Rumble ... crash ... crack ... boom an earthquake occurred during the bedtime of a little girl sleeping soundly inside her island .
In the morning the loli Lily fell off her bed " Ugh what a bad sleep . " she got up and took a look at the clock " Well it's morning " getting off the mattress she fell onto .
" Why was it so noisy last night ? " Lily took a step into the shower cleaning her body while listening to the birds outside chirping in a melodic rhythm .
" Is it an earthquake ? " she dried her short brown hair walked out of the bathroom and cooked her breakfast.
She placed the plate in the dining room and turned the TV on hoping to find some news about an earthquake " Hmm ? Why is there no signal ? " clicking the remote repeatedly nothing happened .
A little mad she placed the remote down and finished her breakfast . She went out and climbed a telecommunication tower " There's nothing wrong here , then it's probably some external problems the world is having . "
She went down the tower minding her own business " Since there is no internet connection I'll go diving then . " she drove the yacht to the sea around her island and equipped herself with oxygen tanks and a harpoon gun to fend off predators .
She dived down to admire the sea and spotted a treasure chest ' Wonder what is in there? ' she carried the chest after tying it and found it very light . When she reached the surface the treasure chest got heavy as expected .
A rope was pulled to carry the chest up " There might be treasures inside . " she curiously tried to open the chest because it had no locks or keyhole " How come this hasn't opened when there are no locks ? Who would leave the chest unlock if there are some treasures?"
She opened the chest and found a sack , a seed and a shovel " Hmm this seed looks new to me . " she went to the on-board computer and left the seed for it to study the DNA " This is strange the seeds are alive DNA is not mutated but the base pairs aren't just adenine-thymine or guanine-cytosine . "
She looked at the fertilizers but found that they are just like the super fertilizers she has except they had worms " The worms are genetically modified to break down organic materials like fossils , unlike the others which were capable of breaking down plastic though it wasn't needed samples are still kept . "
She drove back to her island carrying the sack of seeds " Where should I plant this seed I don't want any potential threat " she looks at the untouched island in the middle of the lake on her island .
" That might work " she plants the seeds on the island and poured the fertilizer mixed with the worms she didn't find the DNA of the seeds strange because there were tons of mutations that occurred and were countered too quickly .
Lily shoveled the dirt on the seed using the bronze shovel " I'll keep on planting these seeds . " soon enough the whole island on the giant lake had seeds planted " That sack won't be enough to establish quick growth so a few more will stunt it . "
Few plants were already growing so she poured her own fertilizers at the other seeds . " Well then back to the sea I go . " she went back to the boat and dived down the waters ' What a fun way to start a morning . '
She visited corals and harvested pearls ' A predator-free environment is always good for the fishes ' she swam back to the boat and drove to the land separating the ocean and her sea .
" These deserted islands are full of plants " she stood at the island hoping that no hole was there even though she had inspected the ring of land with her cameras .
" Anyone coming will be detected and the trees and hills here are already preventing the island from breaking . " Lily took a walk up the hill watching the blue ocean outside her island .
" I love this scene so much " Lily read a book feeling the ocean air . The waves splashed and the leaves rustled with a few bird's tweets .
Lily reads the book in relaxation and watches the sea wearing sunglasses and sees dolphins swimming around the island " Wow dolphins good thing I always bring feed " she tosses the fish feed and takes off her sunglasses to see the dolphins .
But turns out the dolphins were beautiful merfolk . But the beauty never let Lily drop her guard down as she took a rifle and waited at her high vantage point .
The merfolks seemed to have circled and found Lily standing on top of a hill . They took the initiative to call her out " Umm little miss at the hill can you tell us where this place is ? "
" Please leave this is private territory " Lily gripped the rifle hard and stared intently at the mermaid that talked to her .
" Okay then is there any sea that has a lot of food like these ? " the mermaid pointed at the fish feed she just picked up " No because I made those only for the weak fish to eat "
A merman felt insulted and pointed a trident at her " Who do you think you are insulting ? " bang Lily shot the rifle coldly at the merman's trident destroying the head off " Do you think I thought of you as the weak fish I was giving them to dolphins , not to you fishtails . "
" Umm please excuse his rudeness we are merfolk and from your calling of our race , you must have never heard of us . " Lily pulled the gun back and talked to the leader of the pack " Well if you want the fish feed I made then forget it . Don't invade my waters with intention like that guy who didn't understand what I meant by weak fish . "
The leader clenched her teeth ready to properly negotiate with Lily " How about we give you pearls ? Us merfolks can harvest and make the best pearls they are our best products . "
Lily wasn't very interested in it " And they are also really good magic materials " ' Magic ? They have magic ' Lily clenched the rifle and raised her guard in case the magic they were talking about was going to be used against her .
" Really ? Then can your Merfolk give me some magic ? " the princess was slightly troubled but she eventually calmed down " Yes we do but the magic we make is in a pearl so we won't be liable if you lose it . "
Lily nodded and took a bag of feed showing it to them " Then can you give me the magic now ? " the princess looked at her companions who nodded " Yes " Lily walked down with a rifle and dagger with her carrying the sack .
" Magic ? " the princess went close to shore and presented Lily with a beautiful clam " Here " Lily coldly glared at the princess to make sure the other party won't pull her any dirty tricks " Thank you "
Lily received the clam and opened it to find a pearl with a panel ' So this is their magic huh ' the princess was watching her while she ate the feed ' Magic sounds fun maybe I can use it together with martial arts ' Lily immersed herself in the projection and read everything about magic .
Magic is the ability to control nature and cause phenomena ' So isn't it just like messing with nature I think as long as you know how nature works you probably can do the same . '
Lily closed the clam and threw a waterproof phone to the mermaid " Press the green circle and when it lightens you can talk to me through it . " Lily left leaving the mermaid in confusion .
' But this magic is the real deal unlike what I saw on the internet . ' Lily drove back to her island while reading the details of the pearl ' I have no idea how this works if it was through thoughts that magic can be used then war will happen . '
Science research in Lily's world is very advanced because instead of going big with it they went small tampering with the living cell's biology and improving it .
Lily lets the computers take a scan of the clam and the scan result was showed energy waves emitted in the pearl " So this is the mana the pearl mentioned " she compared its nature to electrons and atom's size and structure but the most familiar was ki .
But only a few thoughts went through her mind ' Is there a way to use mana with ki though ? ' because the study of nature was very rich in Lily's world they have created martial arts that harness the force of nature .
The martial arts got more powerful along with technology and Lily wasn't concerned about applying mana on technology because she still doesn't have the materials " But I still don't know how to apply mana on my arts . So I'll try to use the normal style and slowly use some mana . "
She stabilized her mind and danced on the floor her footwork slowly became lighter and lighter as if she was slowly flying above the ground . Her steps went higher as she felt her body getting lighter and suddenly her phone rang scaring her and making her fall lose concentration dropping down to the wooden floor .
" Ow " she got up and stretched her body looking at the phone " Who is this " " AHH IT TALKS " she instantly moves the phone away when she heard this " Hello miss mermaid can you speak slower ? You nearly destroyed my ears . "
" Oh sorry I didn't expect to be able to hear you through this I thought I was going to receive some writings instead of a sound . " " So what do you want this time ? " " Ah well you see we want more fish feed the same one that you gave us this morning . "
Lily felt bothered and lazy to go back to the ring island surrounding the mainland " Ugh what for ? " she at least wanted to know what the merfolks are doing with the fish feed she gave traded " Well you see the feed you gave us is very effective I feel ashamed for not knowing its value and only gave you a basic to magic . "
' And I thought I was giving you too little for the basics of magic . It was a good thing for me to keep the high-quality feed on my farm . ' " Then did you prepare the pearls you have to trade and some additional compensation for the previous purchase ? " Lily rubbed her thumb and index fingers together holding the phone with her other hand .
" Yes we do should we trade at the same spot ? " Lily felt conflicted one side of her doesn't want to go back and another side wants to go and get the compensation of her first purchase ' Do I do it or not ? '
She didn't want to keep going back and forth in the radius of the ring just to get a few purchases. But on the other hand , there is no telling what the mermaids would do if they get access inside the ring island .
" I'm too tired to do it maybe next time and I'll be the one calling . " she shut the call and pinned the number as little mermaid " I could just stay at land and carry a rifle that man that shouted back seem to be a soldier so I'll have to customize a weapon for underwater warfare. "
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Dudududu " Urmi how did she respond ? " Cordelia looked at her daughter troubled by her venture around the island " She said she is too tired but she will call us when she wants to purchase. '
Cordelia watches the little sack of feed in her hands " This is too great for feeding our livestock it has too many nutrients just a sack is already enough for a few days . "
" Then how about I ask for fertilizers for the plants too ? " " That is not possible, unlike the land's air that can't move their soil the water can blow away our sand and soil . " the merfolks couldn't take it easy at all ever since the gods sent a prophecy of worlds colliding together .
The gods had to resort to transporting the worlds to the plane universe where it was a universe like a well and reaching its edge would send them back to the other edge the shape of that world is still unknown but if anyone walks on a straight line they would end up at the same location where they started after some time.
But there was the abyss where the sun can't shine although it will eventually turn into an inhabitable area as time passes the abyss would go deeper into the endless plane universe while consuming the surface for a new space to open for others.
" But mother she was able to destroy one of our treasures " Urmi showed the broken trident to Cordelia which was also part of her shock " The weapons she wields are truly powerful to think she had the abilities to own one . "
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thud " Ow that last one was very close to success " Lily has been trying to harness mana and her previous attempt was so close to taking hold of mana . She had been trying to harness mana to strengthen her wind walker technique but she kept falling off at the last steps .
" Let's try again " she concentrated on nothing but herself and closed her eyes . She took one step forward then swirled her foot to make the next step then let herself swing in momentum to take the next step . Slowly becoming a dance as her feet walks into the air as her body felt lighter then feeling energetic as she started to walk in the air as if she was running on a solid-air state floor .
Her feet felt like wings and slowly she began to feel mana on her body with her limbs to maneuver in the air " So this is mana " she floated down with ease after the previous tries .
" I'll try it again " Lily started to run through the open room feeling lighter as she goes and when she reached the plank leading outside , she jumped and flew past the trees still flying or close to gliding " This is magic ? " she looks at the beautiful scenery amazed "It's beautiful "
Her momentum decreased by friction as she stared at the island " I should thank that mermaid " she looked at the wooden dojo with bright colored leaves surrounding it .
' It's one thing to see it in a helicopter but to see it like this is amazing . ' she looked at the ring island to find it amazingly beautiful in color and nature . The extinct volcano on her island was still very big but the buildings that decorated it gives her a feeling of appreciation for her work .
" Looking at it like this is just too beautiful . " a smile of admiration grew on her mouth while she slowly descended on the farm where robots tend to .
These robots were the ones that she programmed to help her build the whole farm on an extinct volcano . She was the one who made them which ensured no one was able to hack into her farm .
Taking a look at the ring island she proposed to herself an idea " Maybe I can fly to that island ? If not I can just use the emergency boat . " first before she did that she ordered a robot to bring a sack of fish feed to the ring island and put her emergency boat on her back .
The robot started its journey while Lily stood on the island at a cliff pointing at the tower she met the merfolk " Got my phone with me and dual-purpose bag the robot is carrying the sack of feed then I'll call them when I get there . "
She made a few stretches and a few deep breaths and started running to the cliff . She recreated the feeling of mana and ki to create a more powerful force to give lightness to her body ' I can only do it here because I know there will be great effects if I don't do so . ' she jumped with all her might and flew right to the sky .
' I manage to fit mana and ki like puzzle pieces but that was only two pieces what if I separate them more ? ... I'll try it later right now I want my compensation . ' she slowly descended landing very close to the sea .
" That was perfect " she picked up her phone to call the mermaid " Okay little mermaid Time to make business . " she walked over the hills to find Urmi swimming to her " There you are , can you please help us . "
" Yes , but did you at least bring me the compensation ? " Urmi immediately showed her a big pearl " Here is our compensation . It's a magic pearl that we make , unlike the small ones we only harvest a few of them every month and additionally , we placed the basics of enchantment , alchemy , magic formation and language . "
' That's a lot but that proves the use of the feed I gave them . ' the robot arrived letting Lily give away the sack to Urmi " So what was your problem that you had to come to me to ask for a solution ? "
Urmi stared at the robot that arrived " Um what is that golem ? " " Do you want a solution or not ? " " Yes " Lily opened the interfaces of the robots " What's the problem " " We want to grow plants underwater but the current keeps blowing away the plants . "
" Okay go back I'll bring ya a solution when I call . " Lily gave the bag and took the pearl " If you want to trade then call me later Goodbye . " Lily let the robot go home and looked at the distant island .
' What if I try to walk on water back then I wasn't able to do that and could run out of stamina . ' Lily sighed and looked at the large shore ' But since I have mana if I combine it with ki then wouldn't it be easier to go back to the island ? '
Lily stood at a flat shore looking in front " Maybe I'll give it a shot " she stretched her legs and looked forward . She sprinted on shore at a fast speed as she got closer she let mana and ki break into pieces and reform like a puzzle .
Her speed increased as she reaches closer to the water ' I can do this ' she felt lighter and when she reached the water she felt like she was running over it and her feet were like a stone skipping over a calm lake ' Hurry to me ' Lily kept running to the island feeling the sea breeze on her face .
The island was visible getting bigger and bigger " I only see this kind of scene when I sit on a speed boat but the tranquil combination of water splashing and a smooth ride here feels more natural than the engine of the boat . "
She was pleased to look as she passed halfway when she felt her legs getting weaker " Wah oh " she jump a little giving her some air time and turned or twisted her body to face her back to the surface and pulled the emergency bag which turned into a boat .
Lily felt weak on her legs like it was burning and so were her hands which were used to balance her running and make it easier for the body to cope with the force of running . She weakly looks up watching the blue and cloudy sky .
" Hmm sometimes feels lonely to stay on an island . " she felt like a NEET except with a very healthy life " Hmm what is that ? " a pegasus flying " As expected that earthquake from before must have been a collision between worlds . "
She immediately calls a robot to bring her back to the main island " oh no " she could hear the rumbling of the volcano " I'm guessing lava monsters ? " Lily decides to arm herself and started to apply many theories the community has thought of and used them as inspiration to her spells and arts .
She had to hurry thinking that the volcano might erupt ' I saw mermaids on the water and pegasus in the sky maybe there are lava monsters on the volcano . ' Lily took notes and constructed base spells and practiced her martial arts to combine two forces to fight with her body .
She called a robot and flew to the dead volcano ' What is your business here ? ' Lily took a megaphone and looked down " What is your business here fiery monsters " Lily looked down at the race she imagined .
" Who are you ? " Lily narrowed her eyes at the monsters expressing her annoyance with trespassing " I am the owner of this volcano and you ... are all trespassing . But give me one good reason Why I shouldn't shoot you "
Lily took out a gun powered by her ki and hears laughter as she felt underestimated because of her size " You think we are scared of you hu " Bang Lily paid no attention to hearing the monster's rant .
" Okay , whose next " Lily added another level of power giving them a sense of danger " You know if I want to I would have done something else rather than pulling the trigger " Lily's presence pulled a threat to the monsters as they all shivered in fear .
" Do you know the merfolk and what is your relationship ? " ' They might have something good on them since they are this strong ' " We do but we don't communicate with each other "
" They offered me their pearls in exchange for feed ... So what can you all provide me to let you stay on my volcano ? " Lily waited for their response making sure none of them leave " Umm ... We can raise dragons for you "
Lily narrowed her eyes thinking about it ' If monsters exist then literally anything can exist at this point ' " Really ? " " Yes a lot of strong monsters like the dragon need a lot of heat to incubate and we know just the right amount of heat to incubate them "
" Oh, really how do you live then ? " " Uhm we use heat to maintain our bodies " " What are your preferred options ? " " Eating lava and rocks " ' Yeah I can feed them with my ki ' " You have a deal then ... But you're not allowed to throw anything out of the volcano "
Lily looked at the tribe on her volcano and wondered " Do you have any historical readings I can read ? " " Yes " " Good " Lily descended the volcano which surprised the monsters " Um miss you can handle the heat ? "
" Don't be surprised I'm very good at martial arts and that includes living in the most dangerous places whether it is good or bad but I won't go deeper cause my clothes can't handle it . " she opened her hands and gave a glance to the monster " Can I have it "
" Yes ma'am " the lava monster went around and bought back several rock plates with engravings and Lily gave it a scan with her bracelet " Okay thanks " Lily raised her hand and a robotic arm grabbed her .
" Here's for the engravings " Lily clicked a few commands and some robots came to the volcano's crater and projected an imitation of the sunlight making the monsters more active " I thought so too "
Lily looked at the lamp that produces even hotter but healthy sunlight that lacks the danger of UV rays . She looked at her island and sits on the crater reading the copied engravings " Gods and a prophecy "
" There is a world , water well like universe that gathers many worlds together to fight against the abyssal conquerors ... who destroyed many worlds and absorbed them into theirs ... Scary and yet we are standing right above the abyss huh? "
Beep beep beep " Intruder alert " Lily looked at the robots under and presses a command " Holy cow " Lily looked at some densely cold signals coming out from the water body between her island and the protection zone .
Lily's spirit shot up a little as she took a stance and locked her eyes on the location given by the robot " Dang abyss this time ... you'll lose for attacking my state " Lily clenched the ground as she removes a handful of dust and dashed down .
' I dare you to even try ' Lily dashed at a speed that could make her previous uses of ki and mana look like a child crawling for the first time with fail . She ran down the rocky slope as she approaches the trees and vegetation .
But despite her speed , no air pressure made rocks fly in her direction or trees sway . She was like a constant gentle wind flying through her path she ran and finally arrived to see a haze underwater surfacing as it revealed its form .
' The hell is that ? ' she raised her guard as the abyssal creature surfaced from the water revealing its humanoid body with mist as flesh and the bones of the dead as a frame " So this is the new surface , huh this place is so beautiful " the abyssal creature spotted Lily ad smelled the scent she emitted .
" Wow so full of life from such a small , weak and sickly body " Lily frowned seeing the enemy knowing of her body's sickness .
Lily for so long has had the sickness . It weakens her body , while her body remains strong due to her mastering martial arts and control of the ki the weak body gets weaker at some strange intervals .
When she loses stamina she never truly loses it it was just her body reacting because she was relaxed . For as long as she is motivated and determined to fight a strong fate the chains called a sickness will subside .
She jumped in its direction as she kicked the clamp of bones and twisted her body to turn it resemble a backflip as she kicks back the water in front of it sending the violent water to its body " Ugh such a meek body suddenly became strong " Lily was disgusted by the creature .
She landed on the shallow waters to feel the creature get close to her ' So fast ' she ducked a sickle attack and kicked the improvised limb as the creature got closer to shore while Lily went slightly closer to the sea
" Amazing technique " " You must've seen a lot of those who are masters of arts to say that " Lily grabbed the sickle as the trajectory landed the handle to her hand " You should keep a good grip on your weapon you don't have flesh so all it took was some movement on the weapon or a hit on your bones to make you lose it "
Lily played with the sickle-like she it was a school pen and flip it like she always does " Hmm I read that the abyssal creatures never die ... You'll be a great punching bag then " Lily smiled before seizing the handle and squeezing it as she stretches her arm behind her back .
Like a slingshot , she pulled it forward the sickle spun as it approached the creature . The two objects collided as the bones and weapons inside the creature lose their supportive structure and fell apart " I heard some of the abysmal creatures have immortality of many methods that avoids death yours should be the mist that surrounds your bones right ? "
The creature tried to reconstruct its body but Lily picked up a bone and threw it again to interrupt it again " You should hurry up " Lily smiled as she sees cracks on some of the hard structures . She finds another weapon and flings it aiming at the cracks .
" NOO my body " the creature's voice became loud and echoed as if it was yelling at a deep rocky hole " So that irritates you " Lily grabbed a bone and the mist tried to take it back " Let go already " Lily pulled as she strengthened her body with ki and the mist condenses its form to be able to match Lily's strength .
The mist struggled as the density was hard to keep up and its grip on its ground was not strong enough " You should watch your back " Lily smiled as a robot vacuumed the mist inside a titanium container " You're worth studying " ' I am gonna need a way to contain them , the records say they take different forms but the most important part is that they are immortal '
Lily followed the bot as her phone rang " Hello ? " " Yes Uhm did you by any chance encounter " " An abyssal creature yes and right now it is inside a container " Urmi wasn't expecting Lily to defeat one immortal abyssal creature .
Moreover to top that with a gaseous type of abyss creature " How did you know that by the way ? " " We have a crystal ball that has some information gathering " Urmi was too shocked to even care that she is spilling her kingdom's secrets .
" Then be sure to inform me when there is one " ' While I try to find the strange thing that is keeping them immortal ' Lily curiously looks at the gas as a glass container was revealed unbroken .
' So it can't break through this diamond glass ' the glass just like Lily calls is like a diamond but it is capable of breaking the material " Let me out !!! " Lily grabbed a handle and pulled the cylindrical container .
" No I won't because I would be very stupid to do that " she pressed a few buttons on the robot which bought the surrounding robots to merge forming a vehicle " Finally some rest " in addition to her sick body she uses it as an excuse to get tired.
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" Oh thank the undine treasures " Urmi breathe a sigh of relief after she closed the call " Urmi what happened ? " Cordelia looked at her daughter as she saw her using the crystal ball " Mother I found that an abyssal creature surfaced "
This was big news to the queen as she swam to Urmi looked at the ball and started using it " Where is it ? " " Mmmooother " Urmi has pushed aside with her fins stuck somehow as she was tilted from the push of Cordelia .
" No time for your pain this could impact the whole kingdom " " It is contained " " There is not something around here that can contain such a creature they have a variety of them and look it's "
Cordelia looked at the compressed gas that had the shape which looks like a cylinder " Mom do you believe me now ? " Urmi was released and got back up to see Cordelia clutching her clam necklace " I do we need to have her as allies to be able to subjugate an abyss is a rare life ... can you use that box to call her now ? "
Demi gave her mother the phone as Cordelia called Lily " How do I use this Urmi ? "
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' Hmm another call from little mermaids '
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