while patting the rabbit ' Right now I need to find out why this place is called the Labyrinth or Maze whatever word is lost in the translations '
She faces the rabbit thinking of the labyrinth " Yok said this place isn't for experimentation but it does work as a trap or a prison so what kind of powerful beings will I have to face " She smiled feeling challenged .
' A nuclear bomb is much more insignificant than I am so what kind of damage can these beings ever make ? I truly look forward to the destruction they can cause ' she puts the rabbit aside and opens her eyes watching the grass mutate .
She puts her glasses back on and a drone contains the mutated grass incinerating it to ashes and containing it for its radiation while checking the radiation level around " Argus did you finish compiling the Data from Yok and Hasst "
" Yes " Lily looked at the data and input the image of the monster to which she found the name " So these monsters have been in this world for a while now , is it because of the translation that it's called the Mazes ? "
She reads further about the labyrinth surrounding Yok's data ' It's kinda wasteful to do this but the first time of this use isn't wasteful ' she learns more about the labyrinth reading into data .
The Labyrinth is where the outcast of society is thrown into , these outcast aren't limited to just evil gods who were sealed inside or powerful beings whose enemies found the method to send them to the Labyrinth first .
People who are just different can also be expelled away , however the labyrinth also has its own lifeforms called the Mazes , they hunt anything that seems foreign and kill them . Mazes can still recognize does who don't belong to the Labyrinth .
The reason is still unknown so many of the outcasts that come in here will easily set their differences aside but the Mazes weren't too much to cause them to unite and thus the outcasts will only stick to their groups .
' What an interesting world , so it's not like there's a demon king that forces elves , dragons , humans and beastkins to unite and fight against them ' Lily sighed disappointed by the lack of unity but saw the reason .
Anything the Mazes touch with their bodies immediately becomes part of the Labyrinth unless the Mazes are killed these corrupted things will be allowed to move by the Labyrinth ' So that's why it's called the Labyrinth '
She looks at the sun wondering if that could also be corrupted by the mazes ' I'll have to investigate that possibility gotta think much further than the Mazes' Labyrinth '
" Argus is this world supposed to be like a circulating planet ? " " That is uncertain unless I fully connect to the satellites " " What about the magnetic fields ? " " This world's magnetic fields interfere with normal communication but not ours "
" How ? " " It can be assumed that powerful magnets are stationed in different location are interfering with it so it is distorted rather than straight "
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