Dark World.
Little mortal, back to his original size, was now looking at the sky silently.
As always, above his head, phantoms were flying, all in the same direction.
[ Congratulations, guardian mortal, for advancing your territory to level 10 as a secret guardian.
World law is now merging the four mainlands and the universes as your order.
You can now choose a name for the United Mainland. ]
Little mortal, who asked the guardian token to request world law delay the process of adding the new universes to his guardian territory for 10 minutes so he can have a speech and be ready for levelling up, nodded.
"Good job, Mr. Token.
Now that the force behind that level 2 civilization thinks we are dead, we can act in secret without worry as a new Mainland.
And for the name... Let's call our mainland 'Evil'.
We pretend to be an evil mainland from now on,
So we can blend in if we bump into any other Mainland."
Then his body started cracking, as it did every time he leveled up too quickly.
Just now, 90,000 universes from hunters and an unknown number of universes inside the ice heart of the undead Queen were added to his guardian territory.
The guardian token and his birthday gifts warned him about the upcoming level-up,
And asked him if they should evacuate the fairy's garden again?
But he told them he knows a better place, more compatible with his body.
And Dark World, that he gained access after level 1000, was that 'better place',
As the cracks appeared on his body, the environment around him reacted and mended them together in a unique way that maybe he was the only one who could see it.
As time passed, Little Mortal's eyelids got heavier and heavier until he fell asleep.
"ZZzzzz."
It didn't take long before he was back in his dream world.
In his dream, Little Mortal heard a familiar voice,
"Alright, I'll go back to tell the higher beings on the mainland about your 'bet'.
See you there.
Come straight to my castle after you are reborn."
The young Mortal looked at the back view of the person who just spoke, and nodded,
"See you there."
Behind him, a Little Boy commented,
"Oh, it's the last part of the flashback!"
Little mortal who saw himself back in the same dream that was interrupted the other time in Hunters Mainland,
manifested a sofa and jumped on it with a bag of popcorn in hand.
The young Mortal sighed and turned around.
The whole scene rotated with him.
It was as though he never wanted to show his face, even to himself.
Once again, he was standing on the moon, gazing out at the former blue planet,
which was now devoid of its blue surface, while playing with a rock in his hand.
The rock was turning to dust, and turning back to normal repeatedly, as if 'expanding' and 'condensing'.
After a sigh, he muttered,
"Science...
As helpful as it is, you only need a couple of crazy people at the top to lead the whole world into extinction through it."
The planet was now completely a barren land.
From the moon, it appeared dim and shrouded in a thick layer of gray haze.
No signs of life or civilization were visible.
Just a scarred, silent planet, without any sign of its former beauty.
The young Mortal shrugged,
"Well, that's one way to end everything for yourself, I guess."
While trying to act as if he didn't care,
The sadness, and perhaps unwillingness, were evident in his sobbing voice.
Little mortal on the sofa stood up, walked beside his past self, and the two sat on the moon, staring at the former blue planet silently...
Time passed.
How long, no one knew.
But the two finally stood up as if the planet's funeral was over.
Little mortal walked back to his sofa while the young Mortal said,
"It's time to say goodbye to my old home."
Then he whispered,
"I am Mortal, the first child of this universe.
I request world law to be reborn in a body made of my entire universe.
What is the price?"
It seems he knew his request was unreasonable, and he needed to pay a price to be accepted.
The world became silent.
After a while, world law responded,
[ Mortal, the chosen guardian, no creature is qualified to be the carrier of such a body.]
The young Mortal, who seems to be expecting that, disappeared.
A moment later, he was in the dark world, with the billions of dead souls from the former blue planet above his head, moving slowly in the same direction.
After a brief moment, he whispered,
"I am Mortal, the representative of dark law.
I request Dark World law to be reborn in a body made of my entire universe.
What is the price?"
The Emotionless voice of the dark world law responded,
[ Such a body breaks the balance between the world of matter and dark matter.
Your request has been denied.]
The young Mortal disappeared again and appeared on the moon.
While the two answers he received weren't that much different, he found a slight hope in them.
From the start, he knew the body he was looking for was nearly impossible to obtain.
"I am Mortal, the chosen guardian, and the representative of dark law, the higher dimension.
I request world law to be reborn in a body made of my entire universe.
What is the price?"
This time, he used two identities to put pressure on world law.
And after a brief moment,
[ Mortal, the price is your life, for a 50% chance of success in creation.]
Little Mortal watching, snorted,
"So stingy.
My life, for a 50% chance?
Are you kidding me!
What's the point if I'm dead?"
But the young Mortal who received an answer this time disappeared again and reappeared in the dark world.
"I am Mortal, the chosen guardian in the world of matter, and the representative of dark law.
I request World Law to be reborn in a body made of my entire universe.
The price was my life.
I have the same request from Dark World Law.
What is the price?"
This time, he tried to bargain with the dark world law,
Telling it about his identity as the chosen guardian in the world of matter, to show his extra qualification.
This way, the dark world law knew that the two sides could compromise to some extent, because one side was already okay with killing him, and then gave him the body.
Dark world law answered,
[ Mortal, the price is your soul, for a 50% chance of success in creation.]
Little mortal on the sofa threw his popcorn at the sky, shouting in anger,
"You are supposed to lower the price and increase the chance!
Not add something to it, and come up with your own 50% chance!
What a crazy world we live in!
Where is justice?"
But the young Mortal nodded.
This time, half of his body disappeared, while the other half remained.
Now half of his body was in the dark world, and the other half in the world of matter.
"I request both worlds to add restrictions on my body and increase the chance of creation while lowering the price."
After a while, the world law and the dark world responded together, as if they reached an agreement after a short discussion using his body as connection,
[ You are not allowed to kill with your new body, and you are only the owner for 3 years.
If you sacrifice 99.999999% of your soul at the beginning, the chance of creation will go up to 90%.]
The young Mortal muttered to himself,
"3 years and basically a speck of soul to control the body...?
Is that enough?"
And Little Mortal said helplessly,
"That's the best deal you got from these two stingy laws.
Does it matter if it is enough or not?"
The young Mortal, as if heard what Little Mortal said, nodded,
"This is indeed the best deal I can get."
And after a deep breath, he said to himself,
"Alright, everything is ready.
I already created two and a half unique techniques to use.
One is 'condense', and the other is 'expand'.
And the half technique is the one that allows me to manipulate the invisible dark law and affect other laws.
I can use it to cover myself and become invisible, like dark law itself.
I can use it to cut off the connection between other creatures' law and world law,
turning their law invisible to themselves and the world around them.
But these aren't useful as they should be.
I need to be close to my target and touch them personally.
So if I want to cover this weakness, I need to learn a technique that works at any distance..."
Then he shrugged,
"I remember big sister told me about the parasite who calls himself 'God of Knowledge'.
He has a large library that I can browse through and find a technique that requires no law.
That kind of technique might be compatible with my law."
Then he frowned,
"But in the end, even if I form a body, because my universe is incomplete, my new body will be incomplete and unstable.
I need to find a way to stabilize it immediately.
And for that, my only way is probably the Guardian law.
I gave the ticket that helps me find the Guardian Token to big sister, so I won't lose it in the process of creating my body.
I just need to find it as soon as possible, figure out how it works, and see if it can help me do something about the incomplete body.
If it did help, then that's good.
If it didn't, then I need to try and find another way or a place to die without endangering others."
After a while, the young Mortal said to himself mockingly,
"None of these matters if I don't survive the first step.
So let's take one step at a time and hope that world law doesn't interfere with creating my body,
and that the tiny leftover of my soul, after sacrifice, can control the body with all the mixed memories inside.
In reality, I'm basically dead...
The only way to keep the body going is to keep most of my 'Determination' in my remaining soul, or the speck of soul might give up after the slightest setbacks.
The rest will be fine with my identity as a newborn, which is good by nature and can't do anything wrong or harmful."
After a deep breath, he clenched his fist and whispered,
"I, Mortal, the first child of this universe, accept your terms."
The 'Determination' was evident in his voice.
While even 90% still wasn't a 100% chance,
And his body would only have 0.000001% of his original soul,
This was the best deal he could get.
And he was only thinking about his goal, his revenge, and the future he was dreaming of.
Sacrifices, if it was his own, weren't a problem for him.
At this moment, as his response, a *sigh* sounded through the whole universe.
It was like a sign, pointing at the end of an era.
The universe that was expanding all the time,
Suddenly stopped, and as if someone pressed the rewind button, it started condensing.
Everything in the vast universe starts moving backwards towards a single point, or to be exact, towards Mortal.
How long did it take, or how was it done?
It was unknown.
The space itself was now moving towards that single point, so the speed was even faster than the speed of light.
Either way, from the outside, those who were on the mainland only saw a bubble in the sky shattered.
That was the sign of an incomplete universe's sacrifice, and there was no point to be protected by its 'space-time bubble' anymore,
and the sign of a new newborn coming to the mainland.
The scene changed.
Little mortal on the sofa saw a smaller version of himself floating in the dark space.
His body was filled with cracks, as if it could shatter at any moment.
Was it by instinct, or luck, no one knew,
But the body disappeared, and reappeared in the 'Dark world'.
The moment he appeared there,
Many phantoms in the dark sky above paused and looked down.
After a while, most of them continued on their path, but a few of them stayed, looking at the little boy in confusion.
A brief moment later, the phantom of a lady moved down towards the little boy on the dark ground,
And as if she caused a domino effect,
All the other souls who didn't continue on their path and instead looked at the little, helpless boy in need of help moved towards him.
Looking at their appearance and the last clothing they were wearing before death, you could find a pattern as to who this group of people was before death and why they rushed towards the little boy for the rescue.
Except those who had normal clothing,
The rest were soldiers, firefighters, nurses, doctors, teachers, and so on.
It was evident that all of these souls had a job before death that needed you to be someone who is ready to step forward if anyone needs your help.
People who place the safety of others above themselves, or at least equal to themselves.
People with 'good heart', 'clear conscience', and brave in body and soul...
As these souls of the dead reached the little boy,
Without hesitation, they entered his body.
Each soul that entered helped the little boy's condition get better.
This continued until there was no more soul to come and give a helping hand to the little boy.
Time passed.
How long?
It was unknown.
But the little boy finally woke up.
*Yawn*
He looked around in confusion, and the only thing he saw was darkness.
An emotionless voice sounded at this moment,
[ The borrowed souls will be retrieved before your death.
The carrier of Dark Law, enjoy your 3-year journey,
With the strongest and most unique body ever created .]
Little Mortal on the sofa jumped up excitedly as if he didn't expect the result,
"Yes!
It was a success!
With the help of my fellow brothers and sisters,
We accomplished the impossible!"
Then he gasped,
"Wait a minute!
Is that what they called 'power of friendship'?"
The scene changed.
As if the smaller version of Little Mortal was kicked out of somewhere, he appeared in another dark space.
But this time,
A golden circle appeared above him immediately.
Another emotionless voice sounded,
[ Your 3-year journey begins now.
In case you kill anyone,
You will be unqualified to keep your body.
Chosen guardian, Mortal, enjoy your 3-year journey, with the strongest and most unique body ever created .]
And then, he was sucked inside the golden circle.
The scene changed.
Little mortal saw himself in a golden world now.
There were two rainbow-like paths in front of him.
At the end of both paths, he saw a big mainland.
One was a gray mainland, with a couple of bubbles behind, and around 90,000 at the front.
And the other one was a green mainland, with a couple of thousand bubbles on one side.
The smaller version of Little Mortal rubbed his chin and muttered,
"Which one is the one?"
And Little Mortal on the sofa shouted while pointing at the path leading to the green mainland,
"The green one!
The green one!
That gray mainland is the one with that stupid vulture!
If you go there now, you are done for!"
And as if the smaller version of Little Mortal heard him, he walked to the path leading towards the green mainland, while muttering,
"Big sister showed me the mainland's sky, and its grassy lands.
So the one with fewer bubbles and green color should be the one.
It seems the gray one is trying to catch up to it, though..."
Little mortal on the sofa gasped,
"Oh my goodness!
Who is this little boy with the strongest and most unique body ever created?
How is he so smart!"
The smaller version of Little Mortal followed the path and reached the green mainland.
When he arrived in front of it,
He saw that it was something more like a holographic version of the mainland, rather than the mainland itself.
Not knowing what to do now,
The smaller version of Little Mortal, who seems to be tired for some reason, lay on the ground and slept peacefully.
After a while, another golden circle, the same as the one that sucked him in, appeared underneath him, and he fell inside.
Little Mortal on the sofa raised his eyebrows in surprise,
"So I was supposed to touch that mainland hologram and drop on the newborn's platform?
But because I couldn't feel anything from the hologram,
And didn't receive any private message that was probably sent to me by world law,
I just fell asleep there!
And world law was forced to just open another one by itself for me..."
Then he gasped in shock,
"Wait a minute.
If I used the hologram that day,
My landing place would be the platform,
And that old Thief could find me on the spot!
But this accident made my landing place a different place,
And gave me the opportunity to wake up, turn invisible, lock onto my first target of the bet,
And start my journey of collecting birthday gifts right away with my 'unstoppable ride'!"
Little mortal put both of his hands on his head in disbelief,
"My Passive Fate skill was actually activated from the first day I started the new game?
'May the fate be with you' of guardian law was actually with me from the moment I was chosen?
Then, my encounter with big sister was 'fated' too, and that's why I found a way to take revenge?"
[The end.]
While shouting to himself, the ending appeared, and the dream world shattered.
Little mortal woke up in the dark world.
And after a moment of confusion, he patted his chest and then nodded,
"Fate is indeed mysterious.
I wonder what other plans it has for me?
Now, with all the complete universes connecting to my body through Guardian law, the capacity of dark matter and dark energy increases too, and fills up the incomplete parts of my body.
Today, this body of mine is finally close to perfection!"
Then he knocked on his guardian token,
"Mr. Token, how long was I asleep?"
[ A day.]
And a second later.
[ A trillion years.]
Little mortal,
"...Well, how many universes are connected to Guardian territory now?"
[ 6,666 universes through our mainland.
89,997 universes through Hunters Mainland.
93,337 universes through the undead mainland.
The level 2 civilization didn't have any universe.
Adding the universes of level 7 and 8 creatures that contain more universes,
Total of 199,915.]
Little mortal nodded,
"And plus my 85 original levels.
I am now level 200,000."
The guardian token,
[...]
Little mortal stood up, clenched his small fist,
And encouraged himself,
"I can do this!"
The Guardian Token wondered,
Do what?
But only saw one thing in his eyes!
Determination!
...
Planet Lubo.
The prison cage suddenly disappeared.
The birth treasures that looked for it immediately,
Found out that the little monster is back from his one trillion-year seclusion.
A commotion started between the audience who were still at the venue with Lilith.
Lilith listened to them and discovered the reason was her partner returning from his 'seclusion'.
An old fairy shouted,
"Everyone,
Don't forget what I told you.
We gathered here again after 1 trillion years!
Alright?
And we are here to welcome our Boss's return."
The fairies and newborns nodded solemnly and sat on their seats, looking around nervously.
The backpack signaled adventure god and divine doctor to be ready.
Rose had already gathered everyone close to her boss, with tables and food, spirit foods to be exact, to welcome his arrival.
Lilith looked at the crowd with interest.
She didn't know if these people adapted really fast, or if they were forced to adapt really fast.
However, their actions provided her with many ideas on how to manage her unusual partner.
....
In a deserted place, Little Mortal appeared,
"Little cage, release the puppets."
The group of puppets was then sent out.
"Tell the puppet and cube to cancel the soul and law usage for these puppets.
They did what they should do, and it's time for them to retire."
The outsiders' puppets were already dead in the war,
And the only ones left were the higher beings from his revenge list.
The prison cage vibrated,
And Little Mortal waved his hand.
The group of puppets turned to dust, and then to law, and after that, they were sent back to their universes to resurrect.
Their former birth treasures who received the news sighed in relief.
The little monster finally released their masters...
Little mortal then said,
"Mr. Token, don't allow anybody to resurrect in guardian territory until further notice,
Like the rest who died in the challenges with outsiders."
[ Affirmative.
No resurrection is allowed.]
After that, he said,
"You guys go back."
And disappeared.
A moment later, he was back in the dark world, and now he stood before the large gate that led the souls of the dead to an unknown place.
He then shouted,
"I don't need these souls.
There is no need to wait anymore.
Take them back."
And a brief moment later,
The souls that he had just seen in his dream, which had helped him stabilize his body, came out one by one and moved towards the gate, waving at him.
Even though they didn't stay for too long with this little boy,
But they saw an exciting journey, of an entity, and a world that they never knew even existed.
Not only that, they were in the body of the overpowered main character the whole time!
Little mortal smiled at them and shouted,
"Thanks for the help, everyone.
Sorry for using you to make puppets!
I'll see you soon on the other side!"
The reason he could fulfill the 51% condition of soul for his puppets was indeed these extra souls in his body.
His law in the eyes of World law was zero, so he could share it more than once, but his soul was only a speck.
After making sure all of the souls are back to where they should be, Little Mortal left the dark world while muttering,
"It's so weird.
Even at level 200,000, I didn't feel as light as I'm feeling right now..."
.....
Planet Lubo.
Lilith was now standing in a deserted place.
She brought the ice heart, the wooden cane, and the ice crown here with herself.
To her right were the stolen cards.
When she saw that those silly newborns were going to try them, she took them away from there.
Their ignorance could make a mess even with the Frontline effect.
"How was the movie, partner?"
Lilith, who heard a voice without presence, turned around,
"I saw many interesting and unexpected things for the first time in my life.
And many of my questions have been answered.
Now I can't wait to work with you, partner."
Little mortal nodded,
"Exactly!
Partners shouldn't hide anything from each other."
Lilith smiled and gave him the ice heart.
"So, I assume you are thinking about using the Underworld to go around and enter other mainlands without wasting time to find them out there in infinite space."
Little Mortal said excitedly,
"Yes, yes!
We are going to conquer the world!
We bring all those peasants to their knees!
We—"
Lilith stopped her partner's ambitions by saying,
"There are only ten normal Mainlands left,
And out of the remaining 300 evil mainlands,
Only 20 are connected to the Underworld, and soon, they will be disconnected too.
And for the strongest and most advanced mainland,
Which is a level 3 civilization; they didn't even have a connection to the Underworld to begin with."
Little Mortal, while looking at her blankly,
Said,
"Expand."
And the ice-heart in her hand turned to small specks of something round, like small bubbles covered by ice.
He then disappeared with the small bubbles and reappeared without them a moment later.
"Condense."
Said Little Mortal, with his face still blank, and the heart in his hand, which was turned back to normal.
Lilith saw clearly that when he expanded the heart, all of the frozen universes inside had been released,
And in the short moment that he disappeared, they were released somewhere far away, and now are being merged with this universe,
Which was now the only universe connected to the mainland outside.
Lilith commented,
"This expand and condense technique of yours is pretty handy."
But Little Mortal's brain seems to respond with a couple of seconds' delay,
"What in the world do you mean by only 10 normal mainlands?
How in the world, out of 300 Evil Mainland, only 20 of them are connected?
Why so few?
I saw a lot of black hexagons.
Aren't they mainlands too?"
Lilith only chuckled but didn't answer any of his questions,
"If you want to know the answer to your questions, come to my place.
Let's discuss our future partnership first.
After we reach an agreement, I will answer whatever questions you have."
Then she left through the Underworld gate.
Even though she was in a hurry to ask him for help, she didn't feel 'safe' here.
This little boy was too scary!
Little Mortal, seeing her leave, scratched his head,
And then shrugged while muttering to himself,
"If you are scared of me in my territory, just say it.
Why are you making excuses?"
He then looked at the ice heart,
"Or was it because of you listening 'secretly'?"
After a brief moment of silence,
Seeing no reaction from the ice heart, Little Mortal rolled his eyes at it,
"I already separated you from that 'dead' part.
Now you are a pure ice law user.
Are you telling me with that cane from your late husband,
The ice crown as a source of ice law, and the ice heart without the burden of those universes inside,
You can't reform your past self?"
But again, there was no reaction.
Little Mortal looked at the sky.
It was already nighttime with a yellow moon in the sky.
"Tonight the moon is yellow...
Tomorrow's moon will be a different color."
Then he patted the guardian token on his waist,
"Big guy, pack up the cards.
It's time to go and meet the 'audience'.
If this Lady isn't in the mood to start a new and meaningful life for once,
Then who am I to force her..."
And left through a passage while leaving the ice-heart.
When Little Mortal left, a cold breeze blew past.
The next moment, a familiar old lady with a wooden cane in hand, and an ice hairpin in her hair,
Appeared out of thin air.
The old lady, who was exactly like the clone from Morthyxis's origin story, shivered,
"What kind of monster is he?
He fooled all of us so easily into his trap....
He is so scary that I didn't even dare show myself to him..."
The old lady who, despite her ice law, 'shivered' from the sight of the little monster, sighed,
"I will go meet with him once I have the courage to thank him...
How did he even separate my laws?"
And her figure turned to snowflakes and disappeared.
A moment later, Little Mortal's figure, while speechless, appeared,
"What in the world is wrong with these people?
They are all level 10, and they act like I am a monster!
Are they blind?
I'm just a little petit boy!"
The guardian token on his waist vibrated, telling him something.
Veins bulged on Little Mortal's forehead,
And his figure disappeared!
...
At the audience venue, Adventure God and Divine Doctor had a good time, talking and laughing with the crowd.
The familiar and unfamiliar fairies,
The familiar and unfamiliar newborns,
The cultivators team from the 'movie',
And lots of managers.
Many of them were higher beings,
But there was no 'air' of a 'god' around them.
It seems nobody even dared to mention anything about a higher being being a 'god' here, as if it were a taboo.
Either way, the two blended in pretty fast with this crowd.
At this moment, Adventure God received a private message from his former birth treasure,
< Master, watch me fight that monster one-on-one! >
The Adventure God was going to ask What monster?
But an angry shout of a child came from nowhere,
"How dare you call me a monster!"
And *BAM*, the backpack, was sent flying!
Just a moment ago, while it was connected to the Guardian token to see what he was doing, it said to Little Mortal,
And pissed him off!
Adventure God wasn't the only one who received the one-on-one message.
All of the birth treasures knew that this crazy backpack had provoked the little monster on purpose this time, to try something!
So they were already separated from the backpack.
The planet started shaking.
Little Mortal's angry shout came from afar again,
"What do you mean by 'You are a thief too!'
When did I steal anything!"
And a brief moment later, Little Mortal came back while dragging the lifeless backpack with him.
The birth treasures knew the experiment failed...
The backpack attempted to fight him, using 200,000 universes as support, to see if it could overpower him, but failed.
Now, Little Mortal was giving the backpack a lecture about theft.
"Listen to me, big guy.
I didn't steal them!
Those cards are from another zone!
Do you... Understand?
Another zone.
I checked at the beginning, and there was no law of physics there to stop me from taking some souvenirs back with me!
Get it?
None!
Don't tell me I should respect their made-up laws when even the law of physics itself doesn't have a problem with me taking whatever I want from there?"
The backpack trembled weakly,
< You never show respect to the law of physics either. >
Little Mortal gasped,
"Don't question my relationship with the law of physics!
Did you ever see me fly around?
Huh?
No, you didn't!
Do you know why?"
The backpack trembled,
< Because you can't. >
Little Mortal gave it a kick,
"Wrong!
It's because of gravity!
The laws of physics say there is gravity, and you can't fly without wings.
And so I never fly around to show my respect to it!
Do you... Understand?"
Little Mortal said the last sentence with his small fist already raised, ready to smash the backpack.
The backpack, which saw the punch, trembled,
< You are a respectful man. >
Little Mortal nodded,
"Exactly.
Now that there is no misunderstanding between us anymore, I need to go and meet my guests."
The crowd, which saw him coming after giving a listen to the 'eldest' birth treasure, stood up and shouted,
"Welcome back, Guardian Mortal, after 1 trillion years of seclusion."
That was what a certain old fairy taught them based on the experience it had from the past.
But,
*gasp*
"1 trillion?
You guys sure? I think I left yesterday..."
Little Mortal asked suspiciously.
The old fairy nodded repeatedly,
"We sure, we sure."
Rose arrived at this moment,
"Boss, welcome back.
The new universes are already taken care of.
They just need some time for their ice to 'melt'."
She heard about the universes released from the ice-heart and took the glasses of knowledge with her to see their condition.
Little Mortal nodded.
"Good, if it takes too long to melt, I can take a look.
But first, let me see if these people are telling the truth or not.
They said I haven't been around for 1 trillion years."
Rose looked at the crowd in shock,
Then shook her head.
The crowd gasped inside.
If Rose reacted like that, does that mean they did something wrong?
And they indeed did something wrong.
If they asked Rose what?
She would answer, 'You need to look for the signs.'
If the boss acted like he was coming back after 1 trillion years, then you should play along.
If he didn't, then it means he was just joking.
And in this case, he had no long hair and beard,
And there was no coming out of seclusion with aura and light emitting from his eyes either.
So it means he was joking.
But it was already too late.
Little Mortal, while rubbing his chin, said,
"Hmmm, it's actually easy to use my advanced mathematics to calculate the time I was gone."
Most of the crowd was unfamiliar with his advanced mathematics, and it was their first time hearing about it.
So they wondered how it works.
Little Mortal snapped his finger, and a whiteboard was sent out of the backpack's 'corpse'.
Then he started writing on it while explaining,
"My assistant Rose and I met around 2 months ago.
At that time, she was level 0.1.
Is that correct, Assistant Rose?"
Rose nodded.
They indeed only met around 2 months ago,
and her boss actually made the multiverse upside-down in this period of time...
In a good way, though.
Little Mortal continued,
"When I left after the movie, she was level 6.
Which means, she leveled up 6 levels in 2 months."
Then he looked at the crowd,
"Is this correct?"
Seeing Rose nod, everyone else nodded too.
And was amazed at the same time.
So fast?
Little Mortal continued,
"If she can level up 6 levels per 2 months,
With each year having 12 months, this means she should level up 36 times per year.
And if I wasn't around for 1 trillion years,
She should be level,
1 trillion x 36(level per year) = ?"
And looked at the crowd to answer the question.
The crowd looked at the whiteboard blankly.
They felt that something wasn't right in this calculation, and the advanced mathematics seemed questionable...
A familiar fairy jumped on Little Mortal's head and shouted the answer,
"Assistant Rose should be level 36 trillion now!"
The crowd,
"..."
Little Mortal nodded,
"Exactly."
And looked at Rose,
"Assistant Rose, what's your level now?
Is it 36 trillion?
Or 6?"
Rose glanced at the crowd, who were begging with their eyes for her to say 36 trillion, and she said firmly,
"6."
The crowd's heart sank.
What were they thinking?
Would she, the most loyal member of his team, ever lie to him?
To such an extent?
They looked at Little Mortal, who, out of nowhere, had a big red blade in his hand now, which was twice as big as him, and turned pale in a split second!
Seeing them frozen on the spot,
Little Mortal threw the blade away,
And chuckled,
"You guys are so easy to scare.
I was just joking..."
and started laughing hysterically...
The Crowd who almost had a heart attack,
"-_-"