"Alright, everyone,
Get familiar with your roles.
We start the movie in three days.
If there is anything, please let me know."
Scholar, who saw an opportunity, signaled the Emperor.
The Emperor received the signal and passed it to the Empress.
The Empress then signaled his son.
Little Fred received the signal, took out a book from his storage ring, and respectfully gave it to Little Mortal.
"Great uncle, is it possible to teach me this technique?"
Little Mortal, in his senior mode, patted his head and nodded,
"Sure, why not.
If anyone else wants to learn any-"
Before his sentence even finished,
A mountain of books was placed in front of him!
Little Mortal's mouth, while still open, froze.
He looked at the books speechlessly.
The Goddess of Foresight's birth treasure,
The lantern, which didn't faint like its master,
Seeing this scene, saw an opportunity!
It knew her master after coming to the mainland, and losing her birth treasure to that old Thief, was forced to be as timid as possible.
Her law wasn't suited for fighting, and since she didn't have her birth treasure for most of her life, she couldn't utilize her law efficiently.
She only had a mix of every law that she didn't know what to do with.
The only technique she knew was the avatar of an unknown light goddess, which could fight alongside her.
However, she learned this technique during a fight with a certain guardian.
She learned it when he controlled her body to record the fight scene between 'Fate Experts'.
So the moment it saw these people showing Guardian Mortal these books and asking him to teach them,
It knew it was the best opportunity for its master!
Little Mortal was even more speechless,
"After my big sister's public benefit, you people get used to freeloading, didn't you?"
While helpless, he started reading the books.
"Oh, these are all new?
Let me guess, the new planets joining,
And everyone gathering in one place to advance,
Resulted in lots of 'sharing' of knowledge!"
The crowd smiled embarrassingly.
Little Mortal shook his head,
"Look at you grown-ups blushing for me...
Be ashamed of your age!"
And so, the teaching class started.
...
The Fainted Goddess of Foresight, oblivious of everything, saw a dream...
In her dream, she was fighting.
But she wasn't alone,
She had many comrades who fought alongside her.
They were brave, fearless, unstoppable, and reckless!
The enemy was many, and they were few,
But the result wasn't a one-sided battle,
But a bloody one.
In her dream, she was the master of many techniques that she felt were somehow familiar to her.
Even though she was sure these techniques were all new to her, it was as if she already had hundreds of years of experience using them, like a true master.
She and her comrades fought for hours,
Until they finally died heroically.
She saw herself being the only one left with the lady in red, Rose.
But their ending was the same as the others...
Lying on the ground, in their own pool of blood...
...
By nightfall, Little Mortal was done teaching them all the books.
Each one learned what was compatible with their 'spirit roots', which was now acting as their main 'law',
And a certain goddess, who had fainted the whole time, learned everything.
"Alright, everyone,
See you in three days."
Little Mortal didn't even wait for them to answer and ran away with his tricycle!
....
Silver Platform.
Before sleeping, Little Mortal gave some papers to Rose,
"Assistant Rose, this is the script for our guest actors.
You take care of them."
Rose nodded,
"Leave it to me, boss.
We have already prepared the place you requested.
They can gather there at any time."
The Crystal on Little Mortal's waist vibrated.
Little Mortal rubbed his chin,
"Which one?"
"Oh, that imposter's mask.
You are right, just like its former master, it should be able to hide Big Sister's aura after advancing.
We need her to act weak at first for her scene..."
Then he called for the mask,
"Little Mask, paint yourself black, you need to go on an undercover mission!"
This time, the space mirror sent Entertainment Goddess to a secret and sealed place to advance, or everyone would gather again to freeload.
"By the way, tell your main body to be fast this time.
We don't have much time with the mess our mainland made.
I don't want to make that vulture suspicious and scare it to run away because of the Mainland's change in direction.
It already knows everyone here is level 7, but the mainland changed path without reason.
So it might start doubting about the situation here."
After eating his dinner, Little Mortal changed his clothes and went to his sleeping bag.
Around the morning, as the big blue sun started rising from behind the crystalline mount-
"Big blue sun?"
A little head poked out of the sleeping bag.
"No way!
Are we so big now?
Little Glasses, where are you?"
The Glasses of Knowledge came out of a passage,
"Did we get big enough to have suns revolving around us now?"
We are a mix of more than 1.5 million planets now,
And the planet's radius is 700,000 km, with two suns.
One Blue, and the old yellow one,
Plus 20 moons between them in 2 groups, changing place for each night sky.>
Little Mortal almost fainted when he heard the numbers.
Or at least pretended to.
"Little Lubo, oh little Lubo...
Do you know how much 1,500,000 x 99,999 is?
It's close to one hundred and fifty billion!
Do you know what it means?
It means you are going to be my employee for a 'little' longer now!"
Little Mortal, after mocking Lubo, and notifying it about their deal that just extended a 'little' longer,
Started laughing and rolling on the ground.
The birth treasures who had seen him talking about these numbers before now had an idea about a certain boss-employee relationship between the two.
Lubo, while slightly annoyed, only snorted.
It knew the deal between them was going to last forever this way.
But it didn't care anymore.
It felt 'great' in its current condition because of the feeling it had now.
It was as if its name, 'Let Us Be One,' was becoming a reality.
And it even thought to itself, Mortal might have had this goal from the start.
To let it see another way of living, that many could benefit alongside it...
Lubo, the black heart, sighed,
"These higher beings from incomplete universes are like the last 'forced hope' of the world law for a peaceful world...
But alas... With 'evil' spreading everywhere, they become nothing but tools.
And even this brat's glory is going to crumble the moment someone who shouldn't, find out about his identity...
They can blackmail him easily only with a single living creature from outside of his territory,
And that will be the end for him."
Then it glanced towards the planet's surface,
"But, does he think I, the 'container' of all the resentments from his kind and their destroyed universes, can be part of his journey?
Does he know what kind of enemy is behind the scenes?
Does he know about the old enmity between me and his new partner...?"
Lubo sighed to itself...
"Wish I never remembered my old memories...
But alas, the stronger I get, the more forgotten memories are coming back to me..."
...
Three days later.
The day of the live-action movie finally arrived.
Little Mortal put on his suit and left.
"I go pick up my Partner from the Underworld."
The judge hammer vibrated,
Little Mortal shook his head,
"No need.
I want to try to go there from the mainland.
If it didn't work, I'd come back."
Then he looked at the space mirror,
"Which way is the mainland?"
And the space mirror showed him the direction of the mainland.
Little Mortal nodded and disappeared after taking a step.
Only a sentence was left.
"Tell assistant Rose to gather the guest actors."
....
Mainland.
Somewhere in outer space.
Little Mortal suddenly appeared.
He looked around, and when he saw where he was,
He kicked the space behind him and dived towards the mainland.
After landing on the grassland, he mumbled to himself,
"I was a little off and ended up in outer space..."
Then he looked at the ground,
"Okay, the underworld is down there.
But how far should I go down?
How about I go little by little until I reach there?
It should be warmer the closer I get, right?"
And he disappeared again.
A moment later, he appeared in a dark place.
"Not here."
And disappeared.
He kept going 'down' using the dark world until,
"Eh!?
Did I go to a completely wrong address?"
Little Mortal looked around in confusion.
"What a weird place...
Which direction is up, and which is down?
And what are these things?"
Looking 'up', Little Mortal saw a smooth glass-like ceiling with a dark background instead of sky.
Looking 'down', he saw the same thing.
Another surface, but with a dark red and cloudy background behind the glass-like ground.
Some unknown, magical-looking words shone on the glass-like surface on both sides.
Looking more carefully, he could see some cracks here and there on the surface of the ceilings.
"Which one is the floor and which one is the ceiling?
Is the one with the red background the way to the underworld?
And what are these spheres?"
In the space between the two ceilings,
Many spheres, made of an unknown material, were connected to the two surfaces by chains, as if they were hanging from both side.
The exact shining magical words from the ceilings were covering the chains and the spheres connected to them, too.
Little Mortal was currently standing on one of the spheres, which was as big as 30 meters in diameter.
When he looked down under his feet, he saw tiny cracks on the sphere he was standing on, and red mist that was leaking out.
"What's this red mist?
And why does the material of this sphere feel familiar?"
He followed the red mist with his eyes,
And saw that it was going towards the glass surface with the dark background, and then entering the small cracks there.
Little Mortal, while rubbing his chin, looked around vigilantly, and then smelled the red mist.
"Yes, I can smell it...
This is the smell of trouble, mixed with lots of conspiracy!
Better to leave it alone!"
And disappeared again.
....
Underworld.
The Queen of Hell's citadel.
Lilith was now reading the report she just received.
An invitation letter was beside her on the table.
After a while, she sighed,
"Out of 1300 hexagons, only 10 of them are still connected to the underworld...
The 20 evil mainlands are all disconnected, and the rest are already 'dead'...
What is even happening up there?
The 'Ancient ones' keep saying they know what they are doing.
But something here doesn't make sense.
I'm sure there is a traitor among us,
And they do whatever they want because I'm stuck down here..."
While in her own thoughts, a little boy, with his back towards her, appeared out of thin air.
"...!?"
The little boy, who was facing the exit door, gasped in shock,
"No way!
I actually came out in front of my partner's home?
I'm so accurate?"
And while tidying his suit and hair, he walked to the door.
*KNOCK* *KNOCK* *KNOCK*
"Partner, are you ready?
The movie is going to start!"
Lilith first tried to check which underworld gate was open so that he could appear here.
But all of the gates were closed...
So she asked in annoyance,
"How did you come here?"
This weird kid now had the ability even to enter her realm without her notice?
Little Mortal puffed his chest and said to the door,
"I used my ability that I unlocked recently!
But forget about that!
You won't believe what I saw on the way here!
I actually entered a weird place by accident!
I looked up, there was a glass surface!
I looked down, again, another glass surface!
I looked around and saw lots of shady-looking spheres chained from both sides.
Red mist was coming out of them in an ominous and scary way, like in the horror movies!
Let me tell you, partner, that place was so suspicious that I could smell trouble and conspiracy everywhere!"
Lilith's expression, while listening to his nonsense,
Started changing little by little.
The more 'nonsense' he delivered, the more she felt he was talking about something that she was familiar with!
And when he finished describing the place, her eyes were already widened in shock.
"Wait, wait, wait!
How did you go there?
The seal is already broken?
Why didn't I receive any warning?"
Little Mortal said in dissatisfaction,
"Why don't you open the door first?"
Lilith answered impatiently,
"You are already inside!
I'm behind you!"
Little Mortal turned around and became shocked again,
"No way!
I was even more accurate than I thought?"
Lilith came to him and asked in a serious tone,
"Partner, it's important!
Tell me how you went there?"
Little Mortal answered as a matter of fact,
"I just told you.
Using my new ability that I unlocked recently."
Lilith asked curiously,
"What power? Did you break anything on your way?"
Little Mortal scratched his head,
"I didn't name it, and I didn't break anything.
But my birthday gifts call it 'silent travel'."
Lilith gritted her teeth,
"I don't care about the name.
What I want to know is,
Did you enter from a hole or crack on one of the two surfaces you just described?"
Little Mortal shook his head,
"Nope."
Lilith finally sighed in relief.
"Okay, don't go there again.
Now, tell me exactly what you saw.
Tell me about the condition of the two surfaces, the chains and the spheres."
But Little Mortal shook his head,
"No!
The movie is going to start, and there is no time for explanation!
Just watch for yourself on our way.
Oh, by the way,
Where is your invitation?
They won't let you in if you don't bring it."
Lilith almost brought out the underworld chains to chain him and make him talk instead of listening to his nonsense.
"The invitation is over there.
But forget about that.
Partner, I'm serious!
Tell me about that place!"
Little Mortal walked to the table and picked up the invitation letter and a red, unknown fruit.
Then, while eating the fruit, he walked back to her, held her hand, and said,
"As I said, see for yourself."
And the two disappeared.
Lilith only felt a small hand pull her, and the world around her changed.
She entered a dark world with nothing around except some phantoms above her head.
Unconsciously, she panicked.
Where is this place?
"You won't believe it, partner.
*Munch* *Munch*
When I woke up today,
I saw a big, blue sun in the sky!
I was like,
'No way! The sun was yellow yesterday!
So how?'
You know?
That's how big our planet is now.
Even suns can revolve around it."
The familiar voice brought Lilith back to her senses.
She looked down and saw the little boy was still with her, holding her hand, and talking about his day while munching on the fruit from her place, and walking with her towards a random direction.
A red mist was emitting from him, but there was a difference now,
The red mist couldn't go far, and it was stuck in an invisible sphere around him.
As if a field were sealing it in to prevent it from going out and revealing the source.
She was going to ask where they were, but the world around them changed once more.
"Here you go.
See for yourself."
Lilith, who saw where the new place was, almost had a heart attack!
Her face lost its color in an instant!
She hastily tried to conceal her aura as much as possible and then looked at Little Mortal, trying to tell him something with her eyes without making a sound.
Little Mortal looked at her in confusion,
"What are you trying to say?
Say it out loud, no one can hear us."
*Munch*
And continued eating.
Lilith gulped down and whispered,
"I saw enough, let's leave!"
Little Mortal nodded, and the two disappeared again.
A moment later, they appeared on the mainland.
Lilith finally sighed in relief when she could feel the familiar lava sea.
They were back to a place she knew her way back from, at least.
Little Mortal looked at the sky,
And when he saw the Assassin God's bubble,
The two disappeared again.
.....
Planet Lubo.
On the silver platform, Little Mortal appeared with Lilith beside him.
"Welcome to Planet Lubo, Underworld Manager.
Do you want us to go and start the movie?
Or to go around the planet for a tour?"
Lilith looked around.
The same familiar planet that she saw once before.
Feeling the density of energy here, she took a deep breath unconsciously.
With her inhale, the whole planet turned cold slightly,
And when she exhaled, the whole planet turned back to normal.
Little Mortal's jaw dropped,
"Partner, you could be the best and most accurate weather reporter ever!"
Lilith didn't care about his nonsense and calmed herself down.
There were many questions in her mind.
What and where was that 'Dark world'?
How did they enter the sealed area between the two realms that was supposed to be sealed?
How did she enter the mainland or this planet without being rejected by world law?
How could her partner walk anywhere he wants through that dark world without any space passage opening?
But before anything.
*Tremble*
The ground trembled slightly, and an underworld gate rose from the ground.
Lilith, who tried to see if she could go back or not,
Was stunned.
This planet wasn't a mainland.
It was inside a universe, protected by a space-time bubble.
It was at most indirectly connected to the underworld, and the underworld gate should be opened only using the 'key', which was the judge hammer, from this side.
So, how did it just open for her, too?
She always needed enough 'Reason' to enter the world above...
But now, it was as though she was coming to her own territory.
While confused, she looked at the little boy, who was pointing at the sky,
"The blue sun I told you about."
And so she looked up.
Not long ago, she thought he was talking nonsense.
But now, seeing the blue sun, seeing the sealed place with spheres inside a while ago, and seeing the 'path' they took to come here using his new 'ability',
She thought this little partner of hers actually showed her everything she thought was nonsense...
'So is he always serious about everything he says?'
Curious, Lilith asked about something else that she thought was nonsense.
"What is the name of this movie that you invited me to?"
If he was serious all this time about everything,
Then the movie wasn't nonsense either, and it should be something important too, right?
Or he wouldn't have sent an invitation and come after her personally.
Little Mortal became excited,
"The movie?
Let me tell you!
It's an action movie with lots of bloody scenes and killing!
I even hired a bunch of cultivators for a slaughter scene!
You are going to love it!
Mainlands are going to clash,
Higher beings and supreme beings are going to die left and right!
And, well, I won't spoil it anymore.
Watch for yourself.
And the name of the movie is,
'Mainland Chronicles: Heavenly Father Enters the Fray'.
And by the way, please control your aura, you look so 'hot' when you don't.
People might literally turn to ashes."
Lilith, who heard another bunch of seemingly nonsensical words, nodded.
She just needed to wait, see the 'movie', and then have a serious talk with him.
"So, you said something about taking me around for a tour.
Is there even anything that interests me here?"
Little Mortal rubbed his chin and asked,
"Big guy, where are the castles?"
The backpack and the rest of the birth treasures, who hadn't dared to make a sound until now, heard him asking a question and answered.
"Oh, so some random people were passing by and they fainted when they saw our castles, and now you gathered them in a deserted place?
Well,"
He looked back at Lilith,
"Wanna go watch a couple of castles?
Nothing remotely close to your citadel, though.
But it's still not bad.
And we have a couple of thousand different main planets here,
Or if we go around the planet, you can see lots of different scenery and moons in the sky.
I have a Higher being collection too if you want to see.
Or—"
Lilith, who saw the tour might take years, interrupted him,
"Forget about it.
I can travel around by myself when I'm free.
Let's go watch the 'movie',
There are some important matters that I need to discuss with you."
Little Mortal nodded,
"Alright.
Someone open a passage to the Queen's seat."
And a passage opened for the two to walk in.
On the other side of the passage, Lilith saw many people already gathering.
All with different levels or even races.
In the front row, there seems to be a special place for some important members.
A small chair was in the front row too, which was obvious it belonged to her partner.
But her seat was in a high place, separate from the rest.
"Your invitation, please."
Lilith heard the voice of her partner,
And she saw that the invitation letter was now in her hand.
So she gave it back to him again.
Little Mortal opened the invitation, checked it to be sure it wasn't fake, and nodded,
"Welcome, Underworld Manager.
Please take a seat and wait for the movie to start."
Lilith was speechless.
She looked at her fancy seat and asked,
"Why is my seat separated from the rest?"
Little Mortal, with a 'what kind of question is this' face, said,
"You are a Queen.
The rest are peasants.
You should watch over them from above."
And left while shaking his head.
Lilith really didn't know whether he was joking or serious...
...
Mainland.
In a random place, the white canary, which was flying around, suddenly felt its 'invitation' vibrate.
It took it out and saw a small passage, big enough for it to enter, opened in front of the invitation...
While slightly shocked,
It looked at the other side and saw many familiar faces.
All the people it chose for advancement were there.
It tried to feel where the place is, and it actually received an answer.
It was the universe of that outsider called Abyssion, the Eternal Void.
The Manager wondered if it could even enter a universe's territory?
So it stretched its wing to test the passage.
And surprisingly, it entered without a problem.
It could even feel the other side was like the mainland, as if it was part of the same 'territory',
And it could leave any time it wants to.
While confused, it flapped its wings and appeared on a beautiful tree with white flowers and a fancy bird's nest.
Who else could this nest be for if not it?
The moment it entered, the crowd that saw it,
All stood up.
"With reverence and gratitude, we welcome your divine presence, Mainland Manager, Celeron, and humbly seek your guidance and blessings."
The white canary, which didn't have a name,
Nodded in approval,
"Congratulations on your advancement.
Please sit."
The crowd, while pretending to be level 6, sat down and didn't think too much about the movie.
It was part of their deal, and they didn't mind playing a scene.
Only today, they found out that the opportunity to advance wasn't only for themselves, but for a bunch of them.
At this moment, another passage opened and two people walked in.
One was the Entertainment Goddess.
The crowd was surprised to see her here because they didn't know she had the opportunity to advance like them.
She was too young and too low in ranking,
So she probably was here because she was actually the best when it comes to 'movies' and anything related to entertainment.
And the second person was a girl, another higher being, dressed in a red gown, whom none of them recognized.
Even the white canary, who was supposed to know every higher being registered in its mainland, didn't know who she was!
"Please, take a seat, Entertainment Goddess."
Said the girl, who seemed familiar with the Entertainment Goddess.
Then she walked forward and greeted everyone by name.
The crowd was puzzled.
It seems they were the only ones who didn't know her.
And then, after receiving the invitation letter from the Mainland Manager, she gave them their script.
"Everyone, this is the script for the scene you are playing.
Please read and memorize it.
Feel free to change it however you want,
But the essence of the act can't be changed,
And except for the Mainland Manager and the Entertainment Goddess,
The rest of you need to 'die' in the end."
The Goddess of Luck chuckled,
"I assume by dead you mean 'dead' in a movie, right?"
Rose smiled and nodded,
"Yes."
The God of Knowledge asked,
"And how should we know that we 'died'?"
"You will be in a pool of 'blood', lying on the ground.
When that happens, you can just wait for the ending if nothing else happens."
The crowd nodded.
They wanted this movie to end soon so they could go back and look for their birth treasures with their advanced level.
It should be easy to find their lost birth treasures now, right?
A passage opened, and Rose left.
The crowd turned to Space Goddess.
"Space Goddess, was that your space mirror opening a passage?"
And Space Goddess shook her head,
"That's something else."
She knew it was her space mirror, and she even received a message from it, telling her not to worry about anything.
However, she couldn't mention that others were using it because it was part of the contract she signed in the 'challenge' she lost to the unknown guardian.
Opposite of everyone else with independent universes, her universe belonged to a territory, the Guardian Territory, to be exact.
What it was and how it worked, she didn't know...
While Space Goddess was in her own thoughts,
A newly level 8 goddess had a secret conversation with her birth treasure.
Entertainment Goddess was excited now,
Now I look forward to it even more!
Remember to record everything in 'Full HD'.>
The Crystal, with the invisible 'mask' beside it,
Couldn't wait to see her master's face when she saw everything in this so-called movie was real...
....
Back in the gathering place of actors and audiences on Planet Lubo.
Little Mortal was talking to the 'actors' while waiting for Rose.
He looked at the Goddess of Foresight,
Who wasn't as timid as before,
"Lady Strategist, you can literally see what a commander needs to see and lead her troops now,
Alright?
Even if you don't know what to do with the information, just tell it to these guys.
They are all professional killers, okay?
You can count on them."
The group of cultivators was speechless.
They were already aware of the entire scene.
This lady strategist actually told them about everything they would face, because she had already seen it in her dream...
However, they were unsure if they could be certain about it.
Charm Goddess couldn't stay silent and asked about it,
"Boss, didn't you say jumping around in time is impossible?
How can our strategist see the future if she can't go to the future?
If she saw the future, doesn't that mean she can go there indirectly?"
Little Mortal chuckled,
"You can't call that seeing the future.
Let me show you an example.
Now I say, 'you can't move for the next 20 seconds.'
You try to prove me wrong."
Charm Goddess tried to move, but she couldn't.
A certain guardian was now controlling her body.
"Get it?
Now, replace me with world law when it comes to our strategist and her support team, the three birth treasures, seeing the future."
The Scholar was the first to understand what he meant.
"Oh, you mean the world law is forcing the future that she saw!
Like you, who forced the 20-second future that you predicted for her just now!
Basically, world law is trying to keep everything as it should be without letting any variables affect it!"
Little Mortal pointed at the Scholar,
"See?
That's why I say it's important to be educated."
Goddess of Foresight asked,
"B-But what about the inevitable future I can see?"
Little Mortal, hearing her question, became serious,
"That's something involving 'fate'.
something that I don't dare to mess with either.
Let me tell you, even now, everything that I'm doing is what leads to any inevitable future you saw,
Even though you can't see me in your foresight, it doesn't matter; the inevitable future never changes.
But I believe even that inevitable future is something 'Forced'.
Just in this case, World Law isn't the only one forcing it, and Fate is helping it too!"
Then he turned to the crowd,
"Fate, ladies and gentlemen, is a scary thing.
Don't mess with it, and don't believe those who say they can change it.
And for you to be sure about time travel, and jumping around in the past and future is impossible,
I gave you an example so you can understand it fully."
Everyone, especially those who couldn't understand the time-travel concept, listened carefully.
Even Lilith was now interested.
What example could he give them that proves time travel is impossible?
Little Mortal, with a serious tone, said,
"If,
Time travel, or peeking into the future,
Was possible,
Believe me,
Everyone on this vast, infinite, and endless world,
Who had the ability to see the future,
Would be camping at my 'former universe's door' 14 billion years ago to stop my rise before birth!
But look around you.
Do you see anyone after my head, even now, after 14 billion years?
Hmmm?
No, you don't.
Which means nobody saw this future coming to stop me!
It means no one knows about me or who I was supposed to become in the future.
And that's why, ladies and gentlemen, we all can be sure that time-travel is nonsense,
And more importantly, the rise of your most beloved guardian is...?"
He waited for the crowd to finish his sentence.
And they all shouted together,
"INEVITABLE!"
-The End.