" We will keep that in mind " the call ended and Lily went to Lou " So how is the Envoy ? " Lou showed Lily a tablet to show what they found " We have gathered their body and we found some scattered crystal fragments , they don't seem to react to the tools so we gathered them . However, there might be much tinier fragments around "
" It's fine the small pieces were probably blown out I'll take the crystal though " She looks at the picture assuming this crystal piece must be what the envoy used to be a bother to the descenders .
' It has some poison on it , better have it disinfected ' " What about that gift ? " " It is safe " " Then I'll take it " Lou brought a chest and gave it to Lily " We haven't opened it yet " Lily smiled and prepared to absorb any death .
The moment she opens the box it instantly releases a gaseous substance which Lily quickly absorbs into her body " What are you doing ? " " Relax I don't feel any danger in this thing " " Even so you could've asked the soul you absorbed what it was you have that spell that works like a search engine don't you ? "
" I did , that's why I absorbed it thankfully nobody is stupid or disloyal enough to open it on their own " Death sighed and asked " So what was it ? " Lily looked at the inside of the wooden chest to see the interior looking completely different from the exterior .
" It's a substance that changes anything around it , I already got it under control so Life shouldn't be affected by it " " so what is it ? " Lily takes the crystal's soul out " It's a Transmutation stone that has many uses and one of them is this chaotic transmutation bomb or gas "
" So is there a stone of it ? " " We can check the loot for it " Lily flicked out the top floor and resized " Now let's look for that transmuter " Lily walked in and lit the area " Wow what an amazing treasury "
Lily looked at the shelves and used the crystal's soul to get a proper description " Seeds of forest , one side and grow into different kinds of plantation , should be a good gift to the ecosystem I got from the rift king "
" Is their debt chain still intact ? " " Yeah it's very stable too , even though you burned down their body they are still grateful to you for the home and already put that water under the bridge "
Lily looked at a jar filled with algae and figured she could give them to the ecosystem too " But that soul is a bother, isn't it ? " Death asked seeing the debt chain " Yep I've been keeping their mouth shut I don't want to keep doing it so it would be nice if I could get rid of it "
A prompt from the soul search engine appeared " A blank book ? " Lily and Death reads the description " rather than a blank book it seems more like a body " " Care to explain ? " " It's like Aurora's body except as a book "
" So I can enchant it ? " " Yeah you may as well call it a blank grimoire instead , no secrets are hiding behind it's just a blank grimoire " Death said " I know although I'm sure I'll be interested in the material it can be made "
" Might want to rephrase your words , considering Aurora is made of wood " " She's made of fire more than wood actually " Death said " Since that's the case , she won't have that much of a problem when you do make material from that "
Lily checked on how to use the blank Grimoire threw the crystal's soul and drew a seal over it " You know for something that's supposed to be from a different world this book sure works well with other techniques "
" That's because it's like pure water , if different worlds have differing components in their water they would be different but the main component would still be pure H2O " Death said " So can I use my debt chains to gather information ? "
" Sure it should function the same way " Lily looked at the book and the chains duplicated and magnetized on the grimoire " Can I not use this for spells ? " " You could although that means you need those that use mental strength maybe you can find those that can use sanity "
" Sounds like some cosmic nonsense " " Well there are some things that feast on the soul " " Devils ? " " Well that was one of them but you have more like those possessors " " I don't feel tired though "
" I would be surprised that you wanted to use it in the first place , cause there is no way they can make a proper dent on you when they could do much against Birch " Death said " so there's no reason for me to pay these sanity consuming spells with the debt chains "
" Yep although you might have to deal with some shady outcast " " I know that much , I'm not sure how the descenders plan to bring some outcast although the lack of any outcast around us must be troublesome " Lily shrinks to the top of the tower " Why worry about the lack of outcast ? Doesn't it mean fewer problems "
" No It might mean someone is making sure none of them are around us to give me a disadvantage , who knows maybe there's a stock market up there that gives a person with the most stocks authority and whoever loses the frontline privileges might try to invest on sending more outcast to the other candidates "
" But won't it be better to have them ally with you ? " " After what they heard of what I did I doubt they want it " Lily said thinking about the two candidates that fell because of her " Although from what I saw from the memories it seems like the daughter of that most stock authority "
" So I was right " " Oh please you probably asked Life about what it was like " " I did " Lily chuckled and walked to the dome " I'm glad Argus finished the elevator " Lily walked in and started to discuss with Death .
" So what kind of person is my supposed superior ? " " He has a wife and a daughter , he probably didn't take the brainwashing for you because of his wife although when he heard you were buying and drinking elixirs he sent his daughter to get it "
" Anything else about him ? " " Yeah one thing about him is that he found your background trustworthy so when he saw you having no attacks he sold his other stocks on the other candidates and got the lead , he owns and is allowed to see all operations "
' So he is aware of the shady side , but he did ensure that his daughter gets some ' " Looks like I can take advantage of him and take full control of it " " Why is that ? " " Well Life will be gathering more of those elixirs' brainwashing contents so I can take the time to fix a few things "
Lily walked out to the dome and took out the top of the tower again " First I'll give the plant-related treasures Death call Woods to receive it " Lily manually took every artifact and gifted it to the ecosystem Woods .
" Time to fix the crystal let's see what the grimoire says about it " ink wrote the process of repairing a damaged crystal and Lily followed it " Hmm , it feels stable enough let me add some souls in there " Death said and started filling up the crystal with more and more souls .
" It is working " Death felt more of the burden of the souls leave his body and finally the crystals were brightly lighted " Amazing " " Mistress reporting on the lab , Terra's progress is going smoothly after being sent with Beryl she has made progress and it seems Beryl is willing to drag it over too "
" That's surprising. How long will it be until they get here ? " " In a day they will arrive if Beryl continues however Beryl will put them down from time to time for food " " Abusing that girl's telekinesis is so cruel " " I would even ask Doris to use her doors as much as I want if possible " " Of course you would "
Lily took the crystal while sealing the entrance to the top of the traffic cone and went down to the laboratory " Scyan you should have studied enough right ? "
Scyan turned to see the crystal " I need you to connect this crystal that contains the souls of many lives to a cloning machine , I want them to in a sense reincarnate into a new body "
" I got it I will take care of it " Scyan takes the crystal with magic " He sure is excited " " With a genius like Birch he's got competition he used to be at the top of the intelligence ladder now that I bought some competition he's starting to abuse the virtual technology even more "
" So it's like a healthy competition ? " " Maybe both of them want to work on the projects I give them , Scyan has always been interested in my body along with other competitors but now that we are in another world people like him would like to participate and test several of their theories "
A screen appeared telling Lily what Argus found " We have no more territories visible at the surface , there are only two candidates left and they have formed an alliance already " " Interesting might see them up there and I should get ready to brainwash my boss at the banquet "
Death was stunned to hear such a bold idea " What do you mean by that ? " " I meant what I meant alright in a week I will head to the banquet and try to brainwash the boss " " But how ? " " Well I heard about the process to check for fake thoughts from Life "
" And yet you want to brainwash them " " Yeah because I could take Birch to see how well my brainwashing can work " Death wondered if there was some research she made Scyan or Birch do .
' No that can't be possible ' " How ? " " After drinking several of those elixirs Life told me she found a brainwashing content , it was extremely pure too and unlike the ones with the DNA of the brainwash sponsors "
" So your body can brainwash others now ? " " Yeah , my body had many components in it before , now that it got a very special brainwashing compound it likely found a way to evolve it , my body is all about evolution according to Scyan "
Death wondered what other things Lily would be doing and they returned to the glass dome " So let's make sure to take out everything from here " " So you want that transmutation stone too ? " " Yeah I'll probably absorb what I can although its official name is the philosopher's stone because it can also contain genetic information "
" But why ? " "It's better that way I'll probably do the same for the blank grimoire too if it was going to be offensive but it's not so I'll have to make do " Lily finds the Philosopher's Stone and reads the description .
"Contains the material needed to create monsters" " It gave me the same effect when I ate DNA " " You've had that before ? " " Yeah but after that my body seemed slightly hotter Scyan said it was my body absorbing the genetic information " " Yeah don't eat it " Death said and some dust fell from Lily's mouth " WHAT DID I JUST SAY ? "
" Kinda sweet " She played with the hard piece in her mouth like a hard candy " Why did you do that ? " " Relax my body doesn't feel that hot yet although I will continue to eat this candy "
Lily cleaned the Philosopher's stone licking the stone's dust off the surface of her finger and using telekinesis to remove the one on the floor " That's dirty " " It's not if I only take the dust off the stone "
" You sure are reckless " " To you I might but I can tell if something is dangerous to me or not " Lily played with the stone in her mouth while searching for some more artifacts " Hmm some of these I could probably give to the descenders for some spending money in the future "
" This magic mirror sucks can only reflect a certain amount " " But you can enhance it " Death pointed out the description " I could with the mirror possessors but the problem is they are being used as a moon "
" Then tell Birch to make a moon for it " " Hmm no need I think we are fine without it I only made it to make Aurora comfortable with it anyways , plus my spouse wanted it gone after her children said it was too bright at night "
Lily went to get the moon back " So how is the food ? " she asked the great fire " It is great although I've only eaten a bit since there's only so little " "Don't worry about that I can figure out how to get more " Lily said ' The descenders should some blueprints that are more cost-efficient '
The artificial moon was taken and Lily unsealed it taking the mirror possessors back " What was the trait that the possessors have again ? " The grimoire wrote the birth of the possessors "Possessors are created by souls gathering towards a catalyst" "Then let's see what happens if the mirrors possessed this magic mirror "
" You know if possible maybe you could use your soul's pulses to help them " Lily recalled her strange heartbeat which was able to make clinging to dear life easier " Not sure how that works but better not do it here " She leaves through a door and started working somewhere far from Beryl and the fire forms .
" Now I have to run " Lily jogged with the mirror waiting at a table while Death explained to her about what he knew about her heartbeat " You know this heartbeat of mine is amazing " " You could use it for the reincarnation project you gave to Scyan " " Hmm I could but it's not like I can contain it "
" Then you can leave it to me I've felt it a lot before so I can help " " Really helpful " Death gave the sign to Lily about the signal and she picked up the magic mirror and allowed the possessors to strengthen the magic mirror .
The mirror floated showing her reflection and eventually, it got distorted " Oh uhh mirror mirror on the air who is most dangerous above us all " " You take all the opportunities to make jokes don't you ? "
" I don't take all of it " the mirror changed revealing Mother " Well makes sense " the reflections started to distort and show more images but it started becoming too blurry to see clearly and returned to Lily's reflection .
" Quiet disappointing " " I mean all it can do is reflect any attacks that land on it " " Yeah but why did it show an image " The grimoire quickly made a description showing it to them " Oh wow that is not something I would expect "
Lily looked at the grimoire and wondered how far it could give the descriptions and turned to the Labyrinth " What about the labyrinth ? " the ink wrote but the information was limited to only what they knew " No luck huh , guess this thing's ability to appraise is limited to familiar things only "
" Still is good you know , it managed to find the cause of the mirror's ability " " Then maybe it could give you some assurance " Death looked at the grimoire wondering what Lily meant "Reabsorbing the mirrors that possess the magic mirror allows you to gain the ability to reflect"
Before Death knew it Lily already absorbed the Mirrors back into her body " Let's give it a try " She tried her new power and threw a rock to the sky . She summoned a mirror and let the rock with it making it bounce back up .
" Works well " she checked the description through the grimoire " Strength relative to soul strength " " Should mean a lot then " Death said and Lily opened a door to the tower " Hey you should at least rest until then "
" Sure I do have a lot to worry about other things " Lily changed the location to the station ' What are you here for " ' Making a request " ' For a star factory , I need to make sure that the great fire is well fed " ' Aren't you tired of just calling them great fire ? "
' A bit but it's not right for me to give them a name , I'm the spouse, not the parent " Lily submitted the request for the related materials for the creation of a star factory " Now to check on the progress of other things "
Lily uses the door to the fireform's land and finds Birch seeing him with Beryl while teaching " PAPA " Beryl now small enough flew to Lily " Woah " Lily grabbed Beryl while he hugged her " I'm small now " " Oh yeah you are "
" He'll still eat just as much though " " Fine by me , Woods has been gaining a lot of nature-related items " " Is that why that's happening " Birch pointed at the mountain which started to stream some colorful water " Amazing "
Birch uses a spell to analyze the contents while Lily's grimoire wrote "Due to the combination of all the materials related to life gathered in the eclipse tower's loot with Woods the living nature and the consumption of Lily's excretory material it produces great streams of water full of nutrients"
" So I've become a major component of the circulation of nutrients " " You still need the elixirs to strengthen your body though " " I'm still gonna have to finish that Philosopher's stone "
" Come on you still have plenty of time , the lab's gonna take a while " " Argus an update ? " A hologram appears through one of the pillars on the land " After Beryl gives her a boost she will arrive in five days "
" Oh, that's a lot of time " " I know so Birch you will go up to the Mother dragon and try to shrink her size too " " What there's a much bigger one ? " Birch asked surprised " Yes , I can make a schedule where you teach in the day and enchant the mother dragon at night "
Normally this would be a toxic work condition but for Beryl who sees the unconscious state as a waste of time " I will take it " " Okay Beryl you hear that ? " Beryl nodded " Take Uncle Birch to Mama when the sun is gone "
" Smart kid " Lily patted his head and he giggled " Papa what about me ? " Aurora flew to Lily " You too " Birch was staring intently at both of them to record any data since none of them had been studied at all .
" Now make sure to learn and study hard so you can get stronger " Lily said putting them both down " Make sure to take care of them " " You got it " Birch said more excited to see how much he can learn out of the two and the fireforms as well as the giant mother dragon .
Lily returns to the tower and puts aside the artifacts " Let's see these artifacts " She looks at the pile comparing them all " You should absorb them a day at a time " " I will I do still have the Philosopher's stone "
" So you're just gonna distribute the rest of these ? " " Yeah , I have no use for them but I would like some diversity in genetics in my body " " It does promote better health of an ecosystem to have different kinds of species " Death said and Lily nodded " I'll make sure to prepare my territory for any problems "
" Like what ? " " Subordinate satisfaction , I'll be gone for a while and I don't know how long it will take , I don't have anyone to take my place so gotta make sure no one rebels because I didn't leave enough food or anything " " Don't worry about rebellion your debt chains to the residents and employees are as thick as the trust of a citizen to a king "
Lily was glad to receive such an assurance from Death " Then in five days the lab will get here Birch will take a while to shrink Mother , But I won't be able to test my brainwashing ability out " " How about just waiting for Life to get out and let her compare it ? "
" That could work then I'll get to work as quickly as possible and make sure that everything is settled before the banquet "
For the next five days Lily worked hard to absorb the powers of the powerful Artifacts using the possessors and the Lab arrives " Good all of them are here , Argus prepare them to go through the material of creating a philosopher's stone I'll need it to diversify my body's genetic vault "
" What else are you planning to do " " Might take the deaths away from the new bodies when Scyan completes the project , but we should let them get used to it first make sure to give them some translators and a briefing for what is happening in this world " Lily said .
" I know that being much stronger is a primary goal but don't you think you should be careful with getting yourself stronger ? The Labyrinth and the descenders might take action " " I already know what the Labyrinth might do but the descenders are a little bit harder although somewhat familiar "
" Why ? " Death asked and Lily thought about her experience " Some government folks wanted to make medicine out of my blood they did lots of tests and some rich folks wanted to stay young they did the same thing wishing for me to give them more time in life and placed me on their will if they die "
" Is that how you got rich ? " " How do you think vampires get rich in novels , earn it ? " Lily said sarcastically " Now that you mentioned it I feel like they would get it through outliving their spouses or maybe mind control "
" Even then making your wealth is much better " Lily said " But you got it out of rich dudes who were desperate " " Yes but preserving it and making use of it is much different than a vampire simply using it to decorate , ever heard of a mafia boss vampire ? "
" No but I would like to see a story about it " Death said and Lily checked on the circulation of resources " Everything is going but the circulation of resources is shrinking due to the rising strength of our armed forces "
" So is that some big problem ? " " Not exactly I've already made some arrangements and that stream of water that Woods is spilling is starting to be guided by roots . Woods will soon merge with the plantation by the time those roots reaches to the foot of the mountain and they still have plenty of nutrients stored away so that gives me a lot of time "
The next day , Life returns " I've found the fake thoughts and have planted them already " " No wonder you kept returning to one point " Death said " It should keep Rate busy and disguise yourself during the security check "
" Then I want your opinion on this " Lily opens her palm and secretes some liquid " Hmm it's different from the ones you drank " " But is it good " " No it isn't , the solution will be detectable through their security but if you like I can disguise it as if it was a real one , however I will require you to reinforce that emotion "
" I'll still take it " Lily said ' I'm not sure what kind of interactions I'll be expecting but at least I know some of their background ' " Are you nervous ? " Life asked " That's to be expected she doesn't have much social interaction with people who are supposed to be her equal much less superior "
" I don't view the descenders as superior for all the do to fight against the labyrinth they're just another weak government who couldn't finish the job because they are so divided " Lily said " The descenders are very divided I even found some memories involving a conversation about the Labyrinth " Life said .
" Even the reimor kingdom has some evidence of rebellion and a lot of the secrets the descenders hide " Lily said " Hmm Propaganda material ... it should be useful if I want to cause some trouble "
" But you should be careful with that knowledge they might trace it back towards you " Lily thought about distributing the material " How about we send them through indirect methods ? We have plenty of those methods "
" So you want to produce that kind of material ? " Death asked " Why not among all the items the one that changes someone's mind is the most useful and cheap too . "
" I can see where you are going even back at our world , rumors could destroy reputation " " So when we go up tomorrow , I need to see how much the descenders know about the information through the Eclipse tower and possessors so that I know what kind of black text I should write "
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