“Are you sure you want to do this?” Udona asked, sitting on the large red bed, wearing an elegant robe that covered her body. There was a trace of worry in her eyes as she looked at the queen across from her. “You know that there’s no going back once you embark on this path, right…?”
Bria nodded her head, offering a gentle smile towards Udona. “Of course I know. I’ve been preparing for this ever since achieving perfection. In fact… I don’t really have much of a choice about it at this point.” Saying so, she let out a soft sigh, moving to sit on the bed next to the goddess, leaning over and resting her head on Udona’s shoulder.
“What do you an by that?” Udona asked with a raised eyebrow.
“You know how people get. Now that I don’t have a ‘flesh’ body, my legitimacy to the throne is in question. Without the ability to provide an heir, and having not already given one, there are a slew of nobles from ancient kingdoms claiming that I should step down for the good of the planet.”
Udona grit her teeth when she heard that. She knew that there was a way for those who had achieved perfection to have children, she had simply not learned the exact thod yet. “So your only hope is to overwhelm them by becoming a goddess?”
“That’s right.” Bria gave a small nod. “Otherwise, the people will take the side of those nobles, and I’ll be forced to step down or face a rebellion. Most likely, whoever takes the throne after will make a simple concubine under the guise of an advisor. Assuming that there isn’t a civil war to determine which of them gets the throne in the first place.”
“I could-”
“No.” Udona’s words were cut off by the queen squeezing her hand gently. “If you step in and claim that I should keep the throne, it will only complicate matters. People will see as a link to get to you. Or… in the worst case, a weakness of yours that could be exploited. This is sothing that I have to resolve on my own. I must beco a goddess under my own power.”
Udona let out a long sigh, a bitter smile coming over her lips. “You’ve thought this through… have you decided on your domain, then? I can pull so strings to help you out when the ti cos.”
Bria thought that over for a mont. “I’m debating between two at the mont. Goddess of Queens sounds a bit too on the nose… but what do you think of the Goddess of Law?”
“Really wanna hamr that ssage ho, don’t you?” The goddess asked with a light laugh. “Alright… have you researched the process to know what you need to do?”
“I have, and I’ve asked Jonas to visit tomorrow. Just in case I happen to fail. At least it will allow to preserve a bit of legacy.”
“Don’t talk like that.” Udona told her, ears flattened against her skull. “You’ll do this, Bria. You’ll make an excellent goddess.”
Deep within the void of space, in a far-off star system, a pink-haired girl appeared with a gruff dwarf. “This the place?” The dwarf asked, staring at the two living worlds in the distance. One of them was little more than a barren rock surrounding a massive dungeon core, while the other was a massive sli in the shape of a small planet.
“That’s right!” Aurivy responded, nodding her head quickly. “Think you’d be able to take care of it, Tubby?”
“Told’ya not ta call that!” The dwarf bellowed, causing the halfling to laugh, their voices sohow carrying even in the empty space. “And it’ll do. Get Leowynn to clear any star systems in the way.”
After he said that, he took out a small stone from his beard, before placing it on the ground. “Range, one solar system. Anchor point, local star. Array type, barrier.” He reached into his beard again, pulling out a long, tal handle that connected to a hamr head. One which could not have possibly fit the space it was pulled from.
“Mass… production!” He shouted, lifting the hamr high above his head, before striking it down at the stone. Instead of the stone being sent flying into the void, it remained perfectly stationary. However, as Aurivy looked around, she could see similar stones springing into existence every few thousand miles in every direction. These stones wrapped themselves around the solar system to form a network.
“How long did’ya want this to last?” Tubrock asked, watching how the worlds within the system began to rotate more quickly, entire revolutions around the star taking no more than a minute. Gradually, the entire system began to drift along its cosmic route. The system was moving at millions of kiloters per second, displacing itself from its spot on the stellar charts.
“Until so kind of sentient race appears on Tower’s planet.” Aurivy responded with a shrug, pointing towards the dungeon world. “That’s the promise I made them. They help with getting a sli god, and I help them create a living world that they can use to produce followers.”
“I saw that… you really put those restrictions on the sli?” Tubrock raised an eyebrow, looking towards the halfling, who simply shrugged helplessly.
“I didn’t want to. I an, I’m cutting off their hope for divinity. Who would want that? But if I didn’t, there would be millions of god slis by the ti this was over, and Dale would really get mad at . You know better than most how quickly they learn and adapt. If I see any promising individuals, I’ll grant them individual rights of ascension.”
Tubrock grunted, nodding his head. “I s’pose. Was just a surprise to see it from you of all people.”
Aurivy chuckled, a small grin forming on her face. “You say that… but do you see what I see?” Her eyes were directed towards the quickly moving sli world. When Tubrock followed her gaze, his eyes widened in shock.
The sli planet had grown massively over the accelerated years, now every bit the size of the planet Earth. There were oceans and forests, trees and clouds. Creatures could be seen walking the surface. Yes… walking, not hopping or jiggling or even slithering. Walking.
These creatures appeared green and slightly translucent, vaguely mimicking the halfling form. Their cores were kept within their chests, roughly placed where the heart would be. Other, less intelligent slis mimicked beasts, appearing as foxes and deer, wolves and bears. There was even the odd treasure chest tucked against the side of a tree. Whenever an unsuspecting ‘animal’ walked by, it shot out a massive tongue and dragged them inside.
“It’s only been twenty years by now, no?” Tubrock asked in surprise, seeing the thriving ecosystem of the world.
“Give or take. But everything in this world is a sli. Wind slis floating in the sky to beco clouds. Water slis filling the crevices of the world to create oceans. Wood slis planting themselves in the ground to create trees. Under the guidance of Pietra, their evolution is so fast that it would scare even if I didn’t know about them already.”
As Aurivy let out a happy sigh, her face suddenly cramped up when a ssage spoke into her mind. Really, Aurivy… I leave you alone for two hours, and we have a sli race…
Don’t be mad? I took precautions, I swear! They won’t go out of control and beco an unbeatable race of monsters or anything like that!
I saw. But… take a look at their information, first.
When Aurivy heard that, she blinked. Then, her main body within the Admin Room focused, summoning the racial chart for the slis.
Race Na
Sli
Comprehension
100
Agility
Strength
Lifespan
â??
Luck
1
Awareness
10
Male:Female ratio
Genderless
Racial Abilities
-Infinite Lifespan
-Adaptive Evolution(Greater)
-External Body Control
-Imitation
-Restriction: Divinity Locked(God of Slis)
I see nothing wrong with this. Aurivy said proudly, only wincing slightly when she saw how high their comprehension stat was.
The race is worth five hundred points. Okay, that made Aurivy wince further. Sothing sothing, infinite lifespan and unlimited capacity to evolve.
But… but their divinity is locked! Aurivy called out in a panic. They shouldn’t be considered that powerful by the system if they can’t achieve divinity.
She knew that her race fell into the sa special loophole that Tubrock’s golems had fallen through. Dale wouldn’t need to spend points on them because they had been created fully sapient by the residents of his world. In this case, by Aurivy, Pietra, and Atraxi. With Aurivy counting as a true resident, and the other two being her subordinates, the sli race received a ‘free pass’, for better or worse.
They can still copy other energies, like saint energies. And I wouldn’t be surprised if they could eventually learn how to access chaos energy. When Aurivy heard that last part, she let out a gasp. She had been so focused on disallowing their divinity that she forgot about its polar opposite.
She quickly asured her own divine reserves before focusing. “By my authority as the God of Slis, I place a restriction on all slis. None shall access the power of chaos without my approval!”
She could feel a large drop in her divinity as this declaration took effect. Even larger than when she declared divinity off-limits, which suggested there may have been slis already cultivating this ‘dark power’. How is it now…?
Let see… two hundred and fifty points. Still a good deal more than the dungeon cores were, but at least it’s not as bad as it was. Aurivy let out a sigh of relief when she heard that. Tubrock, not being privy to their entire conversation, looked at Aurivy with a raised brow. “Sorry… apparently I almost made a race of god-killing slis.”
“Ah… yeah, I can see how that’d be a problem.” Tubrock shook his head. “How long d’ya think it’ll take before they’re ready to et the other races?”
Aurivy pursed her lips in thought at that, once again looking at the sli world. “Let’s see what kind of monster Tower cultivates. If it’s a peaceful one, we’ll start the interactions with them as a trial run. If not… I’ll set up a gate between here and Deckan. They seem like they’d be able to handle it if sothing went wrong, with that old Keeper there.”
Tubrock thought about that for a mont, before agreeing. At the very least, this planet didn’t have to worry about so space monsters coming along and destroying it. If anything, the space monsters themselves had to worry about the inhabitants of this planet eating them.
As he thought that, his eyes drifted towards one of those ‘cloud slis’. It had half a dozen cores floating about in its body, showing that it was actually a composite of multiple slis. When it swept past a mountain, a few fire slis spewed lava at it, which angered the cloud.
At that point, the nurous wind slis that made up the cloud ca together and began spinning, forming a tornado that pierced down into the volcanic sli pit. Seeing how the sky itself had beco angry at a volcano, Tubrock couldn’t help but shudder. He pitied whoever wandered into this world, thinking it was just a normal planet.
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