“I agree with that, but I would like to talk to Lizy about this first. She deserves a choice in this, but I will also explain to her that it is essential. How long will it take for us to get there, and is there anything that is closer that we can go to in the anti? I asked, and the table lit up before , and a map appeared on the top of it.
“Hey! This is pretty cool! Did you make this?” I asked, looking at x, but he shook his head.
“No, this is Keita’s rendition of a map that I had saved. It is pretty comprehensive, but it’s nearly impossible to find a map that has every island on it,” x explained as he gestured to the map displayed on the table like it was on a glass computer screen.
“Wow, I can’t wait to go see what she has been working on!” I laughed as I looked over the map that was spotted with islands.
“We are down in the corner where you are, and Gardaina is this massive land mass on the other side of the world. I wish that we could lift the map up and put it on a sphere, but we are basically as far as you can get from Gardaina, so we don’t need to worry about them. I think we head to Death’s summit, and from there is an archipelago of islands we can explore that I never got a chance to when I was on my way here. Dao wasn’t much for sightseeing,” x laughed.
“Let talk to Lizy first. Point us at the archipelago, and we can go explore that. I would like to get used to my power first before confronting any Gods,” I said, and x grinned at .
“You took down Thesta pretty easily,” x replied, and I put one hand in the air with a “so what” look on my face.
“That was a shell of what Thesta’s actual body is, you know that, right? I am guessing that Thesta had many copies of herself out there, and this is not the last ti that we will run into her. If Fearcania is anything like that, she is not going to be soone I want to approach half-hearted,” I explained, and Nushi nodded along with .
“Zack is right. The creature that I saw was a massive, thirty-foot-tall spider woman, and I am sure she could probably get bigger. I watched her crush and kill her own children as a lesson to make them not trust anyone. I think it is a good plan to prepare for an encounter like this,” Nushi added, and I smiled at her.
“Fine, I see no problem with hitting the islands up first! This is an uncharted area for , so I am excited to see what the islands have in store!” x laughed, and Nixi groaned, pointing.
“You know there are reasons why we have no information about places, right? Demons were sent out to map all the islands, but the ones that have no information are because no one ever returned. Do you notice that there are large Xs on the shorelines on the outer islands? Those are shipwrecks that were spotted from a distance. There are other creatures in the ocean that are stronger than the Demons, and that is why they can’t get a firm grip on the world,” Nixi explained, but I didn’t think that sounded too bad.
“Well, that ans that there won’t be any Demons there, so I think that it would be a good place for a vacation. I don’t mind if we have to clear a place off, but I think we are all due for so beach ti,” I laughed, squeezing Lidy’s hand.
“That sounds like a good plan, and we could set up a big barbecue. I am sure that the islands will have sothing that we can use for at, and we can stock up. Food is sothing that we can’t create that easily,” Lidy said, and Beeno nodded.
“We could make a competition and get all the girls in on it! I would like to get in on sothing like that!” Beeno said with her red tails swishing in excitent.
“Are none of you listening to what I just said?! The island is going to have natives on it that will probably try to kill us!” Nixi exclaid, and I nodded.
“I assu the sa, so we will have to et the locals and co to so sort of understanding. We aren’t Demons that are coming to take the place over,” I said.
“Speak for yourself! I am still very much a Demon!” Nixi retorted, and I gave her a knowing look.
“You are like x’s daughter, aren’t you? You don’t actually look like that, do you?” I asked, letting go of Lidy’s hand to walk around the table to Nixi.
“What does that have anything to do with anything?” Nixi exclaid as the girls backed away from her with smiles.
“I suggest that everyone clears the room. I need to have a conversation with Nixi. Close the room off on your way out, x,” I said and then looked back to Lidy. “I will et you in Keita’s shop after I am done here.”
“Wait! What is going on here?!” Nixi exclaid as everyone left the area.
I smiled at the old woman's panicked look, taking pleasure in it, considering the headaches Nixi had caused . tal shutters slid up, sealing the room off from all sound, just leaving the two of us in the room.
“Show what you look like,” I said, and Nixi flinched back.
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“Do you really not know? Do you want to be a Demon, or do you want to be sothing different? I an, I can leave you the way you are, but if you want to change, it will be better for both of us if you return to your original body, right” I asked, and Nixi’s eyes almost fell out of her head.
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