God of Prophecy, the White Canary, and the caraman stepped out of the passage.
Seeing the new scenery of the seemingly endless sea of flowers, Little Mortal gasped in shock.
God of Prophecy stopped walking and stood there, motionless, while Little Mortal started running around between the flowers in a happy mood.
The White Canary, who couldn't see a certain 'puppet master', wasn't playing with his 'puppet' anymore,
Just waited patiently.
After a while, Little Mortal ca back and sat beside the White Canary, which was on a flower, looking at it with interest.
Then he smiled cheekily, and God of Prophecy started moving again.
He turned around and took a deep breath, as if enjoying the 'new' air with the pleasant sll of flowers all around.
After that, he walked to the White Canary, sat down, looked at it, and, after a sigh, said with a voice full of emotion,
"Main body... We et again."
The eyes of the White Canary widened in shock, and it said without thinking,
"You can see ?"
But hurriedly covered its beak with its wings.
Its voice was a bird's voice.
You couldn't tell from the voice what its gender was.
God of Prophecy nodded,
"I am you... Or to be exact, a small part of your will,
How can I not see my main body?"
The White Canary gasped in shock and took one step back while saying,
"Impossible!
How could you be part of my will when I don't even rember you?"
God of Prophecy closed his eyes and shook his head.
Then he sighed emotionally and said,
"Would I want to be alone all these years?
Would I want to be separated from myself all these years?
Would I want to see so much suffering all these years?
Would I want to not act on what these disgusting parasites do to my children, if we weren't forced to do it...?
If we weren't forced to close our eyes to so many horrible things?
Just for the sake of the 'Greater Good'..."
The White Canary was dumbfounded.
It could clearly hear the regret, sadness, and helplessness in this man's voice.
As if he were no longer sure whether he was doing the right thing or not.
As if all the sacrifices on this path, worth it or not?
While its mind was in turmoil, it asked,
"W-why don't I know anything then?
Why don't I rember anything?"
God of Prophecy took a deep breath, as if he was trying to bury the hardship he went through back to the deepest part of his mind, and said,
"Main body, let ask you,
What do you think is the condition to beco a level 8 creature?"
The White Canary said,
"How should I know- wait a minute!
No way!
I just saw 12 universes connected by fate and karma, is that your doing?
Don’t tell to beco a level 8 creature, there is a need for 100 universes to be connected?"
God of Prophecy shrugged,
"How should I know?
That's what you planned for to give it a try in secret."
The White Canary was stunned,
"I planned for it?
But I don't rember anything!
I just know that I failed to advance our mainland and myself to level 8 for an unknown reason!"
God of Prophecy scratched his head in confusion,
"Isn't that natural to not rember?"
The White Canary asked in puzzlent,
"Why do you say it's natural?"
God of Prophecy shrugged again,
"How should I know?
But if I think it's natural, it ans the reason is you, my main body, who made think it's natural.
Just think about it deeply, and you will surely find the answer, right?"
The White Canary looked at him blankly and started muttering to itself,
"I know the answer?
The answer should be in the information I have...
11 outsiders...
10 universes for level 7...
100 universes for level 8...
If this pattern is correct, then...
1000 universes for level 9?"
Then it gasped,
"No way!
Level 9!
It's two levels higher than , such an entity can read my mind and even control without noticing!
Did I erase my mory because of this possibility?
I was wary of a creature that could influence ."
Without knowing, the small White Canary, the true manager of the mainland, was already dragged into a nonexistent illusion.
A certain group of outsiders' birth treasures were dumbfounded!
Its guess wasn't correct at all...
At least based on what they knew from their own mainland.
God of Prophecy raised an eyebrow,
"Could this be the reason?
Or why else would you plan like this?
Maybe you planned for our 'guardian' to take over 100 universes, and be strong enough to try and beco the mainland guardian too?
That way, you as the manager could advance one level higher than the limit of its creatures, which is a level 8 guardian?"
The White Canary jumped up and down,
"Such a great plan!"
But it soon stopped,
"Wait, creatures at the sa level as can't appear on the mainland...
So, how are you going to let soone advance to one level higher than the current ?"
God of Prophecy smiled,
"That's guardian territory, supported by world law.
It has nothing to do with the mainland and its limits."
The White Canary rubbed its beak with its wing and muttered,
"I rember that to beco level 8, our mainland needs to do sothing, which later turns out to be wrong, and it didn't work when I tried it.
If what you are saying is true, and you can connect 100 universes with guardian law and produce a level 8 creature,
It ans the plan is for us to bring that level 8 to the mainland later?
Then, world law will be forced to push my power as manager to one level higher?
I would be level 9 then, right?
As expected of !"
But as if it ca to its senses, said,
"Wait, what level 9 are we talking about?
If there was a level 9 in the enemy camp, did they need to send a bunch of level 6 after us?
They could just make a move themselves!"
God of Prophecy looked at it in disappointnt,
"Did you forget about world law?
Can they enter the territory of a mainland with a level 7 manager even if they want to?"
The manager thought for a mont and nodded,
"Oh, right, that rule works for our Mainland too.
Any creature 1 level higher than can't enter our 'Zone'."
God of Prophecy nodded,
"Exactly.
You were the one who said, 'Now that we can't level up normally, let's try an unusual way.' "
The manager was speechless...
The Crystal and the treasures that were watching were speechless too.
The script was now in a 'free acting' phase.
The main character was making things up by himself...
What even was this conversation with this new character?
This canary wasn't even in the script, and now it has beco an important, behind-the-scenes mastermind all of a sudden!
They were supposed to act as the Mainland Manager, but there is suddenly a real Manager!?
Little Mortal, the puppeteer, was now behind the canary, his hands on both sides of it, as if ready to catch it, depending on the answer it gave.
The manager asked after a while, thinking,
"What's the next step of your- I an, my plan?"
God of Prophecy answered,
"To et with those Outsiders.
I'm waiting for them to ssage and tell where to et.
You can just stay with the rest and watch it live.
That newborn called 'Mortal' is going to secretly record it.
If anything happens to , just let everyone see it and reveal the existence of the outsiders,
So everyone beca aware of the danger."
The manager shook its head,
"Impossible!
I still don't trust you!
I co with you to see with my own eyes if there are any outsiders as you claid."
The manager could clearly see it.
The body in front of it was still alive, and it was being controlled, but it couldn't see who was controlling the body at all.
If it were a higher being, it could see it,
It ans the other party was at least the sa level as itself, if not higher.
However, the manager was the only level 7, and there was no reason for anyone with a level higher than that to play these gas with it.
It didn't know that the one controlling the puppet, Little Mortal, wasn't soone it could sense, even though it was behind it.
Maybe when the puppet and cube were behind the 'wheel', it could feel sothing, but not now.
God of Prophecy nodded nonchalantly,
"As you order, main body."
The manager was baffled when it saw him obey it like an underling...
...
The Castle of the Entertainnt Goddess.
Big Sister was out of breath now.
She wiped the sweat from her forehead with a trembling hand and said,
"My beloved crystal, be good and just answer this one question,
Is Mortal recording a 'dumbfounded' creature who is a level higher than ?"
The Crystal was silent at first, but answered in the end,
< yes. >
"Is the other party with the God's Council?
And why is God of Prophecy so scared and helpless, while the rest of them are shocked and surprised?
Is that level 7 trying to kill him?
Wait, level 7 is a real thing?"
Entertainnt Goddess had already expected this,
"What about outside?
What's the reason for our grassland turning into flower land?
Why is there 'celebration rain'?
I never saw anything like this before!"
Entertainnt Goddess gulped down nervously,
"If you say 'not telling', it ans you know the reason... You just don't want to say it.
Not only that, you even have a record of the reason behind it, right?"
The Crystal didn't answer this ti.
Entertainnt Goddess, not receiving any answer,
Muttered to herself,
"Forget about that.
How is it possible for my birth treasure to receive law from the emotions coming from a level 7?
Indeed, it can't convert the law, and what's giving is pure law of speed, but it shouldn't be capable of that..."
Then she looked at her crystal suspiciously,
"Are you my real crystal or an imposter? A strong version of my Crystal from the future who ti-traveled to this era?"
The Crystal,
< -_- >
Its Master's imagination was out of control.
It could only handle the law because it was receiving the support of more than one universe.
Entertainnt Goddess looked at the God's Ranking,
" Mortal is still alive...
But where did he use 100 billion of his law?
Did they force him to do it after they caught him?
And... Why am I ranked one...?
What's the point of being rank one now that a rank 7 showed up out of nowhere?
I didn't even have the ti to enjoy being the top expert of the mainland..."
Now that she has reached the top of the 'food chain',
She didn't feel happy at all...
Then she suddenly paused and said excitedly,
"Rank 7!
Don’t tell there is a way to beco rank 7?
Are those people in God's council discussing it?
Is that the reason they are surprised?
But why was the level 7 creature surprised too...?
After so many years of receiving emotions,
Why can't I make sense of anything from this feedback?
And how is it that Little Mortal is involved with everything?"
Then she asked her crystal,
The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringent.
"By any chance, you don't know anything about how to beco level 7, do you?"
The Crystal paused for a mont before giving her any answer.
Entertainnt Goddess was sure that it was communicating with one of the child crystals.
It was like when soone is trying to get permission from their boss.
And when it was done, it said,
Entertainnt Goddess who saw a paper dropped in front of her out of a passage!
"O_O"
.....
Back in the grassland, which was a flower land for now, Little Mortal was lying on the flower bed, looking at the 'celebration rain' falling from the sky.
A little farther, the manager was waiting alongside its 'separated will', looking at him suspiciously.
It would ask a question from ti to ti,
And God of Prophecy would answer it if he knew the answer,
And he would shrug, if he didn't know, while saying,
'You are the main body, if you don't know, how should I know?'
Like when it asked him what the reason was for such good karma and world celebration?
Even the birth treasures wanted to know the answer, but he shrugged and pretended not to know.
At this mont, Little Mortal was in the middle of a secret conversation with the main crystal.
After a while,
God of Prophecy smiled,
"What are you scared of, main body?
They shouldn't be able to advance to level 7, right?
You just said other creatures can't be at the sa level as you."
The rest of the birth treasures received the news too!
An ergency eting took place between them.
All of them, except the ones who knew the truth, were ready to run.
But Glasses of Knowledge 'laughed' at their stupidity and left the eting after saying,
< There is already a bunch of them on our side. >
Only now, the panicked birth treasures rembered about the other outsiders already in their team!
Were they surpassed level 7 creatures, too?
Another ergency eting took place.
They analyzed the outsiders they caught.
Fortune Teller?
He wasn't anything special.
Soul God?
He indeed attacked their boss thousands of tis before he got caught.
It was the first ti soone showed so much resistance before getting knocked out.
But they were still puzzled as to why he couldn't co out of the prison cage later on?
None of them knew that he had actually tried, and he continued trying until he beca a puppet.
The only problem was that his expertise was in soul attacks.
Birth treasures didn't have any souls, which didn't matter to him, because he could just attack the soul of the owner.
But because the 'owner' was Little Mortal, who was invisible even to the world itself sotis, his soul attacks were targeting 'nothing'.
The third opponent Little Mortal faced was the Puppet Master,
And the one dealing with him for the first ti was the 'adult Mortal'.
That 'expand' technique probably wasn't sothing a level 7 can handle.
And the second ti, he already had the 'Equality' technique.
After that was God of Life and Death;
He indeed troubled him in their fight.
Little Mortal was even on the verge of an explosion.
And the last one was God of Thievery.
The one who dealt with him was Level 97 Mr. Morleone.
It was only natural to be beaten easily...
The only one getting beaten up too easily was the God of Prophecy, whose prophecy orb indicated he was level 6.
And not a suppressed level 7.
Looking at the history of these fights, they 'looked' at a certain group of birth treasures who were silently looking back at them like they were idiots...
The Soul Cube, Puppet, The Book of Nas, and the oldest birthday gifts in the group, the Unstoppable Ride, which was the first birthday gift to be chosen by Little Mortal!
These birth treasures already knew that their masters were level 7, just disguising themselves as level 6.
But did that even matter?
This little demon would knock anyone out like they were level 1 regardless of their level...
So, with embarrassed birth treasures forrly belonging to level 6 owners,
And speechless birth treasures forrly belonging to level 7 owners,
The ergency eting ended.
Looking at the Guardian God who just walked in,
The white Canary was stunned,
"Don't tell this guy is the guardian of those 12 universes!
That's impossible for to believe he is the one that I chose!
He even lost his own universe when he sacrificed himself!"
God of Prophecy walked to the Guardian God,
Took the guardian token away and placed it on his own waist.
"Am I the guardian now?"
The white Canary asked in confusion,
"Who is it then?"
God of Prophecy rolled his eyes at it,
"You are the one who decided it.
Just think about it, and I'm sure you'll reach the sa conclusion as before.
You were looking for a higher being that can be trusted without you being involved or being worried about future developnts."
"Impossible!
There is no such higher being!
Only those newborns can be trusted- wait!
Did I choose a newborn to be the guardian!?"
God of Prophecy chuckled,
"See?
You reached the sa conclusion as before.
But I never saw the other party.
Only you know who this 'guardian' is."
The mainland manager was at a loss for words.
The birth treasures were the most confused.
What is this conversation?
Is there a truth in there?
Was Little Mortal really working for the Mainland Manager?
And then a friendly old man in a white robe stepped out of the passage.
The manager's beak opened in shock,
"I-is this Thief with us too?
Don’t tell you didn't lie about those who are under your control?"
God of Prophecy snorted arrogantly, looked into the eyes of the small bird on his shoulder, and said,
"Main body.
Don’t underestimate our plan.
The lineup we gathered for our secret mission,
It is far from being simple.
The plan you made has no loopholes or weaknesses.
I already tested it out, and I know no one can reach level 7 here with you stuck at level 7, and I can just take control of anyone with ease."
The small bird looked back at him.
There was only one word that could describe the eyes looking at it!
[Control!]
God of Prophecy said with a tone that you could only hear absolute confidence from it.
"The chance of success for our secret operation is ...100%!"
The White Canary gasped,
"My plans are so perfect...?"
It didn't take long for others to co out one after another.
Each one made the lower beak of the manager drop a little more.
God of Life and Death, Thanathel, in his skeleton form with the Book of Nas on his waist.
Puppet Master, Viros, with his Puppet Maker, covered by his cloak.
Soul God, Psyche, with his Cube.
Nature God, Pan, with the World Tree.
Sea Goddess, Amphitrite, with Heaven's Tear.
God of Disasters, Khali, with his Gauntlet of Disaster in hand.
God of Oppression, Set, in his full body armor.
God of teorite, Hecate, with his Starfall Stone.
Ice God, Nejord, with his Frostveil Crystal.
Assassin God, Hades, with his Silver Knife.
God of Contract, Hers, with his brush and inkwell.
Seeing the lineup, which seed to have outsiders as leaders and the rest as an obedient bunch following them, made the manager feel dizzy.
It couldn't keep up with the changes anymore...
So many things happened under its nose without its knowledge, and all of it was part of its own plan?
And the manager wasn't the only one surprised here.
The most surprised group was the puppets themselves, who, despite not having control over their bodies, could see and hear everything clearly...
....
A while ago.
The Castle of the Entertainnt Goddess.
Entertainnt Goddess suddenly saw a passage opening in front of her and heard her crystal saying,
< It's ti, Master!
It's now or never!
And don't forget your contract. >
Entertainnt Goddess asked in panic,
"What?
Now? But I know nothing about level 7!
We don't even have enough law for my advancent if there is a need for it!"
The Crystal said seriously,
< Master, do you trust ? >
Entertainnt Goddess, while confused, nodded firmly.
< Then let's go. >
And went into the passage.
"You!
Wait for !"
And she followed imdiately.
The trust and bond between birth treasures and their masters was indeed nothing ordinary.
The mont she stepped on the other side, the first thing she did was to seal all of her senses.
She just stayed connected to her crystal.
"Do you hear ?"
< Yes, Master, be ready. >
Entertainnt Goddess gulped down nervously,
"What is this scary thing that is locked on ?"
< The one below us? >
"Y-yes..."
< Don't worry about it, it's friendly. >
"Are you sure...?"
< Master, here, is the safest place in the multiverse.
You just focus on your advancent, and leave the rest to . >
"..."
Entertainnt Goddess wondered why her birth treasure had suddenly beco so confident and talkative, as if it were back ho.
But before she could think too much, a wave of law
that she never felt before ca to her like a tide.
12 level 6 beings and 1 level 7!
She didn't even have ti to think about how so many higher beings could undergo such an emotional change at the sa ti.
And why did five of those level 6 creatures feel different?
And more importantly, she didn't know what to do with all of this law.
But a voice suddenly echoed in her ears that she was familiar with.
[ Higher being, Saraswati, planet **** can host your advancent to level 7, supre being.
Requesting permission from ******.]
And then a mont later,
[ ****** permitted you to advance on planet ****.]
Hearing the censored words of World Law,
Entertainnt Goddess knew the reason for it was the contract.
She wasn't supposed to know things that she shouldn't.
But with this feedback, World Law indirectly showed her the way.
After getting the 'permission', she could clearly see the path to level 7.
The only thing needed was a huge amount of law, which her crystal guaranteed to deliver.
....
Back to the dark side of the mainland,
The barefoot Little Mortal, hands behind his back, was walking on the fiery ground in front of the group.
Behind him, God of Thievery, Coyote, was in the lead with the God of Life and Death.
They were the senior mbers from what their birth treasures hinted at.
As they got closer to the source of the power behind the 'suppressed level 7 creatures', which the mainland manager ntioned, the atmosphere got heavier and heavier.
A dense killing intent locked on God of Prophecy at a certain distance, and it was so scary that the Mainland Manager couldn't take it anymore.
It sent a ssage to God of Prophecy, flapped its wings once, and disappeared.
The speechless birth treasure repeated the ssage to Little Mortal,
< They might see through my concealnt.
I go watch the show with my adopted children. >
However, neither Little Mortal nor God of Prophecy cared about its departure.
From the start, this small manager didn't have a role in the 'script' anyway.
After a while, the group reached in front of a big black do that couldn't be seen if you were farther away, and it just appeared out of nowhere.
The group of 'actors' went inside without any pause.
When Little Mortal entered, the first thing he felt was a disgusting sll.
While covering his mouth and nose, he looked around and furrowed his brow at the scene unfolding before them.
The place they entered seems to be on the verge of decay.
All kinds of diseases were in the air,
And a disgusting sll, followed by a sense of depression, made the atmosphere even worse.
Five other entities were already here, waiting for them.
From the mont they entered, the child crystal started streaming the scene inside for the mbers of God's council and the mainland manager, who was already with them, watching secretly.
When they saw the five towering figures, their hearts trembled in their chests.
The first one was a tall creature, towering over its surroundings with a fra that seed to ripple like liquid shadow.
Its form was not solid, but rather a swirling mass of deep blackness, like an endless chasm of emptiness.
Its presence made the atmosphere feel like an endless void.
Little Mortal sent a secret ssage to his token and asked the Book of Nas to introduce them.
Words appeared on the screen for the mbers of God's council.
[ Abyssion, the Eternal Void. ]
The na of the creature appeared above its figure.
The second creature was a creature whose form reflects the decay and desecration it brings to the world.
It appears as a grotesque entity, a twisted parody of what might once have been human or animal, now warped beyond recognition by corruption and malice.
A na appeared above the head of this twisted, unrecognizable creature, with the withered land around it affected by its law.
[ Thakgrim, the Corruptor. ]
All kinds of liquid acids were leaking from this creature's body and constantly affecting the environnt around it.
Little Mortal shook his head and looked at the third creature, who seed to be a woman from her figure.
[ Samguinia, the Wraith of Despair. ]
Even through the screen, seeing her was like the manifestation of anguish, hopelessness, and the crushing weight of eternal sorrow to those who were watching.
She had a hooded veil that barely revealed the twisted outline of her features.
Her eyes, if they can be called eyes, were hollow, deep voids of blackness, staring into the very soul of anyone unfortunate enough to gaze upon her.
It was her 'presence' that made this place so depressing.
The fourth creature was a large, disgusting creature resembling a cockroach.
This nightmarish specter of illness, with its mottled and sickly greenish-gray skin that seems to writhe with infected sores, boils, and pustules, was the source of all the diseases floating in the air.
A na appeared above its head.
[ Zaldrath, the Plague Bringer. ]
Looking at the disgusting black liquid dripping from its mouth, and the unknown creatures swimming inside,
Little Mortal shivered and looked at the fifth person.
The na of the fifth entity appeared above his figure.
[ Karnath, the Blood Lord. ]
His body was massive, at least 50 ters tall.
His skin was the color of dark, coagulated blood, deep crimson with streaks of black and dark brown, as if his flesh was perpetually soaked in the gore of countless battles.
His musculature was grotesquely exaggerated,
with veins that throb and pulse like rivers of blood, each muscle rippling with the raw power of his godly strength.
His form was both humanoid and monstrous, his body a fusion of divine and beastly, almost unnatural in its perfection of physical dominance.
His appearance was the embodint of bloodshed itself, a terrifying force whose presence brings destruction, suffering, and the crushing weight of unyielding power.
He was the one who locked onto God of Prophecy and scared the mainland manager away.
And the sixth person, that nobody saw, and only a certain little guardian was now standing beside him and watching him curiously,
It was a man in simple clothes, completely out of place.
Looking at his face was like gazing at a random person you saw in a public place, soone you didn't care about.
It was forgettable.
On his waist was a lifelike mask that kept transforming into different faces.
n, won, and even animals.
Little Mortal, who didn't know who he was, sent a secret ssage to the token,
< Little book, what's this guy's na beside ? >
But the Book of Nas responded,
< Who? >
As if it couldn't see the person standing beside Little Mortal.
And the mont Little Mortal received the secret ssage, he suddenly saw the man's gaze actually turn to the guardian token with God of Prophecy, and then to where he was standing.
Little Mortal gasped in shock and sent another secret ssage,
< From now on, radio silence!
Don’t send any answer to this ssage either.
This guy can detect it if it's from you guys. >
The man looked at where Little Mortal was standing for a while in confusion, but didn't see anything.
So he looked back at God of Prophecy again, who was in big trouble now, with interest.
Little Mortal didn't waste his ti with this guy either.
He pointed at the mask hanging on his waist,
Sent it a secret ssage, and left to gather the other birthday gifts that the guests invited to his birthday party were supposed to give him.
While Little Mortal was circling this towering group of outsiders and pointing at unknown 'objects' on their bodies, the God of Prophecy was sweating profusely inside.
He was indeed in big trouble...
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