Lily plays with the suppressor that she got from the labyrinth at the mountain ' I can't tell how useful this will be right now but at least I got something to keep it down ' she was about to use the suppressor on herself , but shook the thought away .
The plains of the rift world were simple , but the deeper Lily went, the more dangerous it became. High concentration of chemicals found in nature , much evolved lifeforms were present ' How does the rift king gather this following ? '
Lily had a quick guess , assuming that the rift king had access to a network of worlds and likely blended them or connected ' Might be useful to see what else they know , it could be a key to leaving this world , but the problem is the fact that I could be dragged into this world again '
She thought of the descenders talking to her enemy ' I'll have to get rid of the root cause and maybe I might make a home out of this place , but I'd like it if it was comfortable ' she walked to the location were the rift king is likely to be supporting the spell .
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' There are no more generals I have sole command of the worlds ' the Rift king sat on the throne with the spell above him , as if a galaxy was swirling over his head with tiny cracks in each planet .
' This is hard to maintain the worlds connected to mine are getting much harder , the dead's souls are holding the worlds together , but why are my armies losing to this world ? ' Lily kicked the door open and it automatically closed .
" I've traveled to various worlds , so how did you foil my plans ? " Lily wondered what he meant and broke the floor " just so you know you're in my way of destroying the descenders " the floor materials flew towards the rift king and they suddenly disappeared .
The power of the rift king spread and the whole castle was cut into rooms. Lily watched the sky appearing " Hey , Cane a map please " the rift king sent rooms towards Lily and she stopped it with telekinesis .
A map was formed revealing multiple floating platforms ' Looks like a platforming game ' Lily felt some pressure and released her telekinesis, allowing the rooms to fly to her . She opens a door and pops a pill into her mouth .
She escaped to a random room and peeked through the glass ' So he can't see beyond normal sight ' she used clairvoyance but felt dizzy ' I'll have to ask how to use that later , I do have a database of each resident's attempt to use their power but that's at the lab '
Lily looked up to see a flapping eye and quickly rolled to the side as the room was halved and crushed ' What a ruthless move ' she jumped and the halve was crushed .
She reached out to the sky , opening another door and avoided being crushed . She appeared in another room and started to run ' According to the maker , that spell the rift king is using is maintained with souls . His soul isn't strong enough , hence the need for those long-term plans '
The rift king looked around , waiting for some of his own cameras to tell him where Lily ' Death did say that it takes a lot to handle a body like mine , an entire world could already die from a piece of me . So is it possible to carry the burden of that spell ? '
Lily spotted a potion identifying the contents and drank it , she felt more strength and started to run much faster . The cane's weight swung her center of gravity , causing the room to move , alerting the rift king who crushed it and watched Lily hop out with a smirk .
" THE AUDACITY " rifts to other world formed , allowing Lily to escape , she tumbled on the grass and some eyes followed her " Get back here " a rift appeared and it appeared to a volcano . Lily looked at the floating rooms nearby and fell into a door .
The room shook and Lily took off her mask the rift king was too enraged to sense the danger and crushed the room , but Lily fell through the floor that melted from her breath " Haa , some fresh air "
Lily pointed her cane and it ejected a hook . The hook latched on a surface and pulled Lily from some incoming danger . Lily jumped away from the wall and the rift king took the chance . The debris flew towards Lily , but froze from her telekinesis , giving her enough space to fall into another room .
The room started to melt with Lily's breath , she felt heat from below and backed away from the erupting lava, but fell into a world with a vast ocean .
She quickly created a pill with the life around and destroyed nearby sea monsters and popped it into her mouth . She fell into the water and the cane got up , she spat out the water that mixed into her saliva and watched the ocean become tainted with poison .
" Huh , I'll have to do something about that later " the crack she came from dropped some lava " Uhoh " the cane moved her from danger but the amount of lava was worrisome " the door it is " she disabled the cane's flight and fell into a small trapdoor landing on another room .
' Hmm , looks like I can do that now ' the rift king couldn't be bothered with the smoke and stayed vigilant . Lily stood on the room beneath him and controlled the wind . The smoke started to envelop the rift king however he wasn't bothered until he coughed blood .
" Isn't this amazing , I just turned this place into a sauna " Lily said " Although for you , it's more like a poison trap " the rift king tried to attack , however it failed " What's happening ? " " You're dying although I think I can try to make it easier to hold on "
The cane transforms into a chair for Lily to sit and she opened her palm . Her soul stretches out of her body and hooks onto the rift king " There we go " the rift king felt more ease in handling the poison and was about to attack, but stopped in his place .
" Alright , looks like I won " the rift king was baffled to hear that statement and struggled to move " I don't think you will cooperate " Lily releases her hold on the rift king and the poison attacks his body , killing him .
" But I don't want you alive " the rift king's soul floated to his spell " The debt chain will do me well " the rift king started to take proper control of his spell from the grave and Lily looked walked to the throne .
Lily sat on it , enraging the rift king , but before he could be bothered with her, he felt the burden of maintaining the spell and quickly lost it . Lily collected a soul taking its burden " All of you should line up .
More and more souls were freed from the spell leaving Lily more of the spell's burden , however the generals and the rift king's soul are still trapped . Lily let the freed souls stay , but placed the generals into the spell's burden .
She finally takes control of the spell and looks at the rift king's body " That big staff should be the catalyst " it flew into her hands " So this should be the kind of item that gives me a boss's powers , although if I want all of it , it's gonna be hard "
She thought about the gate and quickly closed the giant gateway, making it disappear " I don't plan to stay, I still have to get back " she looked at the souls around her ' I think I can give death the job in here if I get to keep it '
Lily exits the rift world , arriving at the mountain where she landed , carrying the staff and the chain towards the labyrinth shook " What do you want to make another deal ? " ... " Yeah, I know I have the rift worlds with me now, but I said I would get it off your way. I did that, you know ? "
" Come on , don't be mad at me . I went through a lot to ensure that they got out of your way " ... " Oh relax , at least you get to take away that kingdom " ' although I do want to find out what the labyrinth does to it ' " huh another trade ? " She listens to the terms " Well , that is a bit more agreeable "
She put the staff down on the mountain and put on the suppressor . The labyrinth claimed the staff while giving Lily the terms ' Looks like I'll have to pay some rent money once in a while I should mark the date ' Lily looks at the kingdom and the labyrinth , slowly enveloping it .
She witnessed the land being consumed by the labyrinth " That looks amazing " the land was slowly turning into an actual labyrinth . The cane transformed into a pod and she got in as it shot into space .
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" So that's what happened ? " Lily nodded " I still wish you'd bring me a bag of food " " You could take some food from that giant plate tomorrow " ' Now that I helped the Labyrinth consume a candidate , it won't bother me at all '
" Hey husband I still want to give my children some school " " Sure I'll take care of that " Lily checked on her debt chains connecting to the dead souls she had saved from the rift king's spell ' Seems to still be intact , I can use this to spy on the labyrinth when I get the chance . '
She was satisfied with the loot she had obtained . The debt chains that connect to several potential sources of information and knowledge of the rift king and the generals as well as a sprout .
' I'll have many uses with these chains and for that sprout too ' Lily went to Mother's back blending amidst the crowd that gathered to the stage . Lily quickly uses the debt chain to understand what was going on .
After taking a glimpse of the descenders , she rents a room and rests with the cane by her . The next morning she hitches a ride along with Beryl .
' They tried to get on Beryl's back, even though they already have a plane, guess they wanted to get it much faster or it sounds like some arrogant privileged character '
Beryl landed and Lily leaves the cabin " Thanks kid " ' The goal of the descenders to assist is kinda ridiculous ' " I don't want any assistance , but it looks like what I did with the rift world make them worry about the Labyrinth "
She returned home and put on the pendant while Argus terminated the clone " So , want me to tell you what happened ? " " No need , I read the briefing Argus left at the cabin , you haven't checked on the station for the descenders sponsors, right ? "
" Not at all , why ? " Lily recalls the information she obtained through her debt chains and opens a door to the station " Wow , you discovered how to use your powers now ? " " Be quiet " Lily walked to the station and checked on any announcements .
"Due to the disappearance of a candidate , a few descenders will assist in the selected candidate who is now the new front line" ' And they chose me , so what's the rationale ? ' she reads the announcement, baffled by the logic .
' Just because the labyrinth wasn't attacking me , they thought I deserve to win ? ' she was confused and figured it must have to do with the previous front line against the labyrinth ' The labyrinth was quiet because the front line remained strong only when it sensed weakness did the labyrinth destroy it completely '
Lily checks on the debt chains , but she was too far from the souls to gather information on the labyrinth's thought process in taking down the enemy ' I should look into this alliance they are suggesting I'll have to lie about being able to move all around the labyrinth by using Beryl although I could just say that I could use Beryl and Mother like a giant airplane , just don't mention the pods '
" Papa look " Beryl showed Lily a spacecraft " Oh looks like your hand and eye coordination is doing well together , Put them down here " " Okay " Beryl placed the spacecraft down but due to his side he dropped it at a tall height causing the objects inside to drop at the force of gravity .
" Another huh " Lily quickly took on her difficult attitude and watched the door open " Ugh blegh " the three descenders puke out vomit and Lily gave them some time to get rid of the effects of being caught and played around by a giant baby .
" Are you the descenders that's supposed to be helping me ? " the descenders stood trying to retain whatever dignity they still have " Yes , we were told that you are the new front line as such we have come to assist you , however your position is still not as firm as it should be so we would like it if you properly allied yourself with the other candidates to strengthen your strength "
" So I auto win ? " " Uhm, what do you mean ? " " Have I become the front line that you descenders labeled ? " " Uh yeah " " Oh good then I'll focus on retrieving my territories " " Wait what about keeping the Labyrinth in check ? "
" The Labyrinth isn't doing anything right ? I have a code I follow, which I don't bother others when they don't bother me " Lily turned away " Plus I heard that the previous front lines lost because they showed weakness . I'm still lacking in most of my facilities , so I plan to recover them "
" Wait , but you should at least attack any mazes " The descender said " No I'm too busy , plus I have guards to stop any Mazes that come in " " Wait don't you have a wish that you want to achieve ? "
Lily thought about the many entertainment that grants wishes to the main character " I do, but it's not something others should do for me . I will take care of my wishes " Emma was surprised to hear Lily's lack of desire to attack the Labyrinth .
" Wait isn't your objective supposed to be fighting the labyrinth ? " " Oh, that is true " " Then " " I'm selected as the candidate of the main force against the labyrinth , but here's the thing , descender , I was not specifically told about attacking in a schedule I was just a front line "
" But that's what the main force of the labyrinth is supposed to do " " Yeah in your terms , not in mine , main force means we are ready to attack when they attack " Emma couldn't do anything to convince Lily due to the different understandings .
' That's right the school said it too , different cultures may mean different things with more complicated terms , if one culture uses a term, it will vary by degree compared to others , or even meaning '
" Fine , then since you plan to be the main force , we will do it then " Lily felt the chain to the Labyrinth shake and gave it a few words to assure it " Well I won't be joining you at all , I'll be staying to defend any incoming mazes "
" Can you at least let us take this place as the base ? " ' It would force endless unreasonable demands from the labyrinth , they won't become a big problem later ' " Sure, I'll have Argus prepare that " in a few moments the descenders found themselves at different rooms with high quality bedding .
" Oh goodness this is so good " Emma said and Brock was also enjoying it . While the ever so silent third descender was already asleep . Life obtained their data and revealed them to Lily .
Emma who wields magic and a sword , Brock who carries a heavy yet average size sword and Ava a girl who carries small lethal weapon with poison ' It matches what the station gave me , I could give them a few useful things for desperate measures '
" Hey now that you finished with the descenders, can you tell me about what happened to your body ? " " Oh, I started growing up " " That's pretty vague " Death said .
" Life can you answer his questions ? I want to sleep " " Alright " Life said and she reads Lily's memories as she falls asleep and Death whispered to Life telepathically ' So what happened " ' She has started to grow after feeding her body a very dense nutritional pill "
' Seriously , how did she learn to use her powers ? " ' She was able to do that as soon as her body was full , with the cooperation of her own body she was able to access the powers but it requires plenty of food to be consumed , also she based this understanding on the ecosystem will and she also has a sprout with an ecosystem's soul she plans to plant it here so that it can support the growth of more super plants "
' Woah , you did not miss a beat , anything else ? " ' She has a suppressor on to hide her increased strength of her soul " ' Huh does that mean she would need to eat a lot ? " ' Yes , it could be possible to obtain it from the descender's sponsorship but the problem is her attitude "
' Yeah that's true "
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" We would like to thank you for allowing us in such comfortable dwellings " Emma bowed towards Lily and so did the others " It's the least I should do " Lily said, as a hologram while she was eating her breakfast .
" Is there any way we can thank you ? " " Leaving me alone would be nice " Emma didn't like Lily's attitude but figured that any newbie in the labyrinth would be the same after they were pushed into another world .
" What do you think is her deal ? " Brock asked " I don't know , but doesn't she look cute ? " Ava asked " It's weird that you call her that " " Obviously , because she's much shorter than Ava " Brock joked .
" Yeah you should be used to it by now " Ava said " Don't you two see it ? " both of them looked at each other with a questioning look " She's much bigger than she was yesterday I know you two don't pay attention to strangers but we'll be working with her so shouldn't you at least notice that ? "
" Hey , it's one thing to pay attention to listening to others but do you pay much attention to a stranger ? " Ava said with disbelief that Emma was able to see that small detail .
" By my estimate , it could be possible that her background is that of a family , she likely inherited that military force with her rate of growth "
Emma said and they passed a door to look at the operating labs, which Scyan was working on " What do you think she makes in here ? " Ava asked " I'm not sure it's kind to ask that, as far as I know , this glass that's keeping us from jumping down means we're only allowed to look "
The three felt schills as Scyan had turned to them with a curious wide smile " Uegh that guy's creepy " Brock said " He might be the type to experiment on us like lab rats " " Come on you two we promised that we would kill some mazes so we should get to work " Emma said .
" Do you think they put tiny cameras on us to gather data " Ava asked " Ava you watch too much of those spy movies , if you keep worrying about small things , you'll never get things done and if you are that worried about cameras we can always have the credibility of the front line commander assessed "
Lily was amazed by the society of the Descenders " It's like it's out of those stupid plotlines back at home " " There are good ones with great world building , but it's always ruined by the repetitive plot " Life said .
" Do you have that crappy novel ? " " No , I hate powers that suddenly become accessible by a lowly mind " " You will sound arrogant if you say that " Death said " Please , it's not like my worshippers are stupid they always receive the best education "
" I sometimes wonder how you can act this much like a god when you are human " Death said and Lily looks at the Descender's society ' It's quite varied but there are constants , the training and the goal '
" I wonder if I could visit these schools " " You want a school life ? " Death asked " No unlike some prince who doesn't appreciate how they had lived I actually love doing what I like , I have immortality , power and money and I earned them all through hard work which means I actually have a well-deserved satisfaction which the privileged don't "
" Since when did you get so defensive about that ? " Death joked and Lily sighed " Sometimes I wish I could throw this pendant to who knows where , maybe space or maybe drop my blood and throw it into a pit of people from different worlds "
" Hey , calm down I was joking " Death said, backing up " Then I'll look into what matters " Lily put on her mask and walked to look for Rate " How was your day , Rate ? " " Uhm it was good. I haven't seen you for a while, is there a reason why ? "
Lily smiled " I was preparing to bring back your parents " " Wait, didn't you say you had to make a deal with the Labyrinth ? Isn't that bad ? " " Don't worry, I made my payment already, it wasn't much to me " Lily said .
" I just hope your parents don't have any hard feelings about me destroying the previous front line of the labyrinth " ' Oh, that's right, but I think the brainwashing needs a much bigger apology ' Rate thought .
Rate followed Lily to the bottom of the mountain, entering a cave and walked deeper and deeper inside " I'm here to collect what you owe me Rate's parents , please ? " Rate watched the corrupted ground of the labyrinth gurgle as his parents rose up .
Lily looked at the debt chain, watching it fade slowly and finally disappear completely ' Weird ' " Huh ! " Rate was surprised as his parents' unconscious body surfaced and so did the rest of the mythical beast that came from his world .
" Oh my goodness , Lily I didn't think you went that far " ' So that's their plan ' " That's right , don't worry about paying me back you got your family back now , although none of them can go against the Labyrinth , which means that most of their abilities are sealed "
Rate thought about the history of endless fighting against the labyrinth " I think it's okay fighting against Maze invasions is kinda hard " Rate mentioned and Lily smiled " I'll take them and you can introduce me later but now we'll have to leave "
Rate looks back at the Cave thinking about the contradiction he had experienced in Lily's home and his ' The descenders always said that the labyrinth was a threat , but now the Labyrinth hasn't attacked us at all , the kingdom did say that as long as they remain strong the Labyrinth won't attack us '
He was also confused by the mystery surrounding the Labyrinth and Lily thinks about the brainwashing that the Labyrinth did to Rate ' If the Labyrinth could do something like let down the guard of its enemies I would also have to watch out for that '
' Then why don't you remove that suppressor ? " Life asked ' I'm too used to having problems it's comforting in a way " " But that's unhealthy " Life said " So is my body , apparently but I've been eating a lot recently I'll have to work very hard to feed myself form now on I'll probably eat more than Beryl or Mother "
" With their sizes I'm surprise you say that " Death said " Yeah but I also need to find out how to expel my bodies poison " Lily said " You mean poop " Death said trying to get a reaction " Nah I don't want to do that I've been doing very well without doing any of those "
" Then why not sweat " " Hmm , that could work , maybe just breathing would be fine , but I need a very strong ecosystem to support that , luckily I have just the thing "
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