A week later , Lily sat in front of a camera and some functioning staff " It seems like I am going to have to break the trust of everyone from here on out , I've found something that will destroy the very foundation of this society , this system that we live in "
She starts presenting the evidence to the distributors " I understand if you have some grudge against them when you thought it was the Labyrinth that bought you to this world and it was the descenders that were saved you but now that you know it's just a plot made by them we will have to make some changes around ... but this is great isn't it ? You were either an outcast from your world and came to this , so why let their lies get the better of you ? "
She pauses and continues her speech " Why should this be seen as a trouble for you it bought you to a world will many who reject you and now you've built a culture around it "
' It's time to be the leader ' " We've broken the society that was built in this world , so now we can make a new one . But first , we should figure out the true history of this world " Death appeared and opened the underworld in which Immortal was trapped in .
Immortal couldn't do a thing as his soul was trapped and Death took the memory ' It's histories layered on top of each other " Death said ' It's fine I can make use of this " " Now let's start with the history you all know " Lily starts to peel the layers of fake history as Immortal watched the society that he helped build crumble .
" They've manipulated the true history so many times to accommodate the new cultures that come in , now we will finally introduce the real one . This is the harshest one , this world is but a place in which the original descenders maintained to keep the experiment on the Labyrinth "
Lily looked at the camera , putting the paper down " So are there any questions ? " the comments started coming and asked "Will we have to continue fighting the Labyrinth ?"
" They're gone for yet to be known reasons , but that's no reason not to develop our forces . The original descenders have escaped and returned to their homeland and decided to maintain the world we live in for knowledge and as an experiment "
"Why should we face the original descenders ?" " If they see us as lab rats , isn't it natural to want to rebel unless the person asking this question is an original descender who is trying to protect it ? "
Keymaker watches " So you got out " Keymaker widens her eyes as Lily's voice echoed through the screen " You best get ready " Keymaker destroyed her hideout and heads to the exit back to the Homeland .
' I was planning to search for which exit it was , but keymaker's timely appearance has made it easy to find it ' Lily leaves the media in the guise of a break and her shadow manifests a possessor ' Chase after her " she continues answering several questions and ends the broadcast .
Lily goes inside the prison and meets with Immortal " You won " he admitted " I did , it's a good thing I have you trapped here or else you might've united with keymaker " Immortal looked at Lily , trying to figure out what she's up to .
" It's not too late to switch sides , Why else do you think I connected you to the media " Immortal looked at the various screens that manifested , showing each of the viewer's expression , which was filled with horror and betrayal .
" Impressive isn't it ? These possessors have such a useful mechanic I had to exploit it , it's just too bad weird physiology like this is mostly absorbed by the Labyrinth , keeping you guys from getting better "
" Why did you do that ? " " To convince you , you're useful and I don't care if you could betray me . Even the person that sent me to this world is well aware that I keep them around because they're useful , they're also smart . Though they threw me under a bus , they made sure it was a golden opportunity for me if I used it correctly and you can do the same "
" Why should I listen to you ? " Lily smiled and held a simple remote with a single button " If you don't , I'll kill all the descenders , original or not " Immortal was surprised to see part of Lily's personality surface " What !? "
" You think that just because I have been so sweet to my family , that I'm no longer cruel ? Think again I'm still a murderer who won't hesitate to kill and you know who is going to be responsible ? "
" The Homeland ? Are you trying to direct their hate now so that they will forget it when it's revealed that you took the Labyrinth as your spouse ? "
" Creative answer , but it's wrong , it would be you . Tanec is already aware and is spreading that they were tricked . A lot of distributors are thinking this way too so that they can save their backs after I resurrect them . And so the only thing that could suddenly kill everyone in this world all at once would be you , who had taken everyone's death , they know what Tanec is supposed to be capable of and that capability has been transferred to you "
Immortal was frightened by how easily Lily caused aside the lives of this world filled with it " I'm still surprised , that you went overboard for this , it's just too bad I'm growing fast enough to catch up , guess my life does have quality over quantity "
Lily pressed the button and a countdown occurred " Make your choice Immortal , I've already distributed to the whole world enough fetor to slowly weaken them . The story can either go like this , The betrayed commander forgives the masses and tries to save them by stopping Immortal or Immortal submits to the commander "
Immortal hesitantly opens his mouth " Forgive me commander " Lily retracks all the fetor back to the tower from her first vacation with her three spouses " Good , this will be some good headlines , Dad can you help him master this power ? " " Sure kiddo " Death ruffles Lily's hair as she leaves smiling while fixing it .
" Wait " " What is it " " The Labyrinth " " Call them Labyrinth , you should treat them right as your superior's spouse " Lily said " Yes Commander , Labyrinth has the souls of many who died in this world . Is it possible for them to be released ? "
" Sure , but you'll have to work for all the souls until you get to that one you wanted " Lily leaves the place with satisfaction ' Now I should make that story '
" Headlines get your headlines " "Commander Valley has forced Immortal to submit stopping his assault" "Commander Valley forgives Immortal for trying to kill everyone" "Immortal goes into a press conference confirming that Labyrinth's attacks were only done in self-defense"
' Yet this isn't the most surprising thing ' Lily said , listening from the couch and seeing a shadow over hers " Dear thank you so much for everything "
Labyrinth said , although not with any emotions , making it sound plain and straightforward . Lily wondered what Labyrinth was doing to say something " I did make a promise , didn't I "
" Hey stop hogging her " Mother tackled Labyrinth only for them to turn to gas and let her crash into a table " Papa you smell " Carrie said wearing a gas mask full of enchantments ' I did just attempt to kill everyone in that world '
" Looks like you solved the problem " " She did " Rate said , wearing a hazmat suit " Why are you wearing that " " I've been learning so much I can see a trail of sludge and smoke " " So it starts with smell then sight and touch ? "
" Yes , they're also saying that they didn't want to go anywhere near you so I asked for Scyan to make these things " " You're too kind " Lily said " And you're too cruel how could you attempt genocide " " What is genocide ? " " You're too young , Carrie just think of your dad as a very bad person who could easily do as many bad things as she could do good things "
" I mean I needed to have some bargaining chip " Rate sighed and sits by the TV ' It better be worth all the lives inside that world " Rate's voice laced with rage echoed through Lily mind ' You give him too much credit they're not worth that much , I did it to have fun being a bad guy "
Lily said , making a funny face ' Sure if you think that is fun ... is it though ? " ' oohh my dear sweet Rate is gonna come to the dark side now ? " Lily teased ' No I won't . I was just being curious , I think I'm being more dangerously curious with you hiding so many things from me "
' No , keep being curious even though there's a saying called "curiosity killed the cat" I'll make sure to never let that happen to you , so if I have any " ' If by that do you mean you're gonna kill ? " Rate interrupted ' I'll take care of it " Lily said with a vague answer .
Carrie was wondering what Lily and Rate were doing , sending each other some faces at each other while Labyrinth was busy watching the TV " Hey Rat oh wait you're Labyrinth " Solaris said while they nodded .
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" the experiment with the Labyrinth can no longer be continued . They have disappeared and have been wedded to the commander "
" You've done great , bringing this important news Keymaker " " Thank you for the praise ruler " " then if you are aware of her presence , how come you only reported now ? "
" We had plenty of complications . I was trapped during the establishing of the distributors I was devote in keeping the Labyrinth restrained until our forces are capable enough to contain it and it seems that Immortal has betrayed that cause "
" Perhaps that's the cost of letting so many people in the experiment , free will is such a problem " the ruler said " Tell me how a variable like her can sneak past their detection , They should've been advanced enough to detect any noises that she would make "
" It's because around her , there was too much noise in the first place to see what noise she makes , she came to the world with two great wills as neighbors hiding her potential , allowing her to eventually masquerade into a lesser identity "
" That couldn't possibly be enough " " Along with her , she bought countless strange people , which are extensions of her power , but that fact is also hidden well , even the distributor responsible for her entrance doesn't know a lot about her because of their dealer , who constantly gives vague answers "
" So she's a mysterious being that now has full control of that world ? " Keymaker nodded " It's expected that this would eventually happen with the invention we made to contain the Labyrinth and which also kept them from finding us while we observed it " the ruler said .
See the ruler leaves their seat and brings them both to a training facility " We will have to prepare for war eventually , she'll find us eventually just like how we eventually found our home ... You don't suppose she has followed you has she ? "
" She likely has access to my memories , so I had to deliver this message to you , I am uncertain if that was the case " Keymaker's shadow was recording everything and gathering the military capabilities of the Homeland .
" So she is aware of the Homeland ? " Keymaker nodded " Then we better prepare for everything " they walked , meeting with people , allowing the shadow to spread itself to gather more information .
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" Lily ? " Labyrinth walked to Lily , who was watching the sunset " What is it ? " " Are you sure about attacking the Homeland ? " Lily smiled appreciating Labyrinth's worry .
" Of course I am and since I did withhold some information from you how about I show you this " Lily turned around and Labyrinth did the same to see what she wanted to show .
Lily controls her shadow and makes it pass into Labyrinth's " It's a possessor that lets me control shadows . I've given it more capabilities too " Eyes and ears are revealed " They are going to gather information for me . I already know the exit and I've prepared this already . "
She manifested a key made of light " This will past through the exit to bring the shadows I left the key so that they can return to me so I can make my judgement " " Then why do you have that thing that killed many of Solaris's kin ? "
" You know they don't view soulless suns as kin right ? " " They called themselves a cannibal though " " They try to make Rate feel better about how much murder I've been doing , I was prepared to kill everyone just to force Immortal to make their choice " Lily said trying to show Solaris's point
" You're too cruel " " Shouldn't it be I'm too kind ? " Labyrinth pouts as they turned back to the sunset " Even if I want to kill those who took my freedom I don't want to go that far as to kill others " " Aww I can't believe me the youngest is the most bloodthirsty " Lily said .
" I just have a good appreciation of other lives why else do you think I made all those rooms ? " Labyrinth said " Hehe my dear is so cute like this " " You mean the way I look ? "
" No it's the way you act , who knew the enemy who experienced so much injustice could still stay this merciful ? You know when the emperor tried to covet my power and causing me to be thrown into prison I couldn't careless about killing their infant child when I did "
Labyrinth sighed and leans on Lily " You really are cruel ... but maybe it's because the world had to be cruel to you " Lily smiles lovingly " You guys are just so kind " " So can you tell me more about this plan ? "
" Why not tell it to everyone else after the children exhaust themselves to sleep ? " " Do we have to ? That fat lizard would keep asking a lot of questions . " Labyrinth said " Don't worry too much about Mother I'll be summarizing it very quickly .
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" So to keep my plan short I have someone that is learning about what the homeland is capable of , I'll be using this key to get what they learned " " It's good that you tell me what you're doing , but how is knowing what they do gonna help " Lily takes out a board .
" ... And that's why knowing the enemy helps in war " Lily got rid of the board and Mother yawned " So I can sleep now ? " Lily nodded . The next day Lily went to her base which was situated in a planet near the sun .
" Morning mother-in-law , how's the new place " " It's great , how have you been ? haven't seen you for a while " " It's fine , I was just cleaning things up . How about you ? how are things going ? " " It's great , most of the calamity beast are getting used to their instincts "
" Sounds like a lot of progress , hope you guys are ready for some war " " I'm sure we are , with morale so high because of being able to die and come back to life , everyone is prepared , they just need you to call them " Melda says .
" So Father-in-law is thinking the same thing ? " Melda nodded " He would never expect that his future daughter-in-law would be earning more , so he is trying to keep his pride , even though he has made some stupid decisions like his family's business "
Lily chuckled " It's fine it's not like I'm lending you money , but that option is very much open " " I don't have any business ideas that I can think of to want to borrow some money " " Oh you'll get the opportunity so in the meantime just improve your current skills maybe you can start a business in later "
" Later ? Do you mean sooner than a year " " I was gonna say a month " Lily said " Shouldn't you at least tell us what we are fighting . Don't you always do a briefing " " Hold on , I'll get that in soon "
" Soon ? what else is there ? " " You should know about the real history right ? Labyrinth is a subject to a study and research , so they trapped Labyrinth in here but got dragged and then later the original descenders returned to the Homeland and they continued the seal to learn more about the Labyrinth "
" So it's the homeland ? " Lily nodded " I already got the location and sent a spy to gather some information . I'm letting them gather as much as possible today . I plan to insert the key to get the first wave of information "
" I see and what about the relocation of the base ? " " It's just to make sure that if it fails , I can send you guys back " Melda puts her hand down on Lily's " You didn't tell them ? " " I will ensure victory so I don't get it , I still intend to make some preparations so that it doesn't occur "
" You better make sure it doesn't happen " " I know I don't want to make them sad " Melda sighed " then don't waste time with me use it all up for your plans " " I will "
Lily leaves and goes to the exit , sending the key into it as it hides in the light giving it to a shadow before dispersing . The shadows all compiled the information , submitting it to Lily as she understood , what she was dealing with .
' They seem very prepared for a scenario like this one ' Lily thinks of forcing many of the homeland's military to move into the world so they have no choice but to stay connected .
' This is a lot of information to get in a day , most of the vital military weapons sourced from the outcast that makes this world '
Lily thinks of devices like the time trigger , which was used ' seeing as they haven't distributed these other technologies , it seems like they are holding on to it very wisely ' ' Blank tell Argus to make several fake records and put another layer of fake records above that too , basically go full power in fake data generation with the tower "
Lily calls Immortal " Hello , I have a job for you . I want you to make use of the underworld you make . That'll be your weapon " " Is it going to be enough ? " " Not sure , but if you have any ideas on how to improve it "
" I do , the cycle of reincarnation " Lily thinks of her parents and the many stories about it " Okay , I'll call Death about it , although I highly doubt , it's gonna be enough to craft it if they are preparing so quickly " Lily thinks of her body and manifested the time trigger device ' Maybe it's possible '
" I'll give you a few things to make it fast . So get the operation started " " Are you planning to use the time trigger ? " " Good , you understand , I've extended its power to influence the spiritual realm too , so get everything ready so I can use it " " I understand " Lily makes other plans .
' Blank , Argus how is our cybersecurity ? " ' Better than Homeland however , according to the information , their security is backed by other means other than processing power " Lily was directed to the information concerning it .
' Now that's a problem , but it's not unreasonably hard to deal with the possessor could be useful to power both of them ' She thinks of the time constraints and decided ' If I am lacking time , why not make some ' She takes out the scales of time a manifestation of the time trigger's powers .
' According to the memories , if I accelerate the time forward , I'll have to carry the cost of youth ' she thinks of the many ways she could take care of it ' There is the fountain of youth that reverses time however , it worked because it didn't reverse the soul . So I'll have to contain that power somehow '
She starts to divide the power and watch the scales carry both powers that cancel each other out ' It's like making negative and positive from nothing ' she feels some strain on the scales trying to carry the weight of both powers .
' So that's why they used both of them at once , however these things are still useful ' her soul starts to help the scales carry the weight on its plates . She takes both powers out and experiences them at once .
' Hmm , not efficient , one side while reverse time , while the other only accelerates it just as much , although in the end it doesn't give us a lot of time '
She thinks mathematically ' Making negative and positive from zero this is what allowed them to create a device to accelerate time very quickly but in the end it's just adding to it ' she surfs through the memories to find some inspiration .
' I want us to have a lot more time than these guys , but how exactly ? Those career guidance courses do say a lot about being clear with your goal ... I want us to have months while the homeland only had days , the scales have the power to accelerate time , so how do I take care of that ? '
She draws two ones side by side while putting an equal sign between ' one half times one for homeland and two times one for us but the problem is that I only have plus ... oh I see , we can just multiply it '
" Scyan , I have a research suggestion for you I want it completed as soon as possible , I'll be sending you some objectives I want complete for the time I'll be giving you " ' For now getting time will be good enough I may as well use the reversal so that I can have better control on the change '
Lily gathers the researchers in her mind and takes out the time trigger " You've read the briefing ? " Scyan , Birch and Veda nodded enthusiastically while Sermin gave a light nod , hesitant due to the scale and subject of the project .
' Won't this be dangerous ? ' Sermin was incredibly and reasonably worried about Lily's plan " now I will be placing you guys inside a time bubble , it'll buy you guys time , so be careful , else you cause some problems with the natural flow of time " Lily warned , which discouraged Sermin .
" Can I " before he could show his disapproval , Lily already trapped them inside " Let's get to work " Scyan said while Lily absorbed the reversal of time . In twelve days , Lily received a notification ' Good , now we've got time , gotta tell them they aren't allowed to leave that place and settle with whatever they have inside '
" As far as we can push with our devices , it's limited to only having a time difference of 144 , but we do have the research you wanted " " Then I'll push it even further " Lily dropped two apples into two tubes with the varying time and one fell very quickly , which Scyan quickly records and calculates .
" Round that off to 1900 time difference , so between 43-44 division and multiplication " " Good enough , let's get all our plans ready , gather all combat units into this world from our base , I'll have Argus drive the development while I will get stronger by myself " Lily sends a message to her family while Argus brings the forces .
" What did she say ? " Mother asked " She said she's gonna be gone for a while and told us to tell that kids that she's gone for a long business day , like 16 days " Rate said .
" So we won't see dad ? " Carrie asked " Don't worry , she made a lot of videos about herself , we can watch them when you like " Solaris said ' What is she planning ' Labyrinth looks at the letter .
" She also said not to go inside the exit " Labyrinth said " She has kept her promise " Rate said and Mother pouts , remembering how Lily did that day " So let's just relax and trust her . If she is telling us to stay out of it , she must not want for us to be a part of it "
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And so 16 days passed in their time ' I feeling annoyingly confident about winning even after what I learned two years ago '
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