Argus brings the sprout into the glass dome and plants it " So , from here I'll have to exercise and it will do the process of gathering the sweat " Lily said as she puts on the specially made exercise clothes .
" You're doing this ? " Death asked " Yeah , something wrong about it ? " " No , it's just I didn't expect you to do something like this . I thought you would say something along the lines of "it's a bother to exercise when I could be amassing knowledge in my mind" "
" I have other people to do that , this is something only I can do " Lily tied her hair to the back and started doing push-ups ' Man , this is gonna be extremely boring ' Death leaves and goes elsewhere to enjoy the entertainment that Lily saved from her old world .
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' So , how do I take care of the brainwashing ' Lily taught , running through the dome and grabbing a bottle of energy drink to keep up " It could be possible you have the library of seals , which you obtained from the sponsorship "
" That's one thing , but I don't have time to learn that much , I'll have to give that to the residents " " You have a call from the eclipse tower " Lily recalled the briefing and stopped taking the call while wiping away her sweat .
" Answer it " she sees the eclipse tower's manager , a gate which spoke " Hello Lily Valley , I heard a lot about you from your subordinates " " You must be the boss of this eclipse tower , what is it that you want ? "
" I'm sure you have already heard of these descenders they have already decided on the candidate which is chosen as the frontline , I believe it was you " " Yes I would like it if I could have my energy plant but I heard that you spared it which I would say is good for me but also you "
" What are you suggesting ? " " I accept the alliance , but we remove the fact that you had spared my people from it , so you cannot use that as a bargaining chip for me " " And why is that ? " Lily looked at the briefing , obtained from extracting data from the Eclipse towers' elite guards .
" I've learned about your history , you name yourself the eclipse tower , so that you may cover the sun and cast a shadow , so I will use that as an analog " ... Lily closed the briefing and continued .
" My energy plants contain such a thing , it manufactures stars , but I make no promise that it will be stable , had you killed my employees , these stars . Which were being maintained for energy , would explode and cause a deadly wave of radiation that kills you all and if you survived , you'd wish you weren't "
The Gate remained silent hearing Lily's threat " And this is not a threat but a promise and so if you want that alliance it will be without the involvement of my people "
Lily said " Alright " " Then I'll have it moved to avoid bothering you " Lily pushes away the hologram and Argus sends Terra to bring the Energy plant . She continued her exercise joggingthe same route .
" Hey Death " Lily passed by Death while jogging " Can you tell me about how to absorb the fetor or deaths now ? " Death floated beside her with his entertainment .
" I'm sure you can get it from your database " " Yeah , but what I want is something much closer to you " " Well , I'm the convergence of the ability to die , not death itself "
" You've said it a lot , but your identity is very confusing " " Not my fault , I'm the only one in the world , but I guess just for you I do know a way to absorb fetor or death " " Can you not limit it to plagues , virus and poison ? "
" Wait , you want to absorb fire too ? " " What's wrong with that ? My eyes emit radiation right now , I'm only sealing it with the library of seals " " You sound like a superhero having that kind of eye "
" So can you give me the how on absorbing fire or anything that is supposed to kill ? " " You're thinking far too complicated things , it's hard to even absorb things that involve radiation , fire or even those stabs and bruises "
" I know , but that's why I want it , I absorbed radiation when someone tried to nuke my home and it turned into light , so I set my target to the sun and thought "how I can absorb fire" " Death sighed .
" Thinking about absorbing death is hard , but I guess you could try , you did say you just absorbed a nuclear explosion ... But how did you do that ? " " I just breathed in it , I was stuck inside that cloud forever , although it did give the things that got poisoned a flavor "
" Of course it did , but if you want to absorb the sun you should at least have a big mouth , or you could control the fire to enter body only rather than take your time " " A reasonable first step , Argus pull up the database on the residents' and their training of their respective powers "
Lily reads the files while exercising and meanwhile , Rate was nervous to see the looks of his friends and families ' I never really helped in fighting back at home , but now that I'm alive and they came back because of her , so I don't know what I should say '
He looked at his mother and father ' Ugh I'll just have to do it ' Rate patiently waited between his parents bed " Rate your lunch is ready " Argus said from a device that sat on Rate's horn .
" Can you bring it here " " order accepted " the door opens and Rate was presented some food , he ate while watching his friends and family hoping they would wake up soon .
As he ate , he heard some groans from his father " Father ? " Rate looks at his father and shakes him , watching him open his eyes " Where am I ? Son ? " " Dad , you're okay " Rate put his spoon down and hugged his father's shell .
" What happened ? " " Well , the frontline was destroyed , but I found myself a girl who's a candidate , I think I heard that she was chosen as the new frontline " Frank was surprised to hear the news of another candidate being chosen already .
" So is she near ? " Frank asked , aware of the consequence of a brainwashed target learning that their feelings were false " No , I told her a lot , but never mentioned that I don't think they have anyone here who can find out about that . And she's been doing a lot that the brainwashed is supposed to do "
Frank turns around and looks at the other mythical beast , still in their war-torn clothes " But how did she get us ? " Rate was conflicted about Lily's deal with the labyrinth " The labyrinth is indebted to her " " Huh , why ? " " It's hard , she just said she already paid it but I don't know what it was "
' A payment to the labyrinth to bring back the people that fought it ' " Then we should go thank her if she was chosen as the new frontline we'll have to help " Frank moved his legs to the side of the bed " Wait dad "
As soon as he tried to get up , he felt the great weight of his shell " Ack " he fell very hard on the floor with his body planted on the ground " She also said that even though she got you all back , you're much weakened because of the Labyrinth's restrictions "
" Is it the Labyrinth's way of keeping us in check ? " " Yeah , should I call someone to help you up ? " " No need I should at least try to get up from here " Frank struggled and Rate turned to his mother , wondering when she would get up .
Life sensed that Frank's memories and told Lily about it " So his dad's awake , I'll take a break then " Lily takes a shower and gets dressed with her mask and goggles . Death followed , curious to see the mythical beast " You , interested in mythical beasts ? "
" Of course , the ones at home rarely ever die and probably still lived without Life there , cause Life is the convergence of mortal lives , not those who aren't " Death said . They walked through the halls and reached a door .
" Finally got it " Frank stood up and Lily opens the door " Oh looks like someone woke up " Frank froze , looking at Lily , sensing the threat she poses " What does he eat Rate ? " Rate looked at his father , whose eyes were glued to Lily .
" Uhm , anything you had given me should be fine " " Alright , I'll have Argus deliver that for you . Do you need anything else ? " Lily looked at Frank " No " Lily smiled , Frank could only make up her expressions through her eyes .
Lily leaves and Frank breathes a sigh of relief " Who is that girl ? " " She's the one " Frank was surprised to learn the brainwashed was that kind of person " You'll have to be careful with her , who knows what she'll do when she finds out "
' So now the other things on the list are the education. Beryl already went back up today , so I'll have Argus compile an educational model to teach the dragons ' " Argus , prepare the education of the dragons and can you give great fire a call ? "
A screen appears in front of Lily " Good afternoon , as I promised , I got your food " " Oh , that seems fast " " For you , who's probably a billion years old , although I might encounter some difficulties , so it might be late "
" What kind of difficulties ? " Lily looked at the call with the eclipse tower and smiled " just some time " she opened the call to see the gate again " I have prepared some terms as Alliance , we still have the sponsorship of the descenders , so I would believe that they wish for us to have look toward the same goal "
" Well , I was told that I could ally myself with the other candidates , shame that one of them is gone , so what's your suggestion ? " " Since we have to ally ourselves , maybe we can help each other , I have some unique resources that I'm sure the descenders are unable to provide "
" Alright , then you can send someone to bring it , I doubt I can trust my employees to handle something they don't understand . Now , as for what you want , I do have a few samples of the blood of different beings , I'm sure you'll be interested in it "
" Then I look forward to our cooperation " the Gate said and Lily smiled " The educational models for dragons are prepared , should some bodies be also prepared to allow the dragons to interact with educational materials ? " " Oh , good suggestion , get that in too , also how's the information gathering of the other candidates ? "
" Going very well , they will arrive soon in three days , they had set up a station and obtained information from the lab , it's loading speed from the station " a loading screen appeared in front of Lily and the expected time calculated .
' By dinner time , I'll have to wait for it ' " By the way , Argus ,did you gather their exploration videos? I wanna watch it , it should have some comedic value in it " ... Lily watches a Movie and Death pointed out " Why do you make this kind of stuff ? " Death asked .
" It's fun this way than the boring briefing that I always have to do , it's kinda why I asked someone to train an AI to be the editor of the body cams " " I agree with the boring briefing I will never be able to finish those without doing something else "
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The descenders kill the mazes " This is the last Labyrinth bearer " Brock threw the giant Maze towards Emma and she sheathed her sword and slashed it . The bearer dies as the corpse decays instantly without the labyrinth's will to contain it .
Ava's daggers turned into fans and she blew them into a fire which erupted into colorful flames " Good work , guys " Ava said " Let's head back quickly and report it to the station " Ava looked at the sky to see satellites .
' I still don't like the creeping feeling that I'm being watched " Ava flicked her hood over her head " Do you think we'll get some good dinner ? " Brock asked " I don't know , she doesn't know about our culture , so don't expect any meals that's similar to home "
" But she has an AI , maybe we can ask her to train one " Ava asked " I wouldn't encourage that , that dragon that Brock asked to ride is close to her , we weren't allowed to hitch a ride despite the sufficient capabilities of it . "
" So what's your point ? " Brock asked " It might give a bad impression , we can't expect her to follow all our requests . We simply ask her for the essentials , no luxury " Emma said " Ugh , but I'm gonna miss the food back at home "
" Then now is a good time to enjoy food from other culture " Emma said . They arrived at the station and uploaded their body cam footage to show how well they did " Come on let's head back , we'll have to wait till tomorrow to see the results "
Lily looked at them from afar , wondering what they were doing and waited for them to arrive " The mistress would like to give you these equipment " they all looked at the sealed tools each with a single vial on them " What are these ? "
" The last option for survival , Mistress doesn't want to be held accountable for your deaths and decided to increase it . This way , when you do encounter a dangerous Maze , you have a fighting chance "
Emma took it without a thought " What are you doing ? " Brock asked " The fight against Labyrinth is always riddled with death , I'll take a last option " they thought about the stories they were told and grabbed the ones for them too .
" There will be a briefing for each of them in your rooms later " Argus said and Lily looked at what the lab is experiencing ' Sigh , so that's the kind of outcast they are , a big kingdom that carries experiments on those with these kinds of mutations '
" Hey Death , you can remove the death of all creatures right ? " " Yeah but if the life is much different , it becomes harder when Rate had his death removed . His was much more different than the others , so it was kinda hard to get his death out "
Death wondered why Lily was asking something like that " Then is it possible for you to combine all the manifestations of people's death ? " " So you want to absorb them already ? " " Why don't you want to do it ? "
Death thinks about it " You know what , sure it's my first time to put theory into practice , but I'm sure the odds are great if you are going to absorb it , the only problem is if you want to survive , you need a lot of ability to live "
" Which you have a lot " Life said " I know first let's get all the ones from the residents first " Death leaves and goes down to create the ritual for absorbing all of the fetor " So this girl has abstract beings like life and death ? "
" Yeah she removed my death but I'm not sure what that meant " Rate said and Lily opened the door " Hello Rate " the other awakened mythical beast turned their eyes to her as she went to Rate and whispered to him .
" I'll be busy for a while , so you'll have to rely on Argus to bring your things " " Wait what are you busy for ? " Rate asked attempting to get more information on Lily .
" Another one of my territories is under attack I'm planning to head there and I'll be preparing a ritual which might be dangerous for you so I have some residents coming over to enchant this place for safety tell your friends to not worry about it and try not to get out of this place alright ? "
Rate nodded and Lily leaves while Frank was worried about what they were whispering " What did she tell you ? " " She said we aren't allowed to leave this place because she's doing a ritual , some people are going to come here to make this place safer "
" That's it ? " Rate nodded " I'm sure they'll tell us when we can leave " Rate said and Frank had to believe in his words " Rate , what is that girl ? " His mother asked " Uhm she said she's supposed to be like death or something that's why she covers her mouth and eyes "
" So that's why she feels dangerous " Rate nodded " But I can trust her she hasn't done anything but feed me and kept me safe , she seems dangerous but she's kind " " That's only because of the gas she breathed in " Rate was reminded of it again as he felt depressed thinking that Lily's kindness were falsely implanted .
Lily walked into the room with the deaths around , excluding Rate's " The room is enchanted , so the deaths will have a harder time to escape , to bring them into you , they'll be turned into air , so you'll have to breathe them in , like that experience you had at the nuclear bomb "
" What would they taste like ? " " Don't know , I never cannibalize myself " Death said and started drawing a spell frame inside the room " So what's this enchantment for ? " " It's for you " " I thought I didn't need help in the life part "
" Remember the first crucial step I told you about absorbing death ? " " Oh that's right , since I can't take a big bite I'll have to condense the deaths into something smaller " " Exactly I'm trying to make that life condensing pill thing but for death , it takes a while since there's a lot in this world that can kill you than help you live "
" I'm pretty sure the problem is how it's used " " I know but at least this one is much easier since they are manifestation of people's ability to die " " I thought I was just gonna breathe them in like you said " " You were , but I had a flash of inspiration and don't you want it to be efficient "
" I'll take it then , you gotta teach me sometime later " " yeah I know , for someone who is walking at the borders of life and death you sure seem to act like you will live forever " " That's what everyone would think when they live in the present "
Death completed the enchantment and watched the apparitions fade into a pill " Looks like most of them got in very quickly " " Why is that ? " " Because they have been out of their previous host for a while or I'm just that good "
" You underestimate yourself too much , next time have some more confidence , you might not even need this enchanted room and have saved us a bit more time " " Then why did you have that room enchanted ? " Death asked with his arms crossed while Lily took the pill of death .
" Hmm , I did have other agendas other than preventing the deaths from reaching them " the residents who were enchanting the room gave the beast a short introduction of what Lily's military force was composed off .
" I needed to introduce them so that they understand what kind of forces I have " " But what's the point of that ? " " It was also to help the Residents learn more about the world outside . I can't have them failing in a mental health test , can I ? "
" Is that all ? " " Of course there's more , chores are only fun when it's voluntary , I allow them to see if they could unseal the restrictions the labyrinth placed on them " " That sounds kinda lame "
" I know , so go and collect their ability to die . I'll be waiting on that pill of death before leaving " " Ayay Captain " Death said and leaves , while Life bought her a handful of pills .
" This is more than I got " " because I extracted from my own body " " Wait is that okay ? " " Yes my body is the convergence of all that was alive in the old world , with the exceptions of the mythical beast "
" So you're saying you're filled with lifeforce ? " " Yes , I have removed that now , but do not worry that just means I am now an empty container , but it doesn't mean the container can't be filled with more . "
" Oh so you're the container ? " " Yes , you don't consider the food to be you when you ingest it " Lily made sense of how Life phrases her words " huh yeah that make sense , but I don't have any living things you can fill up on "
" There is the station , I gathered the memories of the three descenders and found that there are elixirs which rejuvenate your body with nutrition , if you can obtain that , I can use them to create pills for you "
" That could work but if Rate has a brainwashing gas to control me into protecting him , won't I be in a problem where I could be potentially brainwashed with the ideas of the descenders just like how the labyrinth brainwashed him ? "
" That you won't have to worry about , I can detect the compounds that does such a thing , I can filter them out to help meet your body's nutritional needs "
Lily was surprised to hear Life's solution to her body's hunger " Hmm , then I'll take that offer , Thanks Life " " You are welcome " Lily smiled , appreciating having an ally like Life and Death comes into the room .
" Here you go " Death held a pill to Lily " What was their reaction ? " " It was hard for them to see an apparition leave their bodies , they have beliefs of spirits which usually glow , but the death apparitions are usually dark in most cases "
" Why is that ? " Lily asked " It's complicated , it's based mostly on the culture and the soul " Death said " Then I won't ask " Lily said and looked at the briefing about the case of the lab " Am I gonna have to substitute for you ? "
" Nope , this time I will clearly announce that I will be gone from here I , I can ask beryl to bring me there " " Oh great , we're coming with you right ? " " Yeah no reason to leave a clone "
Lily goes to bed and the next day she waited for Beryl outside with the educational models from Argus as well as the necessary materials for the dragons to learn " Commander why are you here ? " " That's the word people are going to refer to me now ? " Emma nodded " Just waiting for my kid to come down "
" You have a kid ? " Ava asked surprised " Well it was another person's kid but I helped her enough that he now calls me dad " they were confused with her words and checked if the translations worked properly .
" So you're a guy ? " Brock asked " No " they became more confused when they heard that . Emma decided to not explore it and went to the station to collect her rewards while Lily waited for Beryl to come down .
A shadow was suddenly cast over them and they looked up to see Beryl . As soon as he landed , he turned to Lily " Papa " " Hey Beryl , how are you doing ? " " Okay " they were surprised to see them interact like a father and son .
" Then enjoy your meal , I need you to bring me somewhere " " Wait , commander you're leaving ? " " Yes , some of my territory is being subdued by another candidate . I will not stand for that kind of thing happening , so I'll be leaving , Beryl will bring me to the location after his meal "
" But what about the frontline " Lily looked at her home on top of a mountain and the home of the fireforms " They'll be fine , I'm sure of it " " So about you being the father ,, how did it happen ? " Brock asked .
" Are youngsters like you allowed to ask me that question " " Hey I'm at least 300 years old and that's ... pretty young actually " Brock said " Strange how is it possible for you to be that old ? "
" It's because we descenders have a service to remove our ability to die , although it's valuable because it was a hard-to-execute art " Ava said .
" Then that should mean that you won't die , but you could get trapped in one place " Lily said " Yes that's why we have to make sure the Labyrinth will never get us , we'll make great use of your weapon " Emma said .
' So Death is it possible to find a death up there ? '
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