Chapter 1055: Aurivy’s Failure

Chapter 1055: Aurivy’s Failure

The appearance of the memetic monsters was... really quite annoying for me, personally. I sat in the living room of Olympus, thinking where I should go for training now. Typically, I would just go somewhere in deep space where I could release my power without worries. Otherwise, it would be easy for me to destroy whatever planet I was training on. But... how do I do that when the things I need to worry about now come from deep space?

Normal monsters wouldn’t bother me in the slightest. Even if a monster god came along, I could destroy it without much concern. Memetic monsters, though... for all I knew, destroying it could be what causes the memetic monster to unleash its effect.

Currently, my only options to train were... either create an entirely new world for myself, or accept the possibility that my host could be destroyed because of simple bad luck. If my host was destroyed... that meant that Clover Kyr would vanish, the planet on which Olympus was located would vanish, and I would lose my Illusion domain.

None of these things were something I particularly wanted to get rid of. Sure, it would be possible for me to recover my domain through other methods. However, if the planet for Olympus was destroyed, that would cause a lot of chaos in the world. Additionally, if Clover died... well, even if I wasn’t in frequent contact with that side of things, I didn’t want to cause something like that.

I could do all of my training in the Admin Room, like I used to do a long time ago. However, the reason that I stopped doing that was because of the special ‘protections’ that the Admin Room had in place. For instance, my energy never running low. I can’t properly assess how powerful my abilities are if I can’t measure how much of my power they consume.

At the same time, I could obviously not just give up on my training. Even if I didn’t get into many fights, those times when I did were rather crucial to the survival of the worlds. Closing my eyes, I focused, thinking.

Leowynn. I called out mentally, and the silver-haired elf immediately appeared in front of me.

“You called?” She asked with a sweet smile, causing me to blink.

“Didn’t expect you to come in person.” I chuckled, but smiled and pat the seat next to me for her. “I was just thinking... would you be able to make something for me? I don’t know if it’s possible, but I need an early warning alarm when I’m out training, so I can get away from memetic threats. Since memetic powers use the void, I thought that might be your area of expertise.”

Leowynn moved over to sit next to me, thinking. “While I would like to help... I don’t think that is something that I can cover with my domain.” She told me, catching me off-guard. “Although memes typically use the void, these monster don’t come from the void. The best that I would be able to do is make something that tells you when a memetic effect is being used in your vicinity. However, that would only register once something had been hit by the effect, so it would be a bit too late at that point to leave the area.”

“Right...” I nodded my head, falling silent for a moment, before thinking of an alternative. “What about Tower? He and the slimes made it through V-Day, right?”

Leowynn nodded her head. “They are part of the Hyperlane Network, though travel to that sector is largely restricted according to his wishes. He might be able to make you something like that.” Given her tone, I could sense that she wasn’t at all confident in her answer.

“I sense a pair of boneheads!” A voice spoke up from behind us, seeming to startle even Tsubaki, who was standing not far away. Turning, I saw Aurivy standing there with her hands on her hips.

I nodded my head in satisfaction, focusing on deactivating the core that Aurivy gave me. “Just checking, but... how many of these do you have? And do they all lead to the same instanced space?”

Aurivy blinked at the question, before shaking her head. “I can make however many I want. But, no, each one leads to its own space. I never managed to crack the persistence feature, so the instance collapses when you exit it, removing any foreign entities still inside. That’s another reason that it failed to work as an inventory.”

I gave another nod, sweeping my World Sight over the sphere. There was an incredibly complex series of interconnected energy pathways within it that I couldn’t decipher. “In that case... my last question would be whether or not it is safe to have it in my inventory while it is active? If I can’t, it might just break from the bursts of power I release during training.”

“Oh, don’t worry about that!” Aurivy grinned. “It still works just fine. I was feeling especially vindictive at one point, and used a system sphere to give an energy-based monster an inventory, then stuck it and some guy in an instance together. Put the sphere in the monster’s inventory, teleported it to a random planet in the universe, and told the guy to have fun. Since the instance is still a part of this world, he can’t use void travel to escape without one of Chel’s tokens.”

She seemed proud of herself... but I had the feeling that this was the same guy that tried to break into Traveler. A shiver ran down my spine, trying to imagine how difficult it would be to find a single monster in an entire universe. If he was trying to break into Traveler, he had to have some kind of power related to transportation, but that was still a lot of places to check. I’d sooner expect the monster to die by natural causes than be found.

“R-Right. So, what you’re saying ultimately, is that I can just use this to train, and I won’t have to worry about any collateral damage? Nothing done in the instance would reflect back onto the real world?”

“Exactly!” She nodded her head with that same, happy grin. I couldn’t help but reach out and pat her head, and she chuckled. This halfling could be incredibly cruel when someone upset her... but most of the time she was just adorable.

“Anything else you need while I’m here?” She asked, her hands behind her back.

“No, that should be good. I’ll let you get back to Julia.” I smiled, shaking my head. “Thanks for this, and let her know that I said hi. Also, let her know that I’m thinking about seeing if Ashley or Tubrock can set it up so Olympus enjoys the farming system from Lorek. I’m sure she’d be able to enjoy that.”

Aurivy blinked at that, before nodding her head. “Sure thing. I don’t know if she’ll want to come live here, but I know she’ll appreciate it.”

After she said that, she vanished in a burst of golden mist. Leowynn and Tsubaki both turned to look at the golden orb in my hands. Leowynn looked rather thoughtful, offering a small smile. “There weren’t any void fluctuations when it activated, so it should be safe to use. Just to be certain, I’d like to go with you when you test it out.” She said, and Tsubaki quickly nodded her head.

Naturally, I had expected Tsubaki to want to join me. Going out into space wasn’t safe anymore, even for me, so she would of course accompany me. Leowynn asking did surprise me, however. “Sure.” I ultimately nodded my head. “In that case, shall we go? I’d like to test this out as soon as I can.”

Leowynn nodded her head. Her eyes briefly went black before the three of us vanished from the living room, reappearing on a desolate planet. “This should be a good spot to start.” She said with a warm smile, Tsubaki’s senses sweeping over the area before giving a small nod of approval.

Shaking my head, I simply activated the core with my divinity. My eyes widened slightly at how much energy it cost to activate, and I understood why this was one of Aurivy’s failed projects. It wasn’t at all practical for any of the reasons she designed it. Thankfully, I had enough divine income to handle the energy consumption.