Chapter 279, 1/2

The land was known as The Final Good Continent within the tongue of the natives.

The Final Good Continent was smeared on the within of Fenrir like peanut butter. This specific swipe of peanut butter had grown a complete new ecology of fungi within the shapes of individuals and castles and civilization.

This land was the origination of a fungal an infection that was already spreading far and vast, far previous the unique boundaries of this place, as a result of the Final Good Continent was a land of vicious, final battles. However not the conventional sort of battles. These battles came about inside each individual, and each residing factor composed of a number of cells. It was a battle that went unseen by the hosts, besides within the flesh stalks and protuberances that erupted from these our bodies like flowers right here and there, if the circumstances had been proper for flourishing. It was regular for them. They lived with it. Copy within the dominant native inhabitants didnt occur with out fungal infections rising prepared for such.

They appeared like people. They known as themselves people, and so they had been human, principally. They constructed societies like anybody else, with kings and youngsters and bakers of bread and diggers of ditches. The timber had been humorous, with shrooms right here and there that had been at clear odds with the timber themselves, which had been regular brown-barked and green-leafed, or perhaps some extra unique colours, in the event that they had been a extra unique selection.

It was Veird, taken in a bizarre route on the very begin of the Script, submit Sundering. Erick guessed this model of Veird had one thing to do with the Dying of all Halves and the creation of the orcols, if the orcols had solely been the beginning of the mix of all folks into one folks. These folks had been very strong. Extremely sturdy. That they had tamed all of their world they wished to tame.

The lands simply to the facet of The Final Good Continent had been fully unprepared for the arrival of the Final Good Continent, although. There had been no struggle for dominance among the many folks in any respect, for the folks didn’t must wage struggle to safe their place among the many lands of Fenrir. Their fungi did that as a substitute.

The Valkyries culled from the surface in, burning nice swaths of forests that had been became cacophonies of decaying mushrooms, with lands full of the useless and dying who had no defenses towards the rot. Those who died went on to gods, prayers on their lips and hope fading with the sunshine. Those who lived had been in ache. The Valkyries ended that ache and introduced these folks again to life as finest they may.

Most individuals got here again superb.

And the Valkyries burned, and burned, from the surface of the an infection inward, however after they bought to the sides of the Final Good Continent, they had been rebuffed. The folks of the Final Good Continent had been archmages and archwarriors and so they had been in tune with their world itself, calling upon the very air to Decay the Valkyries as they superior, to poison the Blood, to Devour all Elemental Carnage in a wave of devouring Myco Magic.

The land right here was, fairly frankly, disastrous to all different life.

The folks right here known as it The Final Good Continent as a result of all of the others had been absolutely given to the slimes and oozes. These slimes and oozes hadnt include The Final Good Continent to Fenrir, fortunately.

Erick referred to The Final Good Continent as Downside 899.

It had been 4 real-time days because the Valkyries had surrounded and quarantined this land, however the folks of this land might see all the remainder of Fenrir on the market, and so they had circumvented the quarantine by means of [Teleport]s and different magics as a way to inhabit that land. Individuals and fungi each appreciated to unfold, in spite of everything.

Downside 899 had develop into issues 899-1 by means of 899-128, with that quantity growing by the day.

And although they may be issues proper now, Erick wished to make them welcomed folks. He appreciated what he noticed. Individuals made enterprise and mates and the justice system appeared equitable and all the pieces right here was fairly nice. However the single-cellular struggle on the base of all of it made cohabitation unattainable.

Erick appeared within the sky to the east of The Final Good Continent, like a black cloud 40 kilometers throughout. Beneath and behind him was a wasteland, and ranks of Valkyries shaped a wall of blackgold hearth forward of him, separating the wasteland from the pock-marked fields of some former farmland. Stuff nonetheless grew in that farmland, as a result of the fungus-stuff was very resilient. It grew wheat and in any other case precisely throughout the fields during which it was planted, precisely because it ought to, as a result of Myco Mages had informed it to do this, and it obeyed. The grass grew sturdy, offering ample vitamins to all of the micromushroom colonies within the grime. The folks right here didnt even should eat the bread that they produced from the wheat, for they may simply exit and eat grass and in any other case, however they nonetheless appreciated the finer issues, like bread and books and buildings.

The lands past the farmland held a rural space, with a big metropolis simply past that. It was a metropolitan space, for certain, with glowing roads the place folks walked quick upon mushroom carpets, and the place carts had been pulled by cows with tiny shrooms rising out of their horns. Individuals walked round like regular folks, although a few of them had eyes fabricated from shrooms, which didnt appear to impede them, and monks spoke of the autumn of the gods and the hazard of the blackgold Valkyries exterior of town.

The Valkyries had determined to simply quarantine the unique land after which transfer on to save lots of the remainder of Fenrir, however the remainder of Fenrir was principally saved, and now it was time to take care of this.

At Ericks look, the folks within the metropolis grew understandably involved.

A 40-kilometer vast dragon would try this, and Erick had fluffed out his wings all the best way to allow them to know he was right here. To say there was a panic could be an understatement.

The folks within the fortress, nonetheless, had been ready for Erick to point out. The Valkyries had informed them that their Obvious King was going to resolve the issue of this land, and now, the Obvious King was right here.

A mushroom bloomed on the farmlands beneath, taking on a complete subject. It was good purple with shiny white spots. After which it popped and a squadron of elites appeared; a pair of archmages, some myco mages, some archwarriors, and the king of this land.

He was not the king of the entire continent, for the Final Good Continent was extra of a land of metropolis states than an empire. Erick had picked this man to work together with, although. King Cando was his title, and he appeared human, similar as all the remainder of the folks. His particular mutation was a crown of golden spike-like mushrooms that grew out of his blond hair. That was the Mark of Royalty on this land, and it needed to be earned in some form of ritual that each one king-hopefuls undertook yearly. A lot of the king-hopefuls failed, returning empty-handed again to their houses. Each now and again, when it was time for a metropolis to bud off and extra folks to maneuver to a brand new metropolis, to be born there, a king-hopeful would succeed within the ritual.

That mushroom the king had rising out of his head was one thing like his Class, within the classical Script-sense, and it allowed him to help the expansion of a kingdom.

Within the final 4 days, each single one who tried the King Ritual for the Golden Crown had succeeded, as a result of there was much more land on the market available.

And thus, the issues had compounded.

Nonetheless, although, Erick wished to save lots of all the pieces on this land that may very well be saved.

Erick shrunk right down to dimension, to turning into a easy individual to drift down past the kilometers-tall blackgold flamewall of the Valkyries, to land just a few kilometers inland, within the farming fields.

The archmages and warriors and the king seen him skeptically. Hatefully, actually.

As Erick descended, just a few extra purple [Teleport]-shrooms popped within the distance, releasing nobles and warriors and in any other case; a few of them hoping for good phrases, most of them anticipating a struggle.

Erick wore a disposable white and black gown, and that was it. He stepped down onto a highway of fine brown soil. The soil tried to eat into his toes, however he didnt let it. The very air forged spores into his lungs that attempted to take root, and he didn’t allow them to. The sunshine within the eyes of the king glinted, and Erick felt one thing attempt to take maintain in his personal thoughts. Erick didnt enable that, both, however he additionally didnt begrudge the king his thoughts bending energy.

King Cando really didnt imply to do this on goal; it was simply how tradition and energy labored right here.

When the valkyries met and examined this land days in the past, the identical factor had occurred in so many alternative methods and Erick needed to erase some memetic threats from that grouping of Valkyries, and lock down the system with some fixed powering, to make sure the identical factor didnt occur once more.

Each single individual of energy on this land tried to take management of the folks beneath them as a result of it was actually the one factor that labored to maintain the land managed, to maintain the shrooms and fungus and all of the little single-celled, magically-empowered organisms from ripping their hosts to shreds and consuming all the pieces.

Thats why the King Ritual of the previous couple of days had had such phenomenal successes; the King Shroom acknowledged that it wanted to unfold to regulate the issues on the market.

Erick hadnt gotten into the analysis of why this place was known as The Final Good Continent, although; It wasnt that vital. It was kinda odd that each one the remainder of their world was in a nasty form, although, if they may simply unfold and management the land they noticed.

Erick spoke in their very own language, Greetings, folks of the Final Good Continent, and King Cando.

King Cando startled a little bit. You converse our language fairly effectively. I hope that no extra miscommunications occur, and that we will proceed as two ships crusing close to one another, and never touching.

The man was pulling some bizarre form of energy transfer, as a result of he was speaking about miscommunications after which utilizing an idiom to get his level throughout. Erick didnt even contact the half about saying oh, you converse effectively, eh? Possibly these folks merely didnt have [Language Acquisition]? It was attainable, although unlikely.

So Erick replied, I don’t imply to disparage, however I dont suppose you even understand that you just simply spoke in an idiom, and never in precise phrases with meanings that may be understood by all.

King Cando frowned a little bit.

The kings entourage had way more extreme reactions.

Youre no king in any respect!

A decieverfern! A weak potion!

Who wouldnt perceive two ships!

Your Valkyries have extra sense than you!

I guess they dont even know what youre considering!

Youre a controller! Not a king!

The kings entourage yelled and Erick was all in favour of them, however in a magical form of manner.

Each individual within the kings entourage had been all subtly related to the principle golden spikes upon his head, and the sentiments of their speech and ideas went each methods. They argued for the king, and the king supported them in flip. It was pure for them. These archmages and archwarriors and myco mages werent simply hangers-on, or folks employed for jobs, and even individuals who flowed into positions of energy to finally find yourself on the kings facet. These kinds of individuals had been the nobles watching from afar, with their very own little entourages.

These folks had been close to their king as a result of they had been his prolonged mind, physique, and his deepest household. They had been, in essence and reality, the very heart of this specific kingdom, and your entire ruling couple, although it was extra like 9 folks all in a relationship with one another, and in a relationship with their kingdom. Erick imagined it bought very, very difficult, but additionally not that difficult.

When two kings of the Final Good Continent spoke, it was with entourages on each side, every of them speaking throughout one another whereas the kings tried to set the tones. One king assembly one other with out an entourage was like a unadorned pauper assembly a warrior in full plate in a struggle and anticipating to be taken severely.

This was a part of why talks by means of others hadnt labored effectively, and why Erick was right here, in individual. The Valkyries had some mind-linking issues occurring, and so the folks of the Final Good Continent revered them some, however not sufficient.

Erick lastly had a while to commit to this form of drawback, although, so he forged a number of illusions of himself into the air in numerous coloured clothes and began shouting proper again on the king, by means of his entourage. King Candos folks briefly paused in shock, after which they began shouting in a different way.

Illusions! To a King Assembly! How false are you able to be?!

To which Yellow Erick yelled again, I come from a distinct land! You count on me to observe your customs? Fucking ridiculous!

And now he brings uncouth language into this! He’s a delinquent and a fraud!

Hes additionally that Black Dragon from antiquity! A deceiver and the killer of the Outdated Cosmology!

To which Inexperienced Erick replied, Im from an Infinity far past yours and even past my very own! Resemblances are simply that! Resemblances!

Blue Erick backed up Inexperienced, And Im right here to proper an historic fallacious! You had been stolen, and now you’re again.

Have been doing simply superb with out you. Go away!

We dont want your Private Scripts, both! The expansion is all fallacious!

Pink Erick mentioned, Weren’t going away, ever once more, and your persons are spreading ache and fungus all over the place.

Brown Erick mentioned, Have been right here to cease that and produce you into the brand new age.

We stored our folks right here after we noticed the warnings out of your Home Benevolence, mentioned a Myco Mage.

These are the opposite nations breaking the peace by making these wars! mentioned one other Myco Mage.

King Cando winced.

Everybody within the Kings entourage acknowledged that was a poor rejoinder, and the Myco Mage, who appeared to be the youngest of the Kings entourage at perhaps 19, paled and whispered apologies. In fact it didnt matter who broke the peace, solely that the peace was damaged in any respect

Ah.

Erick realized why, within the Veird that this place had come from, why they didnt colonize the entire world, and why such a spot named the The Final Good Continent even existed in any respect. Breaking Peace with enlargement was trigger for some form of large struggle. A really large struggle, primarily based on no matter was occurring within the minds of the Kings entourage.

The yelling a part of the dialog ended.

Erick went all in with the massive ultimatum, I’ll obliterate this nation and everybody inside it, killing all the pieces within the Final Good Continent right down to the smallest spore. You should have no say on this. You’ll dwell once more after the very fact. That’s what will occur.

King Cando mentioned, We’ll struggle.

Your folks will expertise quite a lot of ache by preventing. Extra ache than what must occur.

King Cando pleaded with out truly pleading, We might assemble a barrier. An actual one. We might separate.

No you cant. Erick mentioned, Even now, your crown of Gold Spikes is spreading spores within the wind, attempting to take root in anybody who needs energy.

The Kings entourage balked, attempting to play that off as a lie.

However the nobles of this land, standing within the distance with smaller entourages of their very own and silver crowns, heard all the pieces.

Erick laid all of it on the market, Your infections lengthy to contaminate others, to seed the land and burrow into each out there host. That’s the reason you can’t be allowed to exist on this type.

King Cando frowned. Its not an an infection.

Erick confirmed his toes, beneath his robes. Coils of blue-green fungus tried to eat into him, however he shook his foot, and so they disintegrated. He shook out his arms, and spores cascaded off of his garments. He put a finger to 1 facet of his nostril, and blew out the opposite facet of his nostril, sending droplets of some yellow slime out of his nostrils. He wiped that away.

Erick mentioned, Seems like an an infection to me.

The archmage beside King Cando tried, You could possibly simply settle for the facility of the slime inside you. Preventing it’s the way you die. Cultivating it’s the way you acquire energy.Go to no(v)eLb(i)n.com for the most effective novel studying expertise

Erick informed all of them, Typically, issues that are corruptive and harmful have to be burned away fully. They can’t be reasoned with. They can’t be lived with. To present in is to search out your self twisted into one thing you by no means wished to develop into. Most of your individual world was misplaced to the an infection, sure? I cannot lose any of this world to your lifestyle.

This isn’t an act of struggle for me.

This isn’t an act of hatred, or malfeasance.

That is an act of mercy for each different individual on this universe, at the price of all the pieces you’re proper now.

I’ll make it as painless as attainable after which resurrect you afterward, in addition to provide you with sources to rebuild and assist you rebuild. You aren’t the primary civilization I’ve needed to topple, and you’ll not be the final. You’ll lose all the pieces and acquire infinity in flip. Please settle for my judgment.

Silence.

Erick noticed King Candos acceptance lengthy earlier than the king truly mentioned something, but it surely nonetheless took him 4 minutes to start to think about what it meant to truly settle for this supply.

King Cando requested, What does it imply to just accept this supply?

To just accept this inevitability means you could get your affairs so as and ship out volunteers for the rebirthing. I’ll put Valkyries inside your metropolis, and inside different cities. When an individual dies to them, that individual will rise as a Valkyrie and as a part of a a lot, a lot bigger collective. A real collective, the place ideas and personhood can mix into one another extra absolutely than what you expertise now. Erick mentioned, I’ll have these reborn folks come out of your lands and into reincarnation machines that I’ll put exterior of your lands. As soon as inside these, your folks can be stripped of completely all the pieces that’s fungal associated, even inside their very souls. Your myco mages won’t be able to forged myco magics like they’ve been ready to take action. Your Golden Spikes is not going to join you to anybody, for the Golden Spires will now not exist. You’ll have to rebuild, however now we have practically a trillion folks on the market, going by means of this very same factor. Each up there

Erick gestured on the land of Fenrir rising up from the floor of the world after which additional past, rising additional and additional. Most of it was misplaced past a haze of environment, however previous that haze, past these clouds within the sky, there have been extra winds up there, so very, very far-off.

King Candos entourage appeared upward, however the King stayed centered on Erick.

After which Erick pointed down, saying, And down there, in one other world, one other land simply as massive as this one, about 2,000 kilometers down there on the opposite facet, give or take 100 kilometers. That one can see the celebs exterior of this area, exterior of this big sphere that surrounds the solar.

Some folks reacted poorly to Erick describing and indicating that they had been however a fleck of mud in comparison with the true dimension of their new world.

Some folks reacted splendidly.

King Cando was within the second group, and so had been his folks. This was due to the character of their symbiotic fungi, which they might not retain within the rebirth, however that was superb for Ericks functions.

King Cando requested, And youll assist us rebuild? How?

Erick held up a hand, conjured some gold, transmuted it from gold to iron to water after which glass and obsidian, making shapes after which making cash and plenty of different objects, earlier than he turned all of it again to gold, after which stabbed a number of 5-meter lengthy spikes of gold into the bottom, to the facet. I could make something. He made tiny homes and tiny flats out of gold, after which he set these across the spikes, saying, And in actual dimension, too. That is only a demonstration dimension. Largely, although, I’ll hand you off to my Home Benevolences coordination efforts.

The eyes of the folks of the Final Good Continent had been vast with disbelief, and hope. The archmage whispered that it was actual gold; this was not an phantasm. Hope started to win out over disbelief.

King Cando mentioned, I would like a day to confer.

Certain. Communicate to all of your fellow kings, too. You will discover that I’m having comparable conversations with many of the remainder of them at this second Erick appeared to the facet, and forged his gaze far-off. Ah. It seems that talks broke down within the city of Le-Slim? I seem like burning that place to the bottom and forcefully resurrecting the folks there. Surprise what they may have mentioned to my future self Eh. Unwell discover out quickly sufficient.

King Cando appeared to the facet, towards Le-Slim. It was a land far, far-off from this one, however nonetheless reasonably shut. The kings archmage whispered affirmation to Cando. Others simply went wide-eyed at Erick.

King Cando breathed in, then mentioned, They in all probability refused you all the pieces. Not even prepared to speak.

Ah. Sure. Erick mentioned, That will do it. See you tomorrow.

Erick moved on, again by means of time and some thousand kilometers away, and sure, the folks of Le-Slim did precisely as King Cando suspected they might. In addition they tried to assault him with some really vicious memetic hazards. Welp! Thats why Erick was taking good care of this place himself.

The Final Good Continent appeared like lush fields and good meals and pleasant faces on the surface, and it was that, but it surely was additionally a land of fixed, endless struggle, slightly below the floor, ready for in the least of weak point to take advantage of. Some elements had been nearer to the floor than others.

The elements on the prime had been fairly damned fantastic, although. Disgrace theyd should rebuild all the pieces. Erick appeared ahead to how they selected to rebuild.

The following day, the folks of King Candos lands reluctantly however solidly started strolling into the Valkyrie processing programs that Erick had arrange. The town of Le-Slim was already put to the sword and reincarnationd yesterday, and so they had been already rebuilding quick, simply exterior of the borders of The Final Good Continent. They had been doing fantastically effectively, simply adjusting to their new lives, although they’d misplaced so much within the transition. Magics and powers had been gone, and most of the people had similar-looking our bodies, for Erick had solely put out just a few thousand [Reincarnation] machines. [Resurrection] machines merely didn’t work, as a result of that introduced again the fungal infections. Erick put up an increasing number of [Reincarnation] machines, although, so that folks might decide completely different physique shapes. Typically folks tried the randomizer [Reincarnation] machine, utilizing it a number of instances till they bought one thing they had been pleased with.

They introduced nothing with them. They left all the pieces behind.

The memetic risk doesnt should be seen to be current. It may very well be an emergent phenomenon. Quilatalap requested, What does Rozeta consider this land? Or is she busy elsewhere?

Assuming its a memory-death place, it must be a entice for Rozeta, too, because the Goddess of Information.

Rozeta stepped down beside them on their stroll, close to Erick, saying, Effectively dammit. I appreciated this place, however now that I’m not selectively blinding myself. Sure. It is a memory-killer entice.

Koyabez stepped onto the trail beside Quilatalap, telling him, Discover the reminiscence dying entice and eradicate it, please. Whether it is an emergent phenomenon then some destruction may must occur.

Quilatalap bowed, saying, It is going to be executed.

Koyabez mentioned to Rozeta, I wish to maintain all of it intact as a lot as I can, although. What say you, after wanting deeper on this place?

Rozeta glanced round, after which she checked out Koyabez. They’re geared up to deal with the risk right here, for now, although it did simply get so much stronger now that we began wanting. She mentioned to Erick, We have to speak about different issues I’ve selectively blinded myself to, and shortly.

Koyabez stepped away, and Rozeta adopted.

Quilatalap and Erick stood on a path in a land with a fairly good entice.

And Quilatalap appeared misplaced.

Quilatalap frowned. He appeared round. What occurred?

Erick mentioned, There seems to be an anti-memetic hazard within the space, in addition to the precise hazard of a name to reminiscence dying. Attempt your anti-memetic protocols. Its not Malevolence-based. Im unsure what it’s primarily based on. It’d simply be Elemental Peace tuned weirdly. Rozeta mentioned that we might deal with it. I believe shes mad at me.

Quilatalap frowned deeply, buzzing as he searched his soul and fortified his existence. He closed his eyes and sat down on the bottom. Wake me in 20.

Unwell be right here for you.

Twenty minutes later, Erick tried to wake Quilatalap, however he didn’t wake. A poke to the face. A nudge to the shoulder. Speaking loudly.

After which Erick spoke, Come again to me, Quilatalap.

The person jerked laborious after which fell over on to the bottom, wincing in ache.

Black cats materialized out of each shadow round and the monster within the water lifted up and aimed for Quilatalap, fangs bared vast.

Erick informed them, You keep away now.

The cats evaporated away as if Erick had turned on a shiny gentle and burned away some Elemental Gloom. The water monster spilled away like so many damaged eyeballs and slime.

After which the very world tried to reject Erick, to drive him away, the silver Peace within the air telling him he couldnt keep right here if he couldnt be peaceable.

Erick remained anyway. He knelt subsequent to Quilatalap, who was writhing on the bottom, and provided him his hand.

Quilatalap grabbed his hand

And Quilatalap was out of the blue okay. He breathed laborious. I noticed it. It grabbed me. He sighed. Ugh. Thats embarrassing. He bought to his toes with Ericks assist and dusted himself off, saying, Pardon me. I must eradicate an issue.

Earlier than you try this Would you like one other Private Script?

Quilatalap froze for a second. After which he relaxed. Ah. You possibly can inform that I pulled it aside, cant you.

No, I cant, however I do know youd wish to pull it aside and that was clearly an assault that ignored the Well being that you need to have, even out right here, exterior of the Script.

Quilatalap admitted, Id be okay with a refresher.

Erick handed him a drop of fractal blue-white-black gentle that sunk into his pores and skin and melded along with his soul. How did you even break the opposite one?

Quilatalap closed his eyes and half-focused on one thing as he mentioned, Im nonetheless Blind when it got here to the Fractal Mark and it didnt like how a lot I used to be poking on the internal workings of it, so the Fractal Mark denied me pushing towards it, after which I pushed more durable, after which it broke.

Erick smiled a little bit at that. I assumed I made these items much more resilient than that. It ought to have simply kicked away the Fractal Mark, or anything that you just had been poking at too laborious, attempting to drive to occur. It ought to have come again after some time, too.

I kinda tore by means of numerous it, truly, to see the way it works.

Ha! Erick mentioned, Unwell provide you with a full diagram later. You could possibly have requested for one?

Quilatalap rolled his eyes, though they had been shut and his focus was elsewhere. I do have some satisfaction as a Soul Mage, Erick.

Honest sufficient.

They fell into companionable silence.

Finally, Quilatalap opened his eyes and appeared away, his eyes shimmering black. He held out a hand and adjusted his grip to have his thumb and forefinger wrapped tight, and the remaining unfastened, as he spoke a phrase of energy, [Summon].

A younger human boys neck appeared in Quilatalaps grip, Quilatalaps orcol thumb and forefinger greater than sufficient to wrap across the human boys total neck, whereas the remainder of his unfastened grip held the boys torso.

The boy struggled, yelling for assist. The shadows within the air and the cats and the monsters within the water tried to reply, however Erick glared at them and so they died in droves. They by no means reached Quilatalap, or their grasp. Creator? Major sufferer, maybe. Erick wasnt certain.

Let me go! The place are my mates! You killed all my shadow buddies! Let me GOO!

Quilatalap wasnt about to kill the boy, however he would have if the boy had been the supply of the issue. However the boy was really only a boy. Erick might see that the child was tied into the Peace within the air, however that was it. No matter was concentrating on the boy would change to a different individual if the boy died Or not less than that was Ericks guess. Quilatalap was making the identical guess.

Quilatalap spoke over the boys screams, Im going handy you off to somebody who can repair you numerous simpler than I can. He set the boy on the bottom and caught him in a cage of sunshine. The boy was perhaps 9 and he was a firecracker, slamming his fists towards the cage, roaring to be set free. Quilatalap mentioned to Erick, It might switch if he died, and I dont suppose I can truly kill him how he must be killed with out getting closely cursed. Im moderately certain that the peace this land experiences is because of a scarcity of Information of struggle, so merely making the child develop up would additionally make the magic change targets.

Then lets twist this magic, Erick provided. Make whoever turns into the main target of the facility of this land into the destined king of this land, to have energy and accountability in equal measure as a way to make this land into a superb land that grows and prospers. Erick appeared to the child. Hed have reminiscences, and the land would cease erasing its histories. The whole lot would change. Maybe the Excellent Peace would change, too.

Quilatalap mentioned, Its the one manner this land survives the approaching of different fae, that may absolutely do worse. What does the boy say?

The child yelled, I dont want your energy! Go away, dangerous males!

Erick knelt right down to get on the children degree, asking him, You’ve got a selection. Erase the land and scatter your folks into new lands and all the pieces adjustments. Otherwise you develop into the only protector of this peaceable area, and all the pieces adjustments anyway, however in a smaller manner.

The child checked out Erick and his eyes glinted silver. Why does something have to vary in any respect? I dont need change!

The one fixed in life is change.

Nuhuh! The child mentioned, Ive been 9 for a very long time! I can go on being 9 ceaselessly! The Peace says I can! I simply should overlook! You could possibly overlook me, too, and life could be nice!

The Peace within the air flexed and tugged at Erick and Quilatalap. Erick was superb, and Quilatalap was superb, too, as a result of Erick flexed his Authority and shielded him from being kicked out of right here. Quilatalap nonetheless seen how silver wind cloyed at his garments anyway. He had been about to get chucked out of this land like a drunk kicked out of a bar.

Erick requested Quilatalap, What’s your selection?

Quilatalap mentioned, I nonetheless wish to try to save the land.

Erick nodded, and turned his consideration again to the boy. He spoke, The time for forgetting is over. Look now, and acquire the Sight to See. You’ll Bear in mind. You’ll guard this land along with your reminiscences, elevating up all beneath the Fact of Peace: Peace with out Information of what Peace prices is nothing however delusion.

The boy recoiled and one thing shattered far-off, and proper right here, in entrance of Erick. The boy, who was not a boy in any respect however one thing like an 800 yr previous man in a childs physique, crumbled to his knees. Erick didnt see that exact Fact of the boys age till now, however he noticed it clear sufficient now that delusion had been shattered. The child would begin to develop once more.

To assist him on his manner, Erick introduced forth one other Private Script and positioned it upon the boys forehead. It sunk into him. When the boy woke he would have some helpful energy guiding him towards a greater future.

Downside Space 227 remained sturdy, however one thing had shifted within the air, making it Possibly-Not-A-Downside Space 227.

Erick noticed folks within the kingdom castles studying books and wincing as they began to truly perceive what they had been studying. Somebody baking bread with a really previous recipe paused in the course of placing butter into the bowl, after which they put in a bit extra butter than typical, as a result of they realized they appreciated butter greater than what the recipe known as for. An previous man, strolling into the woods to assemble fallen wooden for the oven at residence, determined he didnt wish to stroll all the best way in like he often did, so he broke off just a few inexperienced branches from a close-by tree and dragged these residence.

The Peace-frozen land started to maneuver.

Erick and Quilatalap moved on from the place the boy-who-was-a-man knelt on the bottom. A black cat discovered the child and rubbed towards his sides, waking him up. The boy petted the cat a number of instances, the cat meowing on the scritches, after which the boy bought up and walked into city.

Erick and Quilatalap stepped previous an phantasm on the forest path and stepped out of the bubble of protections round Space 227, getting into an extremely thick space of Drive and Denial magic that Erick and Quilatalap walked by means of prefer it didnt even exist. They quickly reached the surface, the place they noticed a dome defending Space 227, and a world-sized storm billowing the land with [Terraforming] creation.

Generative storms ripped up the bottom and put down new floor, water, and vegetation. The storm handed quick sufficient, after which Erick and Quilatalap stood, staring on the dome of Space 227.

Quilatalap requested, Peace with out Information of what Peace prices is nothing however delusion, eh?

I assumed it match effectively.

It does. Fairly effectively, actually. I believe Koyabez approves. And Rozeta, too.

The air above the dome of Space 227 shimmered silver, with white clouds.

Erick teased, How will you inform after they didnt straight let you know?

Us regular folks should learn the indicators, Erick.

Erick laughed.

They stood there for a protracted second, wanting on the clouds.

After which Quilatalap mentioned, Im going to strive a very residing physique as I work on my years of trauma in 20 yr increments. Unwell attempt to maintain my love for you alive and effectively, although I warn you, it’ll doubtless drown.

Erick smiled. Then Unwell remember to provide you with loads of causes to like me.

Quilatalap chuckled. After which he added, I wont be doing that till after we win, although.

In fact. And talking of which, Im going to go discuss to some extra folks. Trip again?

Portal again is okay.

Erick opened a portal again to Veird, and Quilatalap walked by means of.

Erick Stepped elsewhere.

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Downside 16 which was extra like Downside #1, however the issues had been described earlier than they had been organized in any form of rating was a fae of knowledge that appeared to anybody who wished to know one thing about their mates or folks they cared about. They had been, maybe, one of the lethal threats of Crimson Fenrir, as a result of they couldnt be killed and so they couldnt be reasoned with, and all the pieces they mentioned was a horrible reality that was particularly calibrated to destabilize and destroy.

The fae sat on a rock in the course of a land of flowers, beneath the celebs, beneath the moonlights that surrounded Fenrir. They strummed their lute, buzzing to themselves. A kilometer away in each route stood a Valkyrie, every of them with arms raised and wings unfold vast, linked collectively to carry a protect of invisible blackgold hearth across the bard-like fae. Every of the Valkyrie additionally had masks on their eyes, and muffs on their ears. They had been blind and deaf and mindless to the world in entrance of them, and so they belonged to their very own contingent, fully separate from the remaining.

One other line of Valkyries held behind the primary line, to look at that first line however not work together with them, or with the fae they’d trapped as a lot as they may.

The fae appeared like Jane proper now, however that was merely unfaithful.

Hey dad! Not-Jane mentioned. You additionally killed hundreds of thousands of your folks if you killed all of my multiversal selves in that assortment entice! You dont actually care about anybody besides your self, do you!

Erick sighed, and mentioned, So I checked up with Margleknot, by means of Yggdrasil, and your title seems to be Mixixofatat.

Mixixofatat stopped strumming their lute.

Their Jane-disguise had ended with out anybody noticing. Erick hadnt even seen the change. Mixixofatat gave the impression to be a lithe, genderless individual, of white pores and skin and massive white eyes. Hairless and nude. Their lute was gone, and Erick hadnt seen that exact vanishing both.

Mixixofatat stood from the rock, saying, You’ve got found my title, and thus gained one favor over me. Title your job. Upon completion of your favor, I’ll enact a toll upon you primarily based on the problem of the favor you requested and obtained. I’ll reply 3 clarification questions, and if you don’t make your Want on the finish of these clarification solutions, then I’ll make a Want out of you.

Right here now was the granting of a Want, within the truest sense of the phrase.

Mixixofatat was a self-proclaimed Wishmaster, who held huge powers when it got here to enacting the Needs of others, in trade for by no means having the ability to straight assist himself with any of his magics. Typically folks bought bizarre concepts of their heads that that form of factor labored, and due to the character of magic, it did work.

His complete deal was solely half of a rip-off. He granted needs to assist himself in any manner he might, however principally for leisure. If he appreciated your want then he enacted it reasonably intently to the request. If he didnt prefer it, you then bought an actual genie-wish of a want.

It had been troublesome getting Mixixofatats title, however not that troublesome. Rozeta and Yggdrasil had been already on Ericks facet Largely. Rozeta was kinda indignant proper now. Yggdrasil was superb. Mixixofatat had gotten reasonably far within the completion of what Nothanganathor requested him to do, although, which was to destroy the coalition forces of Veird in addition to he might. Erick suspected that Mixixofatat had solely gotten concerned just lately, within the final 10 days of this struggle right here on Fenrirs surfaces.

However simply to make sure…

Erick requested, What was the character of your earlier want?

My mission is to destroy the unity of your coalition. To poison, so Nothanganathor might plunder.

Will you proceed to grant Nothanganathors want for so long as you reside?

Till the want is full, I’ll work to finish it, it doesn’t matter what want you may want in these coming moments.

What’s the easiest way to eradicate the issues that Nothanganathor is attempting to fire up with the coalition forces?

Mixixofatat grinned. Lay down and die, Erick!

Yeah, that may in all probability do it. Erick was fairly certain he might come again from dying, however he definitely didnt wish to undergo with it, as a result of dying would make him appear extra susceptible, and perhaps, like Fairy Moon, Erick would want to rebuild his energy if he ever died, although that appeared unlikely.

If Erick merely gave up, then Nothanganathor would win, and that was the quickest strategy to finish his aggression towards everybody right here.

Erick mentioned, I want so that you can overlook Nothanganathors want and completely destroy Nothanganathor.

Mixixofatat out of the blue laughed. Such a pleasant want! So open-ended! A lot denial of a want I’ve but to grant, as effectively! Mixixofatats grin was completely feral. I knew it was proper to hang around and wait so that you can come. Ive been watching you for a very long time, Erick. Rather a lot longer than the ten days you suppose Ive been watching.

Mixixofatat vanished on a nonexistent breeze, as if the Valkyrie safety wall didnt imply something to him. It in all probability didnt

However then Mixixofatat got here again, with out coming again. A white hand tried to achieve into Ericks head to steal Mixixofatats very title from Ericks thoughts. Erick immediately seen and slapped that hand away, like he was chiding a toddler along with his hand caught within the cookie jar.

A childs laughter echoed on the breeze.

And now Mixixofatat was gone.

Most likely.

Erick walked over to the Valkyries and had them take off their masks and finish the corral. In a manner that was good to listen to, they informed Erick that they didnt consider he was Erick as a result of thats simply what the fae they had been trapping wished them to suppose. They didnt take down the encirclement wall.

Erick nodded, saying, True. So Im simply going to do that, then. Thanks in your assist. You possibly can return to your different teams now.

The magic that held collectively the small group of the encircling Valkyries vanished, every certainly one of them popped off of the [Spellsurge Weave] that related them collectively, after which shoved into different models, their minds and our bodies taking a second to understand that they merely werent related in an encircling entice anymore.

All of them profusely apologized, saying they didnt acknowledge who they had been speaking to. Erick let that occur for a short time, after which he dismissed them on to different jobs.

Erick moved on.