Little mortal cleared his throat and started,
"Now, I'm going to use my advanced mathematics,
Pay attention."
The audience paid attention.
"First, we need to know what we have that can be used in our equations, which you don't know, but I already know.
The first thing is the information about our outsiders.
They are all level 7, except the fortune teller, right?"
The crowd nodded, not knowing how it was related to math or moving black holes.
"Okay, now let's figure out how their universe works.
We know they are level 7, but suppressed their level to 6, which means their universe is the same too.
That's why the universe they have is just counted as one universe at its current state for me in World Law's 'eyes', but in reality, as Little Glasses discovered before, their universe is 'denser' with 10 times more 'matter'.
Which means it is 10 universes in reality."
The crowd nodded.
Indeed, but where is the mathematics?
"Now, watch carefully.
I'm going to use my max level of mathematics."
The crowd thought,
'Finally.
The forbidden knowledge to move black holes!'
And Little Mortal started writing on the whiteboard while explaining,
"I have a birthday gift, which is level 6 currently, and coincidentally, is an outsider too."
He then pointed at the God of Life and Death, which was combined with the Book of Names that contained the Grim Reaper and the angel,
"As you know, he can easily release his suppression and go back to his original level, which is level 7, without us being scared of the force behind the outsiders doing something fishy with him,
Because, as my birthday gift, he is now completely under the effect of World Law.
So,
When he releases the suppression, his universe, too, will naturally return to normal, which is essentially 10 universes combined.
Now, let's calculate the effect using advanced mathematics.
My current 14 universe territory loses 1 universe when he advances, and then gains 10 universes."
Then he wrote on the whiteboard,
14 - 1 + 10 = 23 (number of universes we have under Guardian Law)
"Now, as most of you know,
My level starts at 85 and goes up by one with each universe added to my guardian territory.
Which means,"
85 + 23 = 108 (my level of power after he advances)
The birth treasures,
<...>
The group of puppets with at least 101 levels lower than him,
"O_O"
Little mortal continued,
"Now, you might think this complicated calculation that I just did is useless and only works on paper.
But, I will prove that you all are wrong."
The crowd was lost now,
"..."
Complicated calculation?
"As you know, our Guardian territory currently has 14 universes.
After 10 universes, we could host a level 7 advancement."
And he pointed at the Entertainment Goddess in the sky,
"Which we have one now.
But,
We have 14 universes now, which means,"
He started calculating again,
14 - 10 = 4
(the number of extra level 7s that we can have now)
And hit the whiteboard as if it was the end of the discussion, and the mathematical solution was provided,
"Which means we still have 4 spots left!
So, my birthday gift can advance to his original level 7 and take another slot!
Here you go, the problem is solved."
The audience was completely at a loss for words...
How did this solve anything?
But no one dared, or couldn't say anything.
Except,
"And how does this 'mathematical' solution solve the problem exactly?
How can you move black holes with this?"
The old voice of Lubo sounded.
Little Mortal closed his eyes as if he was frustrated,
"Can't you see?
I am level 108 at the end of the equation!"
Lubo asked in confusion what everybody was thinking,
"So?"
Little mortal,
"..."
He shook his head and said impatiently,
"Alright, let me show you."
Then he looked at the God of Life and Death,
"Mr. Grave Robber, go back to level 7."
The God of Life and Death, after a pause, when he understood that he was the 'Grave Robber',
Did as he was told.
The aura of life and death surged.
The atmosphere turned heavy for a moment, then returned to normal.
Cracks started appearing on Little Mortal's skin again.
But this time it seemed to be less, and somehow under his control.
Either way, he called for support,
"Headband and wristbands, come and give me a hand, please."
Then he sat down cross-legged and said,
"Everyone, I'm going for a round of closed-door cultivation.
See you in 2000 years."
And closed his eyes.
The audience,
"-_-"
We are going to wait for 2000 years now?
....
Mainland.
At the same time, God of Life and Death released his power,
A certain white canary looked at the Assassin God's universe with a knowing smile.
And yes, a level 7 bird can smile.
Anyway, the white canary muttered to itself,
"My so-called 'will' is hiding my level 7 fighter there?"
Knowing the 'truth', the Mainland Manager felt weird.
Then it chuckled and said,
"I wonder what will happen if that level 7 comes to the Mainland?
Would I advance, or not?
Don't tell me that's part of 'my' plan too?"
But it became puzzled a moment later,
"I remember that I was supposed to advance alongside Mainland after gathering 1000 universes.
But it didn't happen.
Even after gathering a lot more universes,
It still didn't happen...
I'm sure no one can advance to reach the same level as me, because managers are always 1 level higher than normal creatures of their land.
So, is level 7 even allowed to come here or not?
Does it make any difference to me if a level 7 comes to the Mainland?
Can those outsiders release their suppression and advance to level 7 again if that happens?"
The white Canary felt that the Mainland isn't in a normal condition.
Many things that it knew about leveling up to the next level didn't work, and things that weren't supposed to happen were happening in that guardian territory.
.....
Back to the Lubo planet.
Just 2 minutes after entering the seclusion, all of the cracks on Little Mortal's skin were gone.
Little mortal opened one of his eyes 'secretly' and gave a hint to a certain crystal.
Then he closed it again.
After 10 seconds, his eyelids twitched,
As if he was going to 'wake up'.
Then a gold aura started rotating around him while his eyes started opening slowly.
Light emitted from his eyes as they opened.
A voice full of emotions sounded,
"After 2000 years... my seclusion finally ended."
The puppet squad stood up, cupped their fists,
Bowed slightly and shouted together,
"It was hard on you, Secret Guardian!"
Little mortal nodded,
"Yes, yes, thank you.
You can sit down."
And the crowd sat down.
Little mortal then said,
"Alright, what was I saying... 2000 years ago?"
The old voice of the annoyed Lubo sounded,
"About moving black holes!"
"Oh, right!
Sorry, I was forced to go for a round of closed-door cultivation.
Yes, as I was saying, now I am level 108.
So, using math, I unlocked one of my abilities,
Which could be unlocked at level 101.
And now, I can use it to move black holes."
Then he turned to Space Mirror,
"Little Mirror, open a passage to the center of one of the galaxies that Glasses already emptied."
A passage opened.
The scenery on the other side was completely dark.
You could only see some lights coming and then suddenly disappear, as if being devoured by something invisible.
Little mortal stretched his arm inside the passage and opened his palm, like when you want to pluck a fruit.
Then after a while, he slowly closed his hand.
After an hour, his hand was turned into a fist.
No one understood what he was doing.
"Alright, Little Mirror, open a passage to the center of our current galaxy."
The mirror opened another passage.
Little mortal shook his head,
"Not here, open it where my hand is.
You want everyone to die?"
The confused mirror closed the passage and opened it on the other side of the passage, close to Little Mortal's fist.
And Little mortal, as if throwing a ball, twisted his wrist and opened it into the new passage.
After that, he pulled his hand out of both passages before saying,
"Done.
And as you saw,
There is no problem that can't be solved mathematically.
With the advanced math that I just used,
All of the problems were solved!
With enough math knowledge, you can even rule the world!"
The crowd,
"..."
You did nothing, except opening and then closing your hand in empty space!
Lubo was going to ask what this was all about,
But all of a sudden, all of them at the same time,
felt the law, spiritual energy, magic energy, or any other kind of energy in the world suddenly become denser!
The birth treasures started vibrating!
The puppets were shocked to the core!
The black hole in their galaxy was actually now generating more 'power'.
Lubo asked in disbelief,
"How is that even possible?
What kind of law do you have that allows you to move black holes?"
Little mortal snorted,
"Let me tell you, only mathematics can explain how my power works, not the level of power or law!
For bullies like you, or parasites and lunatics like them, it's impossible to understand it."
Lubo growled,
"What kind of nonsense are you talking about?
Who can explain this with mathematics?
Do you think I'm stupid to believe such a thing?"
Little mortal nodded,
"Indeed, I thought it was impossible too, until I saw that man's equation."
Seeing him not say 'who', Lubo asked impatiently,
"What man?"
Little mortal looked at the horizon, as if he was going back in time and remembering the past,
"Einstein.
He was a scientist."
Then he smiled and started telling them about Einstein excitedly,
"Let me tell you.
In one of his equations,
He proved that the universe is expanding!
You ask how he proved it?
With legitimate 'mathematical' terms!
He himself didn't believe it, and called it 'his greatest blunder'!
He just put it in his equation, which was showing that the universe is either expanding or collapsing,
To help the universe in his equation stabilize,
And prevent it from collapsing,
He added a pressure force that pushed the universe outward!
And guess what, he was just a level 1 creature from the human race!
Not someone like you, useless fossils, with long life but no achievement!
Can you believe it?
A level 1 human, with a background in mathematics, even figured out how my power, which I didn't have control over at that time, works.
Oh my goodness!
That was unbelievable!
Let me tell you, his later generation,
Who were a bunch of level one too,
Even proved that the universe is flat without being able to see it!
You ask how?
Again, only with mathematics!
Low-level creatures never know, but we all know that's true.
The universe is flat, and it's in a space-time bubble, being protected from outside!"
At the end, he was hanging on a random member of the puppet squad while shouting excitedly in his face.
Lubo didn't know what to say anymore.
Who is Einstein?
Why is he insulting them every time he explains something...?
And none of this answered how he moved that black hole!
Everyone here was sure that the mathematics the scientists used wasn't the same one as what he had shown them.
Little mortal calmed down after a while,
"Alright, let's continue, Little Mirror."
And so, Little mortals started adding more black holes to the center of their galaxy.
He didn't stop until Lubo said it might break the balance of the galaxy itself because the gravity pool was getting too strong at the center of the galaxy.
Little mortal shook his head in disappointment,
"You are so easy to scare, little Lubo."
The black heart, at the planet's core, could only grit its teeth!
Little mortal looked around and scratched his head,
"Did anything change?
I feel nothing..."
Glasses of Knowledge vibrated,
Little mortal nodded,
"Good, but it's barely enough.
Don't let your fear stop your ambitions, Little Glasses!
As the planets grow larger, Lubo becomes stronger too.
So we continue going like this,
And every time you run out of 'energy', call me over."
The glasses 'nodded' firmly.
Indeed, any problem, even the ones 'impossible' in its eyes, was something trivial in front of this little monster!
Lubo, who had predicted that this day would come when they could no longer support the planet's energy, felt like crying.
The limit of years being under the 'deal' it made with Mortal, now seems to be endless...
And maybe the most shocked were the outsiders.
What kind of monster was hiding in this 'zone'?!
Why was he even hiding?
Did he need to?
With his current power, he could just 'pluck' black holes and throw them at his enemies!
Who could stop him?
Did 'they', the outsiders, even have a chance to deal with him, even if their main force catches up?
And then they remembered another terrifying fact!
This little monster was actually going to be delivered 'back' to their main force...
What kind of mess might start there with him going there?
They couldn't guess what his final goal was at all...
Maybe, just maybe, he only wants to have fun...?
But it didn't take long for everyone, some with delay and some right away, to figure out the answer...
The answer to why he always acts so secretive,
And why does he always stay hidden and act as fast as lightning, without leaving any room for error?
All of this was because of his origin.
He was from an incomplete universe.
Every higher being originated from the incomplete universes,
Had the same 'trait', which was a 'weakness' and 'flaw' in the eyes of everyone else!
Those who were born in complete universes couldn't allow other creatures with a level lower than them to be 'harmed' because of them.
So it didn't matter how strong they were,
The only thing you needed to do to deal with them was to take a 'hostage',
And then force them to do what you want because of their 'good nature'!
Those who knew him longer felt they were enlightened.
Now they knew why he had two personalities.
One was the ruthless little monster in the eyes of those who knew his secrets, which made them fear him.
And the second personality was the one he showed to the people who knew nothing about him.
A crazy and fearless, but harmless newborn,
Who hated the higher beings and seemed not to care about anything or anyone.
A weak newborn with a big mouth who only had his invisibility and nothing else!
And now,
Without knowing, everyone was stuck in the nonexistent illusion of one of these two personalities, while he was pushing his unknown plans forward.
And the Frontline effect in his guardian territory was actually his first and last line of defense for the day that he might get exposed and stop anyone who tries to blackmail him from inside the guardian territory!
The little monster, Mortal, oblivious to their chaotic thoughts and all of the conclusions these people and treasures reached, said,
"Alright, can anyone sense Grave Robber's 10 universes and how many level 7 slots we can have now?"
The Glasses of Knowledge vibrated.
< He took one slot, but 10 more universes were added, and we can have 13 more level 7 now.>
Little mortal scratched his head in confusion,
"This guardian territory is broken, nothing makes sense..."
But he shrugged a moment later,
"Whatever.
Let's get back to the main topic.
7 days of free time, and what we should do in this period of time."
Then he started writing,
[ - 'Speed-Run' Project -
Cutting off the parasite's fate from their main planets.
1. The sneaky guy's main planet
Main character: Agent Morty Meven
Final boss: Sneaky guy
2. The mermaid's main planet
Main character:
Final boss: Mermaid
3. The troublemaker's main planet
Main character:
Final boss: Troublemaker
4. The thug's main planet
Main character:
Final boss: Thug
5. The rock thrower's main planet
Main character:
Final boss: Rock thrower
6. The chunk of ice's main planet
Main character:
Final boss: Chunk of ice
7. The gardener's main planet
Main character:
Final boss: Gardener
8. Fortune teller's main planet
Main character:
Final boss: Fortune teller
9. Grave Robber's main planet
Main character:
Final boss: Grave robber
10. Mr. Politician's main planet
Main character:
Final boss: Mr. Politician
11. Soulless guy's main planet
Main character:
Final boss: Soulless guy
12. Puppeteer's main planet
Main character:
Final boss: Puppeteer
13. Aladdin's main planet
Main character:
Final boss: Aladdin
14. Imposter's main planet
Main character:
Final boss: Imposter]
Then he pointed at the whiteboard with his stick,
"As you can see,
This is what needs to be done in the next 7-day speed run.
As you notice, we have 14 main planets,
And each one has a final boss that is already obvious who they are.
To break their believers' fate, we need a guardian who fits the job on each planet, which I have only decided on one of them.
From experience, we already know,
That if we don't do a good job, the journey of the guardian,
We need to do the whole process from the start,
And film a separate guardian ceremony for the end.
That's why we should start with the right man for the job from the start,
And make the process perfect for the 'ceremony' so we don't film it for a second time."
The old members nodded.
The new members looked blankly.
From advanced mathematics to moving black holes, to cutting off fates, they couldn't keep up...
What was happening? What is he talking about?
Little mortal wrote everything in his notebook,
Wiped the whiteboard, and said,
"Alright.
Now let's analyze our trip to the Mainland,
Our meeting with lunatic outsiders,
The aftermath of this trip,
And what we should consider in our future encounters to stay on the 'script'."
The old members nodded.
The new members looked blankly.
Little Mortal started writing again,
[ 1. A new character, the Mainland manager, entered the story.
2. All of the outsiders turn out to be level 7,
Except Fortune Teller.
3. The imposter who committed suicide seems to be a hidden character, and probably never 'died' after his arrival on our side.
4. Outsiders seem to be interested in newborns and higher beings with unique law.
5. Outsiders can become guardians now, and they know about the main and child guardian tokens.
6. I will be sent to their main force when they are done with me.]
Then he turned to the crowd,
"Alright,
Let's discuss these matters.
Please tell me what comes to your mind,
And how any of this might affect our future plans."
The audience was silent for a while, and then the birth treasures from the 'older batch' began to vibrate.
"You are right, the manager isn't important.
'It' thinks anything unusual now is related to its perfect plan."
"Oh, you are right, these outsiders will surely attempt to gather 100 universes to become level 8 if our guess is correct about how the level-up process works.
Then we should be careful!
Mr. Token, if any of the owners of the child tokens reached 90 universes, immediately notify me."
[ Affirmative. ]
"Alright, what else?"
Lubo's old voice sounded,
"The thousand-face guy who exploded definitely triggered a warning signal at their main base.
And the one who just released his suppression is another warning for them.
By the way, it takes 1 year for a level 7 to resurrect."
Little mortal raised his eyebrow,
"That makes sense, and it means they already know something here isn't right.
One of their 'insiders' is dead, and the other is fine.
We should send a message to them somehow to make them think that the one who died died in the fight with the manager.
But I don't want to contact that 'Lord' guy with fortune teller.
I'm sure he can identify many flaws after just a couple of questions...
Well, forget about it.
We'll do something about it when there is a chance."
Another treasure vibrated.
"Oh, you think they might ask Fortune Teller to give them all the 'kidnapped' newborns to send them back with me...?"
Then he looked at the sky where the newborns were floating,
"What level are they now?"
Glasses of Knowledge vibrated.
"Well, Fortune Teller can pretend that they are 'gifts' prepared for the 'Lord'.
This way, even if they are suspicious of us,
With this move, we can clear that suspicion.
What else?"
Guardian Token's voice sounded this time,
[ They'll never trust the holder of the main guardian token. ]
Little Mortal rubbed his chin,
"Who would they trust then to have it?"
Lubo answered,
"Send it to Lord."
Little Mortal frowned,
"And how are we supposed to give it to him?"
Lubo chuckled,
"They will send it back with you even if you don't want to."
Hearing the answer,
Little Mortal started chuckling too,
"If that's the case, then I do it myself...
No, I mean, the puppet guy who is the current guardian on the surface is going to suggest it.
This way, with one batch of 'gifts' from Fortune teller,
And when the puppet guy hands over the token by himself,
No one is going to suspect our group anymore."
Then he added the things he needed to pay attention to in his notebook.
"Alright, does anyone want to add anything else?"
The birthday gifts were silent.
The puppet squad, which couldn't talk anyway, was at a loss...
Especially the outsiders.
Many things were revealed during the meeting this little monster had just now!
Even worse,
The evil birth treasure, 'Let Us Be One', had been with him for no one knew how long, and now it was acting in a way that seemed to suggest they were friends.
How did this uncontrollable and ruthless evil birth treasure even allow someone to control it?
And all of that aside, why didn't Lubo just devour everything here that was the most delicious food in its eyes?
While outsiders were puzzled about many things,
The Glasses of Knowledge, which were puzzled too, but about something else, vibrated.
Little Mortal looked at it while furrowing his brow,
"See?
That's why I said pay attention!
Only now you remembered to ask where the advanced mathematics is!
It's here, look carefully!"
And then he pointed at the whiteboard.
14 - 1 + 10 = 23
85 + 23 = 108
14 - 10 = 4
The audience,
"..."
That's your advanced mathematics?
And now, you are shaking your head too?
Did we disappoint you somehow?
Little Mortal then went to the Guardian Token,
"Mr. Token,
Now with the Mainland having a manager,
It means there is a guardian position over there, too, right?"
[ Affirmative. ]
"Good, what's the condition for it?"
[ There is no information in my database.
But as the guardian,
You can ask directly from the World Law. ]
Little Mortal nodded and then said,
"I, Guardian Mortal, request World Law to tell me the conditions for becoming a Mainland guardian."
And after a brief moment, the crowd felt that World Law answered him.
But Little mortal was still looking around, as if he was waiting for the answer.
He knocked on the token,
"Well?"
[ The answer was delivered to you... Through a spiritual message. ]
Little Mortal, who couldn't receive spiritual or secret messages in his own territory,
"..."
After a while, he snapped and shouted while pointing at the sky,
"World Law, how can you answer me like this?
Don't you know me?
Don't you know about my difficulties?
Are you stupid?"
* RUMBLE *
Everyone's hair stood on end when the rumbling sound echoed, and black lightning appeared out of thin air!
All the special effects from the Entertainment Goddess's advancement avoided this area or were scattered!
The new birth treasures on the scene fled in different directions!
Even the cocky blood sword fled!
The puppets' hearts jumped to their throats and tried to flee with all their might, but to no avail!
How could they move without having control over their bodies?
The older birthday gifts watched with interest.
They didn't fear this horrifying lightning anymore because they knew it wouldn't harm them with their 'Frontline' guardian around.
And what they were watching with interest now,
Was the lightning that lost its target!
The Frontline guardian, Mortal, was nowhere to be found, and the lightning was floating just halfway towards where its target previously was.
The wave of hot air around it could clearly be seen, and even some small sparkles would appear around it.
A voice sounded, and the lightning, as if finding its target, moved toward the sound quickly,
"You gotta be quicker than that!"
But when the lightning reached its target, it was too late; the target was gone again!
"Did you really try to hit a level 108 final boss?"
*Whoosh*
"I can see youuuuu!"
*Whoosh *
"So slow... * yawn * "
As the voice of the little boy sounded, the lightning tried to attack the source every time.
But every time it was unsuccessful.
The voice, which seemed to be confident now, said,
"Let me try something new."
And the lightning moved towards the voice.
God of Oppression, while calm outside, turned pale inside!
The voice came from somewhere behind him,
And sure enough, the lightning moved towards him, went through his body, and 'killed him'!
His lifeless body dropped to the ground, emitting black smoke!
The rest of the puppets turned pale inside!
This crazy newborn suddenly decided to take revenge on them?
Why?
Is he really crazy?
The same scene played over and over for every single puppet, until no one was 'alive' anymore!
The puppets couldn't understand how a newborn could cause the death of creatures weaker than him?
This was punishment lightning; if it hits you, you die completely alongside your universe!
The new birth treasures were shivering far away from seeing this 'massacre'!
After a while playing with the lightning, the voice sounded again, but with excitement this time,
"Oh, I can feel it!"
The audience was still alive,
Wondered what he could feel?
Little Mortal appeared in a random place,
And opened his arms while smiling at the lightning,
As if he was going to hug it.
He said emotionally,
"Old friend, it's been a while..."
The lightning, as if it couldn't wait for their reunion, went towards its old friend, and the two hugged each other.
At least, this was what one of them was thinking.
The lightning finally hit its target, sighed in relief,
And sped away from the other side towards space.
On its way, many creatures floating in the sky got hit.
A certain Frontline guardian, watching the lightning 'leave', nodded, as if he understood why his old friend left.
The Crystal, which recorded lots of 'fear' emotions, flew to him and vibrated excitedly.
Little mortal chuckled,
"Because I felt my 'passive fate skill' triggered.
If you don't believe me, ask Little Mirror.
If it says the lightning went in the same direction as the other two lightning and the cigarette butt,
Then I'm right."
The birth treasures all 'turned' to the Space Mirror.
And the Space Mirror, after a while, vibrated.
The birth treasures gasped!
It actually went the same way?
Even little mortal himself gasped!
"Unbelievable!"
Then, *coughed*,
"Yes, as you can see, I was right..."
The birth treasures,
<...>
You were just playing around, right?
You can't even receive a 'private message',
And you expect us to believe you when you speak about feeling 'fate' itself?
Little mortal, while avoiding eye contact with his birthday gifts, said,
"I, Guardian Mortal, request World Law to say the conditions for becoming a Mainland guardian out loud."
And World Law did as it was requested,
[ 1. To be the strongest in your 'zone'.
2. Stop the 'zone' invasion at least once.
3. Strong Followers.
4. Special force team for betting your 'zone' with other 'zones'.
5. Knowledge about 'different zones' and the space outside of the current zone.
6. Make a positive impact on your current 'zone' that everyone remembers you for a long time. ]
Little mortal became silent after hearing the conditions.
Then he started chuckling, and soon after, laughing,
"Hahaha!
Did you hear that?
It was the same copy-paste version of a normal guardian!
World Law just edited 'world' to 'zone'!"
But the audience didn't laugh.
Each group for a different reason.
Well, a certain group of puppets couldn't laugh even if they wanted to because a certain crazy newborn 'killed them' and scared them with each other's death.
He was using them to farm some law for his big sister.
Either way, even the outsiders learned something new.
This 'zone' actually had such a special trait?
It could 'bet' on itself?
After a while, Little Mortal stopped laughing, scratched his head, and asked,
"By the way,
I feel that for the strong followers part and special force team, I need to win lots of universes and recruit the higher beings from them.
But that is something others will do for me.
The real question is,
What is a 'zone'?"
The puppet squad was as silent as ever.
The birth treasures didn't know or weren't allowed to share information because little Mortal forbade it.
But Lubo was different.
"Each Mainland has a territory.
Inside that territory, World Law is in favor of the Mainland, and the wandering 'universes' that join it later on will be in that territory and benefit from its protection.
However,
Specific zones may have a unique trait and special restrictions on creatures and universes that attempt to invade or enter them.
World Law is always in support of the traits and restrictions of each zone, so it can't be broken."
Little mortal raised an eyebrow,
"Lubo, when did you become so knowledgeable?"
Lubo snorted,
"I always was; my memories were hazy before,
But after taking over this planet, some memories are coming back to me."
Little mortal nodded,
"That's good.
So, how about you tell me how our zone and outsiders' zone work?"