Ti flew by… unfortunately fast. Between Lena wrapping up her work and Lifre taking a more active role in resolving the problems that arose around the various worlds, there was little for to worry about. I spent most of my days just reading reports or spending ti with the rest of Olympus. Every now and then, I would ascend to spend so ti with Terra and Irena, but it was all-in-all a pretty mundane ti.
Then, finally, the day arrived. The countdown until the invasion was ticking down, and it was now less than a minute before Sanction would invade our realm for the third ti. Taking a deep breath, I waited until there were less than ten seconds left, before imdiately sending the command to the system to use the attack ticket. When it prompted for who I wanted to attack, I set the target as Sanction.
There. As long as he doesn’t have a defense ticket, he shouldn’t have any ti to prepare for an invasion. I thought to myself with a nod.
When it ca ti for to select who I wanted to send on the invasion, I looked at the group gathered before . Both of the Lena’s, Tsubaki, Dana, Julia, Priscilla, and Philia all stood at the ready. They had been fully equipped with the items that they had requested to purchase, and it was now ti to send them off.
“Co back safe.” I told them, and they nodded their heads. As I selected them for the invasion, an ominous blue portal swirled to life behind them. Without any hesitation, the seven all turned to leave, stepping through the gate.
I closed my eyes, silently waiting. In the worst case scenario, Sanction would use his defense ticket as soon as the invasion started, making it impossible for them to ever co back. As long as that didn’t happen, there was a chance.
Seconds ticked by into minutes, and I eventually let out a sigh of relief when no ssage appeared to alert of the invasion’s failure. It’s going to feel a lot more empty around here without them.
Thinking of that, I turned to look at Lifre, offering her a small smile. “I’ll be counting on you a lot more for the near future.”
Lifre nodded her head forcefully, patting her small chest. “You got it, boss! You can count on !”
I gave a small smile when I heard her response. Now that this invasion had really kicked off, I had so plans to make myself. There was absolutely no way that I could refund Sanction’s worlds, no matter what happened during this invasion. If I did, I would be personally eliminating the team that I had just sent over.
With that in mind, I had to prepare for how to integrate that realm with my own. The ga system that they used was vastly different from ours, so I could see it causing a great deal of confusion in the long run. To smooth things out, I would need to prepare to make one of the two systems the ‘standard’ system of the realm, or find a way to rge the two.
For instance, their skill system was quite nice, far better than the skill proficiency system that I used. If Chelsea studied it, and then applied it to our system, that would only be seen as a general improvent to what we could achieve.
For that purpose, I had a small mission for Lifre, who had extracted all of the knowledge of Hal Tua from the Monarch.
Chelsea let out a long sigh, realizing that the invasion team had been sent off. On the one hand, the ti bomb that was the Great One’s Map had left the realm, and would no longer be a security risk here. On the other hand, several of her friends and allies, not to ntion the greatest combat powers of the Keeper’s realm, had disappeared as well.
She was preparing to have to take a more active role in the security of the realm when a notification ca across her desk. “Researcher Chelsea. There is an important guest waiting for you at reception seven.”
Chelsea arched a brow, but didn’t refuse the guest. For them to be called important, it was either soone with a direct relation to the Keeper, or a world leader. Either way, she at least needed to make an appearance.
Standing up, she made her way out of her office, and through the halls of the research institute. The seventh entrance wasn’t that far from her office, and was a common area to receive guests, so it didn’t take long for her to arrive. When she got there, she was sowhat surprised to see Lifre standing there with a smile on her face.
“Hey, Chel!” Lifre waved happily. “Boss man sent to et you.”
Chelsea hesitated, but nodded her head, gesturing for Lifre to follow her back to her office. Naturally, the sli girl looked around at everything they passed with curious enthusiasm, her eyes practically shining. Thankfully, she didn’t ask many questions, because Chelsea wasn’t sure how to explain so of the experints in a way that Lifre would understand.
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Once they arrived at Chelsea’s office, both girls took a seat. “So, what does Dale want from ?” Chelsea asked, a sowhat tired tone to her voice. She wasn’t expecting a big project to arrive imdiately after the invasion set off, especially since she knew that the Keeper had just spent the vast majority of his points to prepare for this invasion. He shouldn’t have been able to buy another big technology, and a system request could have been sent through a ntal ssage.
“He said that he wants to prepare for when they return.” Lifre answered with that sa smile. “Because we don’t know whether or not the enemy is using a ti acceleration chamber, the invasion can take anywhere from five days to the entire Standard Month.”
“Right… and how does he want us to prepare?” Chelsea asked curiously, not sure exactly what Dale wanted to be done between now and then.
Lifre pulled out a thin book, holding it out for Chelsea. “This book contains all of the information on Sanction’s systems that we could gather from their inhabitants. Boss man wants you to go through and make a system rging plan. If there are systems here that would be better than our alternatives, you can write them down. Likewise, if there are systems that you think we can gain special features from when you break them down, and so on.”
Imdiately, Chelsea understood, accepting the book carefully. “I see. He wants to integrate Sanction’s system with our own. Given that they’re a Rank Five Keeper, the odds are high that they’ve already optimized their own system code.” As she spoke, she opened the book, flipping through the pages.
“Their class and level system can’t be kept. It’s wholly incompatible with how we operate. Their dungeon system… I’ll need to speak with Aurivy. Maybe we can work out a way to tie it in with our own dungeon core race.”
Chelsea muttered under her breath as she looked at each system, which had an in-depth summary of how it operated, at least as in-depth as a resident of the world would be able to understand. “We definitely want their guild system, and their guild market. Those will greatly benefit us.”
After saying that, Chelsea looked up at Lifre. “However, this is all under the assumption that we’re going to win this invasion. If we d-” She was cut off by an exceptionally firm look from Lifre.
“We will win.” She said firmly, with more force in her tone than Chelsea had ever heard from the normally carefree sli. “Sanction didn’t cheat and use a defense ticket right away. As long as he doesn’t have that ticket, we will absolutely win. They promised.”
Chelsea offered a small smile, not wanting to argue with Lifre on this. In the back of her mind, she knew that there was always the risk of failure. However, there was no reason to dash Lifre’s confidence. “Right, my bad. Anyways, what does Dale want to do with the list after I’ve made it? Obviously, we can’t get started on analyzing the systems before they are in our hands.”
Lifre’s smile quickly returned, and she nodded her head. “Right! He said that you could make fraworks for the systems, just as much as you could for now to make your work easier in the future. If there is a system that you are confident that you can recreate, go for it. Otherwise, just make the basic frawork as practice, and then use that to make adjustnts as needed when they return.”
Well, at least it’s not the most absurd request he’s made. Compared to that map, this is child’s play. Chelsea thought to herself, before nodding her head. “Alright. I’ll have my team get started on it, once I go through all of the systems in this book. Anything else?”
Lifre nodded her head again. “Yeah! I’ve got to visit Jas while I’m here, too!” She said, surprising Chelsea.
“What do you need Jas for?” The kitsune asked curiously. Because Jas was often more focused on his work, Chelsea herself was the typical liaison with those from the outside.
“Boss hopes that I can beco an Origin by the ti everyone gets back.” Lifre responded with a chuckle. “Other groups are starting to catch up with your Origin research, right? He’s worried that with the others gone, there won’t be a good deterrent against Origins who turn to cri. Since he’s got you working on this system list, he wants to have Jas be the one to work on the Origin project.”
Chelsea pursed her lips at that. While the concept made sense, she still had so concerns. “You’re a triple domain goddess, right? It won’t be easy to turn you into an Origin. We still haven’t made any significant progress in combining multiple domains.”
“Yup, that’s why I’m here!” Lifre flashed a thumbs up towards Chelsea. “This is one of my clones. I’ll be permanently stationed here to be a research subject for your experints. If this clone dies, my main body will send another one to replace it. So, don’t worry and use for any work you need to.”
Chelsea’s eyes widened when she heard that, looking at Lifre with concern. She was well aware of the dangers in these experints, and the pain that the subject was likely to experience. And given how old and clever Lifre was, she had to assu that Lifre knew the sa. Still, she readily accepted this role with a smile on her face. “Just so you’re aware… there is the possibility that your essence could be permanently damaged if an experint goes wrong. You know that, right?”
Of course, most of such risky experints would be done through an educational stream, in which the damages could be undone. However, that didn’t change the fact that even a normal experint could cause so unforeseen side-effects, regardless of whether or not this was just a clone. At the sa ti, this was one of the things that had held their research back the most, not having a research subject that was wholly willing to cooperate with them.
Of course, there was Treisha, but she was understandably not eager to participate in a series of experints that could easily lead to her death if a mistake was made. What they needed was soone that would cooperate without the slightest hesitation, able to provide them the most accurate data regardless of the risks.
Yet, Lifre rely nodded her head. “Yup, I’m aware! Whatever happens, happens. Feel free to experint on this clone as much as you need to.”
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