" Yawn " Lily opened her eyes and felt some movement under her sheets as she went ot a conclusion ' Intruder ' she jumped off her bed and turned it into a spear and pointed it at the intruder .
" WAIT !! " the smaller-sized girl immediately surrendered . But even so , Lily kicked the spear and sent her out of the window as the results of the Encyclopedia's appraisal showed her who the intruder was .
' Why is the god of those lava monsters here and why is she small are gods actually incapable of some things ? ' she went out of the house as she searched through the knowledge she asked the encyclopedia to give to her during her sleep in a form of a dream .
' A little hazy but I can make out some useful spells ' ' Encyclopedia why is this god here ? " ' The small goddess simply wanted to be tall " Lily looked out at the window wondering why she went to her .
" If she has no intention to harm me I can have some breakfast " she was not ready for another day so she went to take a hot bath throwing a few herbs in to make it wake her and up submerged in the water .
' This is so relaxing ' she felt the water get warmer and turned off the heater ' I should get it fixed ' she opened a hologram and set a schedule to fix the heater " And for breakfast maybe some hot chocolate and pancakes . "
She thought as she gained back the will to continue another day ' How is the world doing any abyss creatures coming out ? " ' Only in some places " ' What about that egg ? " ' It hatched " Lily looked up in the direction of her volcano .
' Can you show me what happened to the egg " an image popped up to show the hatched egg without anything inside ' Where is the little hatchling ? " ' It has escaped " " Is it going crazy ? " ' No it is digging a hole through the volcano "
" Oh trouble " Lily got dressed while asking " How are the magnas ? " ' They are deep sleepers due to the comfort of their homes " " Then time to pick up that little hatchling in the meantime any info about it ? "
' It is a project of the old times meant to fight against the abyss , it was made from an artificial embryo with DNA inserted to give it form " " So I can recreate it ? " the spear floated slightly above ground as Lily balanced herself to get used to it .
' It is possible but not completely since the artificial embryo is different than the embryo you have in mind , it may be a better version or worse " " So the embryo it is made from will affect the final product ? "
' Correct " Lily flew the spear up using a barrier to keep the dust off her eyes ' I'm feeling tired ' she stretched her body and felt a strange and draining feeling with her head as she slightly lost consciousness .
' Hate that ' she arrives at the crater " So why is it digging again ? " ' To get to the abyss and kill , it had been programmed to fight the abyss only since that was a top priority " " So there was a time and civilization that fought with the abyss ? "
' Yes the ruins you found are a lab but there are still more since a civilization has more than just that " " We can figure that out later right now we have to search for that thing any idea where it dug a hole ? "
Lily saw a line that was used to help her " Oh thanks " she jogged to the line while asking more questions " What about that god why is she small ? " ' This information is not available , but the god will tell you if she is looking for you , she waited for hours for you to wake up so she is likely to answer your question "
" So the limits of your ability have a level sort of thing like the ones in a game you can't bypass a god but lower beings you can , so how far are you able to reach though ? " " I can pry a little information about demi gods while she is one she is at the peak and would soon be promoted "
Lily felt another problem drop at her back " More problems " she sighed and found the hole " Oh there you are . First some string and sleep magic " Lily turned the spear into strings as they went inside the hole and grabbed the hatchling and made it sleep as well as trapped it inside a ball .
The glowing but transparent sphere carried the hatchling while it floated beside Lily " Time to deal with this god " she trust fall to backwards , the pillow grabbed her and made a capsule bed as it zoomed out .
' I need a cold bath after this ' she closed her eyes without falling asleep and had to forcefully open them when she arrived " Ugh what know " BOOM she stared in a direction of an explosion that sounds really loud .
" What happened ? " she was too tired to even care that an explosion occurred on her island " The god is trying to make something " " Let's see what she is making " Lily sent drones to clean the air out and continued walking with a barrier to filter the air .
" What happened " " AHHH it's you " the small goddess said " What did you do ? " " I heard you wanted hot choco and pancakes so I made some " Lily looked at the area where the explosion was suppressed .
" Enough of that why are you looking for me ? " she looked at the shorter god and she answered " You were taller " ... a very confused Lily was left to understand why the god wanted to be tall " The other gods were already taller than me "
" Okay get the hell out of here ? " " WAIT !! " the small goddess grabbed Lily by the waist while her lower body was anchored on the ground " I wanna get taller " she yelled to say her goal but Lily was not planning to do something so childish .
" GET OUT " she yelled as her head was shaking like a pinball in a machine due to the loud voice and the child started crying " WAAHHHH " ' The hell Ugh my head ' she used the mirror to stop any sounds from hitting her as she looked at the pitiful child .
She could see that the child was spilling magma out of her eyes ' Say anything I can get out of her ? " ' The anti-abyss weapon had to be warmed for a whole night to hatch but with her control over magma and heat you can make the speed much faster "
" I don't have any ideas for making you taller but I will try a few things if you help me " " Really " the magma stopped flowing out " Yeah so first take care of the magma then I will help " " Okay "
The girl gathered all the magma and absorb their heat dropping hard minerals ' So while I was down there did you gather info ? " ' Information has been lost and eroded too far beyond reach but the specimen can be studied "
" Alright then kid your first job is to clean the mess you made " " Huh ? " " You destroyed this area so you are going to rebuild it " because Lily is much taller she was frightened by the difference and nodded .
' Do you know what I need for starters ? " ' The lab that replicates a living condition would be suitable the only thing you are missing is the DNA since the embryo they use was just an empty one "
" Got it a life creation lab and some DNA altering materials " Lily walked around her farm to breathe the fresh air hopefully to relieve the pain and headache using a breathing style as she set up the lab using her bracelet .
' A new anti-abyss weapon now I need to set up the skylands , have a personal weapon by my side I just need to set up the button ' a long pause and Lily asked the encyclopedia again just to make sure .
' Skylands is possible currently you will need more magic to create a sun first but with that god you can create a small sun without needing the resources from Carrie " " You're right , hey Vuur "
" huh how do you " " I'll try to think of a way to get you taller " the eyes of Vuur beamed like the sun " Really ? " " But first I need you to make me a sun " ... " Huh " " It doesn't have to be big at all it just needs to be made and I will take control but the location is tricky though . "
Lily started to prepare to make the artificial sun using Vuur's power and the project hidden deep under her farm was getting ready " I already have magma you can use that as a base I just need you to put more and mold it properly while I take care of things "
" Then you will help me grow taller ? " " Yes now follow me I will take you there " Lily took Vuur to where the project was being started and opened a hatch to reveal a glass that has been reinforced with recently obtained magic .
" under this big hollowed space is magma that you can use those devices you see up there will keep the artificial sun from losing its form " " But how does that work ? " " It will be too complicated so how about you watch instead "
" You promise you will help ? " " Of course but it will be a little different than traditional methods " " But will it work " " It's worth trying " " Okay I will make that sun don't blame me if your weird upside-down pillars don't work . "
' It's going to work right ? " ' There are some extra reinforcements you can add " " I'll leave you here and make sure my machines can work " she left Vuur and went up opening the metal hatch on the glass floor to monitor Vuur raising the magma up .
" Set up the commands and enchant " she added magic formations into the computer using the encyclopedia as a medium to enhance it like when she went to sleep " The encyclopedia is like an entire internet network "
Lily closed the lights as the sun was slowly coming to form " Hey the sun is really big " " I know , keep it up " the encyclopedia was adding and sorting the data inside the computer at a quick speed fusing itself with the current AI inside .
" If some poor man found the encyclopedia they would be wasting a lot of its potential " she looked at Vuur in the room at the side of the sun as she raised the magma to form said artificial sun while Lily was checking at the speed of accumulation .
' She's taking out all of the magma of a dormant volcano but considering the world collision thing doesn't that mean there would be less ' Lily looks down wondering how big the sun should be ' Hey encyclopedia you there ? "
' Current status has strengthened the encyclopedia currently has access to all the farm's functions " ' Great so you can operate far better now ? " ' Affirmative " ' There's not much difference other than not having a bracelet to wear but how do the worlds enter this world ? "
' It is similar to how the formula of the circle is made you cut it infinitely and use the perimeter as length while the radius as width " " So my farm is basically a section of the planet it was on ? " " Correct " the encyclopedia answered using the computer .
" Neat " Lily said " Then show me what it looks like through a hologram " a miniature version of her farm was shown at the surface slightly curved until it reaches a noticeable curve as she reached a dulled point of magma . It is basically a cone made out of a sphere .
" So you are accepting commands now " " Fusion with the AI system strengthens the current user's authority over the encyclopedia with this the data gathering system is much faster and the AI intelligence is much more efficient "
" Sounds promising can you enter all the information you have gathered inside my farm's database I'm sure it is empty enough " " Possible , data gathered in centuries occupies less than 20% of the farm's database "
" And I thought those movies I have been downloading is taking too much space , You know how to get more space for data ? " " The encyclopedia has great data storage since it has been fused the memory automatically widens "
" Great " Lily looked at Vuur and manually started the machines as she lessens Vuur's burdens " Fwah this is so hard " Vuur falls as she felt that it was easier to control the sun " She really is a god "
Lily was very satisfied with the volume which seems to be as big as the main island's volcano but the ring island is bigger by a lot " Good job Vuur " " Can I get taller now ? " " After you get your energy back , so rest "
Vuur dozed off and Lily picked her up using the magic pillow ' Now that the sun is complete and Encyclopedia has successfully fused with my enter computer system I finished part one now I just need to make sure everything is ready '
Vuur slept very nicely on the pillow and Lily let the encyclopedia obtain the anti-abyss weapon's data " Focusing on the project is nice " ' but I forgot to have breakfast ' she went up and grabs a cold prepared meal and simply heated it up .
' I wonder if the sun is strong enough ? " ' The current sun is made with the assistance of a god who is about to reach the next level it would certainly be strong enough " " Right it is made by a god but is it enchantable ? "
Lily was very curious since if the sun is enough to resist the abyss then what if the abyss adapts to that sun and gets even stronger " With your technology to control the sun it would be easy for you to enchant it "
" That's reassuring " ting she took the meal out of the package and sniffs the warm congee with century eggs and any other ingredients ' Smells good ' she ate the big bowl of congee ignoring the snores of Vuur .
' Have you figured out how to make Vuur grow ? " ' Vuur is at the peak of ascension if she bypasses that she may grow taller but the recent records of her growth have shown that the investments were all pointed elsewhere that she can't grow since there are no investments in her height growth "
Lily looked at the god feeling that an opportunity was gone " Oh well I should at least try " Lily opened a computer nearby and manually filtered the options of growing taller medicine ' I don't even understand her body structure '
She looks at Vuur and thinks of a way to test how Vuur's body reacts to different compounds and poured warm water over her not minding that it will soak the pillow . she got the record receiving that Vuur's body was very warm it was luck that the pillow was able to resist her body temperature as well as Vuur controlling herself to keep it from affecting the surroudings .
' Body temperature is so high , I can't run more tests or it might lead to danger so best wait for her in the meantime I have to make sure the project works already have the sun to keep out the abyss '
She already has the pillars now she needs to make sure that the land where she is going to bring up will not lose water or water will become scarce ' With the current range of the effect I need to surround the perimeter with land '
She looks at Vuur and thinks about all the earth science lessons she had ' I could ask her again but first I need her to be awake ' " Encyclopedia what kind of energy does she run on ? " " She runs on heat and minerals you can use the sun inside the mini reactors you have to give her the energy she needs "
" Can you bring it to me ? " a reactor like the one she used for the magnas statue appeared " How will she absorb it though ? " " Like a human would drink water " Lily looks at the reactor and wonders about the danger .
She looks at the small reactor " Hey can she drink this much ? " " Yes her heart is even warmer than the sun inside the reactor and that includes any vital organs that sustain her body , her body has high resistance to heat thanks to these organs so releasing the sun inside her should be like a human drinking warm water "
Lily opened a little of the reactor and let the sun inside fall while the reactor was safe from heat as Vuur drank the sun " Hmm ? " she opens her eyes to see Lily and swallowed the rest of the sun " Hello Vuur "
Vuur looks at her " Are you gonna make me grow taller ? " " I will try but right now I have never seen a god need to grow taller " Lily said " But you promised " " Yes I promise to help you grow taller but it doesn't mean I can do it so quickly , growth takes time and seeing that you have been like this it means we need something outside your normal routine "
" So I can't grow taller ? " Lily narrows her eyes in disappointment looking at the mentally immature god " Growth means you need patience but with your age , you probably ran out of it " " Yeah all those demi gods always bullying me because of my height I'm supposed to be the oldest one "
' Also the most immature ' " Well Vuur I need to run some tests to learn about your body I only know it's very hot so how about we start by making sure you don't burn anything again ? " Vuur lowered her head in guilt .
" O-Okay sorry about the fire " " That's fine , So I learned that your body temperature is very high which would most likely keep me from using traditional medicine made from plants " Lily took a seat and made another hologram to look for more medicines made from minerals since that was the only kind of thing that could possibly get close to Vuur's stomach .
" In the end , I might have to find other things , Vuur do you know any plants that grow in areas with lava ? " " I don't know " " Then you better start searching for them if I am going to give you a medicine I need to have something that can bypass your body temperature or it will turn to ashes "
" Okay " Vuur thinks sitting down while Lily has to delay the project until then ' Say encyclopedia can I make the sun spread like a circuit ? " ' Possible with the network under the farm you can do it and even use them like circuits "
' Then what kind of useful functions can I get ? " ' With the circuits spread around it will be much easier to spread the flight spell the range would be wider if stretched further and the effect of the spell would be manageable if concentrated to an area . "
' I see but I will need her help right ? " ' Correct " Lily looks at Vuur ' My best bet right now is Vuur , but the problem is her demands are too high even if it sounds simple but this is a god ... of fire ? "
" Vuur what kind of god are you ? " Vuur takes a minute to say it in words that she thinks Lily would understand " The god of inner sun " " So the planet's core that makes sense are you supposed to be inside a rock ? " " Yep I am the inner sun that warms the world "
" That's interesting and you can drink other suns for yourself ? " Lily also had to adjust her language setting " So you are supposed to be very strong right ? " " Yes I am around the peak till ascension " Vuur was happy that Lily was asking something that isn't her height
" I see , well if you must know as the inner sun of a world don't you get stuck in that height ? " " Huh ? " Vuur was confused " If you are the inner sun then you should be different now have you only been inside a world for your life "
Vuur nodded " I usually use astral projection to see the other gods but even that is small like me " " I understand basically your height is also psychological " " Psychological ? " Lily looks at the girl and finds a solution .
" It's like this you are always bothered by your height so you are putting too much focus on being tall you forget about other things you always eat to be tall , you sleep to be tall . " Vuur still looks very confused .
" Your confusion is an example you focused so much on being tall and you didn't give enough focus on understanding "
" Wow your right " " That is right taking your mind out of one thing should help you balance everything at least you will be less bothered by the fact that you are short " Lily looks around thinking of a way to get Vuur's mind on height .
" How about exercising your power ? " " I always do that ? " " I meant in a very complicated way , not just throwing parts of yourself to create land I meant creating a circuit " Lily showed a hologram of the sun .
" This sun is the one you shaped I plan to use it to fend off the abyss as well as use it to create skylands " " But isn't this work ? " " Good you can figure that out that means you are getting your focus elsewhere , but this is the only thing I can think of that would get your mind out of being taller "
Vuur looks at her as Lily continued " You see this sun would be spread out like circuits in an electronic I plan to use runes to start the spell of course I don't plan to do that unless I arranged the land that will rise above this sun "
The hologram sun stretched out lines with runes from the encyclopedia " Using this stretched-out sun I can recycle its energy so it won't burn out all of its fuel very quickly and with the guidance of the runes the energy used won't be lost , the sun will still emit light but the light is only enough to fend off the abyss "
The abyss monsters appeared under the sun as the theoretical skylands appeared above it " But of course , there will be other stronger abyss creatures that would get in the way so the output would have to increase I plan to make the sun stronger with my technology "
Lily showed a cycle " Since energy can't be destroyed nor created " " Wait I can create more suns but they would be smaller than me " Vuur said " I don't care I don't plan to include you in a long-term situation "
The hologram changed turning into a spherical sun a planet of life and the moon " See this moon is like a mirror artifact , I plan to use that mirror to create a megastructure that would capture energy put since we are in a magical land I plan to remodel the megastructure although I have to be careful since there ay not be a moon "
" How big is the megastructure ? " " Bigger than the outer sun " Vuur was hit with the idea that Lily could help her grow taller " Vuur you are focusing on the wrong thing the megastructure is meant to harness the energy of a sun I had a model but without a sun for me to use it's useless "
Lily swatted the holograms and made a sphere with a question mark " So right now I plan to search for a high-energy source and with the abyss I am sure there is plenty down there so I plan to make a drill as soon as I built the skylands "
" Drill ? " Lily looks at Vuur with unnoticeable disappointment and rephrased her words " I plan to dig through the abyss with a drill , it's basically to search for an energy source research can only get civilization so far without resources . "
Vuur started to get confused " That's why I need to find different resources to use Vuur you will help me in doing that to take your focus elsewhere " " Wait but this is just me helping you "
" I know but if according to what I know you have been focusing so much on being taller but you still haven't grown tall at all don't you think your focus does nothing at all ? " Vuur thinks for a while and realizes her problem .
" You're right " " Concern doesn't always help , take too much focus on something you forget everything else . Like a good grade in language but a bad grade in math " Vuur did not understand what math is at all .
" So if I take your focus out of growing tall to elsewhere that focus would be more useful " " Then what about that weird artifact connected to you ? " " Which one ? " " Uh the book ? " Lily thinks about the encyclopedia .
" Oh right you are thinking about shortcuts the encyclopedia provides . It may seem beneficial but I am also losing the ability to learn on my own with that I realized this problem before it gets too severe . And you should too you have already lost some ability that you fainted from helping me with that sun "
Vuur thinks about it " It's a good thing you realize that you are too concerned about your appearance rather than yourself so put focus in that " With a fire that finally set in her heart Vuur nods .
" I will do my best then I will exercise my power so when they bully me I will beat the to a pulp !!! " ' They would probably die but what do I know ? ' " But first you have to know that you are spent in energy "
" Don't worry if I eat more I will be fine and I can sense some food " Lily thinks about the reactors " Hold on how about you help me make your food instead ? " Vuur looks at Lily terrified " Isn't that like eating my own " Vuur gets close to Lily and whispered .
" If that is the case then I would be a cannibal , I did bury minced human flesh in my farm for fertilizers " Vuur looked more terrified at the thought that Lily has human flesh " Where did you get them ? "
" You have no idea how many competitors are wanting to take me down so I killed them and turned them into fertilizers but that is far from the point now . You are only throwing something into the natural cycle once it returns to you it will already be in a different form so worry not that you are eating yourself "
Vuur nodded and put some of her power inside the reactor . Another sun formed inside the reactor " Okay eat now " Vuur was hesitant to eat the artificial sun but gulped some air and quickly drank it like it was a bowl of bitter medicine .
" Eok " she swallowed the dense melted rock and felt vitalized and disgusted " Let's urk " " Bitter medicine is good medicine since it is always concerned about the body rather than taste . "
Vuur accepted the fact slowly as Lily took her down " Do you have at least something sweet like sweet rock " " I don't know what that is in your language , so just try to clean it with your mouth water " mouth water is just another term for saliva .
" But water evaporates and I make a big burp if I drink it " Lily sighs feeling she should find a way to make communication easier " Here is how you should extend the sun lines as " Lily showed the hologram given to her by the encyclopedia .
" That looks hard but if it's just a drawing then it shouldn't be too difficult " " Also we will put you to study runes " Vuur looks at Lily's cruel emotionless expression " ? " " Don't give me that look , I said I need to move your focus elsewhere studying is beneficial if you keep exercising you will become a musclehead "
" But I'm a god " " Trust me it will be useful I studied physics and used it to train . You can do the same too " " No " Lily looks at Vuur " Your loss " ' It's not like I can't convince her with just words '
Lily sits down as Vuur starts her job ' Is there any way to find an energy source in the abyss ? " ' Many civilizations have fallen to the abyss , there is a possibility to find them as well as a concentration of powerful abyss monsters that inhabit the energy sources "
' There goes the plan to harness energy I'll have to make do with current resources how about things that the abyss hates like you know cursed artifacts ? " ' Those artifacts are easy to get but using is hard since previous users would make them curse to keep the abyss from growing by using the artifacts "
" So what about info-gathering artifacts ? " " There is no abyss who desires to learn they only desire power " " What about that guy from yesterday that seems to be something bothersome I think it was at the shore was it ? " Lily forgot about that guy since it didn't seem important .
" That abyss monster isn't anything to worry about " " Why ? " " It's dead " the encyclopedia could get an audience to laugh for stating something obvious " No I meant it's intelligence " " It used to be something else that is intelligent but became an abyss monster " ' Must be like Yoch's situation though he hasn't advanced that far yet thanks to me '
" So you know any artifacts that I can get without encountering any abyss ? " " The previously mentioned artifacts are available as there are plenty of artifacts that are always sent closer to the surface from past users to give a chance for the future elimination of the abyss . "
Lily thinks about the convenience of procuring artifacts " Say is this all based on your available data ? " " Correct there may be some important data that may change the overall assumptions of the encyclopedia " " More reasons to be careful information is a perspective so I have the moon and now a sun is in the way "
She checked on Vuur who fell asleep " She okay ? " " Simply tired " Lily nodded " Is there an artifact I can get right now ? " " There are plenty of artifacts that can be obtained , certain ones will be ignored if an item with similar functions is in possession "
" Did you get smarter by fusing with the computer here ? " " Correct " " That's good " Lily smiled " So any artifacts that may be useful ? " " the closest one is an eroded artifact its functions are unknown as the encyclopedia can't gather enough data due to the erosion " " Then we should get that got the location right ? "
A hologram appeared showing " Huh it's buried really deep It would be worthwhile though , but question what is something the encyclopedia can't do that a person with experience can ? " " It would be a gut instinct the encyclopedia is able to gather the information that isn't vague a dwarf can have the instinct to identify a sword as good even if it looks bad "
" If you gain a soul you probably need a sense of humor first though " Lily said and let Vuur rest on the magic pillow " I guess I'll visit the dwarf town then " Lily manually called drones to go dig out the artifact that was buried " I will have to explain to them about Skylands and Yoch will probably have to know but what is taking that girl so long ? "
She wonders why the system Carrie uses hasn't made a response yet " Say got any information about that system Carrie is on ? " " The system has made alerts about you after you made the moon , the users' intentions are unknown "
' There will be those who want to take advantage of me or take control . They better be teaming up it's a trouble to be bothered to work with someone who has some problems with me '
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