After scaring the crowd, Little Mortal tapped his token and left through a passage.
He first went to the silver platform,
But there was no silver platform anymore; instead, there was a large lava lake...
He asked in confusion,
"Where is everyone ?"
Rose, who followed him, said,
"Because of the changes that might have happened with the birth treasures and the higher being in the prison cage, they all went to an empty place in the Crystal Mountain area ."
"Oh, good!
So we have a new base..."
Not long after, they both reached the 'new base'.
Little Mortal looked at his backpack and greeted the birth treasures,
"What's up, everyone ?"
The Crystal was the first to fly to him and vibrate.
"Then let it use 2 of the universes as support.
I'm fine now. "
A moment later, a passage opened, and the space mirror, covered in black liquid that made it invisible, came to this side and vibrated, telling Little Mortal about helping the Entertainment Goddess.
The mirror was a little nervous because it used the black liquid without permission.
The space mirror even discovered that it can reveal itself to whoever it wants while using the black liquid, and that's why Entertainment Goddess could see it, but nobody else could.
Little Mortal only yawned and said,
"It's fine to use it in emergency situations...
By the way, how are things with the newborns from last time?
The ones we rescued from those containers."
The backpack trembled.
"Oh, you sent them to Dr. Quinn?
Nice call."
Little White's head popped out of the backpack, said a sentence, and went back in.
"I bet my master could help them even more if she weren't imprisoned."
A book hit the place where his head just popped out.
"You stupid rat!
I said they are guests, not prisoners!
When did I force them to stay there!
And I wasn't even the one who sent them inside!"
The book he threw was the 'Book of Names'.
The God of Life and Death had a twin birth treasure.
The Death part was this book, which he could use to take anyone's life by finding their names.
The 'Life' part was with himself and kept the skeleton body active.
That's why, when Little Mortal disconnected the connection between his body and the world law, his bones crumbled, and the angel showed up.
After he 'condensed' them all together and they became the 'complete package', he could finally choose his birthday gift from the belongings of God of Life and Death, who was invited to his 'Birthday'.
The book was in outer space for two days with the headband set and the guardian token, and it already knew what situation it was in.
And what kind of abnormal 'monster' its new boss was.
The backpack trembled at this moment.
And Little Mortal got angrier,
"I didn't let them out?
How can I not let them out?
Can I even use you without talking to you?
Did I ever tell you to keep them in?
Are you mocking me for not having any law to connect to my birthday gifts and use them without saying anything ?"
The big backpack went motionless for a while.
What he said was actually the truth...
He never told it to keep them in.
But even now that it had found out about the misunderstanding, it decided not to let them out.
There were too many secrets just 'hanging' on itself,
Let alone inside it, and inside the prison cage.
Knowing these things was nothing but trouble for its master.
At least where he was now was a safe place because he knew nothing.
If he came outside, there was a high possibility that he would turn into a puppet and join their puppet team.
Little Mortal then turned to Rose,
"I remember two days ago- no!
I mean two million years ago!
Yes, two million years ago, the Immortal Manager wanted to talk about something, do you know what it was?"
Rose nodded,
"Yes.
As the planet is expanding, and your territory encompasses more universes, the managers sensed some unexplained changes that they couldn't comprehend, and even the guardian token was unaware of what was taking place.
But no need to worry about it anymore because the world law sent a message to every creature higher than level 4 and told the reason for these changes."
Little Mortal looked confused,
"But I didn't get any messages..."
Rose bit her lips,
"It was a spiritual message...
It says planet Lubo can now contain level 6 beings and one level 7..."
All those who received the message were stunned that day.
First, because to unlock higher levels for any planet, they needed to 'sacrifice' a creature with a level higher than their planet's limit.
And that aside,
Wasn't level 6 the end of the path and only born with universes?
What was level 7?
Then they remembered that there was actually one person on their side who claimed to be level 97.
But even that 'person', Little Mortal, was speechless.
"Little Glasses, where are you!?"
A moment later, a passage opened, and the Glasses of Knowledge emerged.
"Little glass, give me a report, how are things going with the planet development that ended up unlocking unlimited level 6 slots!"
A paper appeared for Little Mortal to read.
[ Total Number of planets without life added: 3167
Total Number of planets with life added: 63
The number of managers :
63 (Immortal and cultivation manager included)
The galaxy and solar system managers weren't allowed to enter the planet for now.
Number of suns: 1
Number of moons: 4
Silver moon, made of silver.
Red moon, made of iron oxide
Green moon, made of malachite
Blue moon, made of azurite
Number of castles: 5
Number of main planets of higher beings added : 0
The radius of planet Lubo: 110,000 km]
Reading the information, Little Mortal nodded,
"So many planets have been added...?
Where did you find them?"
Little Mortal approved,
"So you are gathering planets from one universe?
Good job.
Let me count them, then: 3167 + 63 = 3230 planets in total.
For each planet, I get 99,999 years of free use.
Which is... "
Then he looked down and chuckled,
"Lubo, that's around 333 million years in my account."
And then he said to the glasses ,
"You are too slow with adding planets.
Are you scared of the planet going out of balance ?"
Little Mortal snorted,
"Then don't be.
Now, the planet is completely connected to Lubo, and it is considered a living creature.
So, my 'Frontline' effect is applied to it too.
And let me tell you, you can't do something to this planet that my body can't handle.
Okay?
You can't mess it up even if you want to.
So, do me a favor and don't underestimate me, the strongest Guardian, and Lubo, the ugliest Evil birth treasure in the world!
Go all out! "
The glasses of knowledge fell silent for a while, but then remembered that he had so many higher beings as puppets and claimed to be level 97.
Let's see if you are only boasting or not! >
Little Mortal snorted and smiled confidently.
At the planet's core, the black heart, which was a lot bigger now, was speechless...
After Little Mortal took over these universes one after another, the pressure of the deal between them became stronger and stronger.
It couldn't break the deal temporarily to rebel like last time anymore.
Because of the 12 universes now, it could only watch being used and keep this weird and unnatural planet together.
And all that aside, while it was becoming stronger as a tool for this specific job, it was growing further and further away from its freedom.
333 million years...
That wasn't a lot of time for an ancient birth treasure like itself, but if they added planet after planet with this speed, then...
Lubo looked at the sky.
There was a green moon in the sky, which it didn't care about.
What it was looking at was the billions upon billions of potential planets that might soon be part of the planet Lubo ...
Once again, it was speechless.
But, at the same time, it was slightly eager to see how all of this was going to end.
It was the first time it felt its name, 'Let us be one', was taking shape differently, and not just by devouring everything.
At the new base, Little Mortal said to the glasses ,
"Don't forget about the 'Animal Kingdom'.
Make it in a way that others can't go there and mess it up.
Give them a place where they can easily develop, and far away from intelligent beings.
I want you to assemble the species in a way that creates a perfect ecosystem without any of them going extinct.
Oh, and put a limit on everyone's spiritual sense as the planet expands.
I don't want to see people peering at each other with their spiritual senses.
What's the point of walls if any savage and uncultured being with a level a little higher than you scans your privacy?
Spiritual sense is prohibited from being used in places with intelligent beings living from now on, for everyone!
It's only allowed for 'cops' to use in certain cases.
Do you... Understand ?"
The Glasses of Knowledge vibrated.
"Good, you can use my other birthday gifts if you need help.
Now, tell me what the deal is with this
'Level 7 slot' we received? "
And regarding Level 7, I have no idea; I only know that the top-ranking Higher Beings, such as my master, have been struggling to reach it for a long time, but they never could. >
"Oh, so we accidentally found a new way to increase the maximum level of creatures on our planet!
And if even you and those old bones don't know how Level 7 works, then let's leave it to the next generation ."
The Crystal vibrated this time.
The birth treasures were now truly curious.
Especially the ones who had a master struggling at the peak of level 6 for millions of years.
They didn't believe there was a level higher than level 6 until yesterday, when world law sent them a message, telling them that Planet Lubo not only can have as many level 6s as it wants, but it can even host a level 7.
World law indirectly confirms there is a level higher than level 6.
Little Mortal was taken aback for a moment and then said,
"I was born with 0 law, and an incomplete level 6 body at the start.
When I started a 'New Game', I jumped to level 85 in one go.
And now you are asking me how I became level 7 myself?
I don't remember the first 80 levels.
That's how fast I leveled up.
But I can tell you about levels 85 to 97 if you want to know ."
The crowd was speechless...
Who wants to know about your imaginary 85 to 97 levels?
Even if we ask, can you answer properly?
Seeing them quiet, he asked the Crystal,
"I say, little crystal, now that the planet limit is level 6, and it can even have one level 7, with me being the Frontline Guardian, I wonder if we can test something interesting ."
"Right now, I have more than 600 billion laws in my account.
As you know, the power level of higher beings starts at 100 billion.
And that's equal to the number of laws they have.
So, what do you think is going to happen if you send 100 billion law from my account to assistant Rose ?"
The place became silent.
The Glasses of Knowledge, which were going to leave, came back, and it started vibrating excitedly.
Little Mortal looked at the glasses in surprise,
"Little glasses, you are telling me no one tried it before? The Higher Beings are so stingy? "
Little Mortal gasped,
"Something dangerous?"
Then he looked at Rose and asked,
"Assistant Rose, do you want to give it a try?
With me as a Frontline Guardian, I don't think there is anything dangerous about it. "
Rose nodded without hesitation.
"Sure."
She heard and even saw the effect of the
'Frontline Guardian' in these couple of days after her boss became the guardian.
It was like a weird phenomenon happening all over the planet.
No one could kill anyone without a justified reason anymore.
The first example she heard about was in the capital, where a woman was going to be executed, but no one could kill her.
Later, the Emperor learned about it and investigated the matter personally.
It turns out the other party wasn't guilty, and someone framed her.
After that, they found out that no assassination attempts would work either if the target was not a sinner.
And that wasn't the only case.
Even animals couldn't initiate a senseless slaughter of one another.
And it wasn't only on planet Lubo.
The creatures on any planet with life out there in other universes connected to the guardian territory were already forced to stop wars and killing because of the Frontline effect.
Things like this were happening everywhere,
And slowly the rumor of a higher existence called 'invisible guardian' was spreading between level 1 creatures, who still weren't connected to world law and didn't exactly know about the 'Frontline Guardian', and those who were higher than level 2 already knew there was someone called 'Guardian Mortal' out there who was protecting everyone.
Either way, Rose had enough trust in him to try it even without any of these things happening.
Little Mortal nodded,
"Alright then.
Little crystal, send the law to her, slowly.
Assistant Rose, try to feel the process, so you can write a book later with the name 'My million-year journey to Level 6'.
I'm sure you can sell it for a good price."
Rose chuckled,
"Yes, boss !"
Then he looked at the sky and furrowed his brow,
"And you, world law!
If there is an important message next time,
Don't send it through a spiritual message!
Do you... Understand ?"
The crowd was speechless.
Is he threatening world law?
Does world law even care or understand it?
And it didn't take long for the answer to be delivered,
Because Little Mortal continued with another sentence while pointing at the sky in a cocky way,
"Or I will find you,
And I will spank you in publ-"
*RUMBLE *
Before he could finish what he was saying,
A black lightning appeared one meter above his head out of nowhere and attacked him!
In the blink of an eye, the lightning passed through his body and went to the ground.
On its way, the big black heart, Lubo, was hit by it in the planet's core, and when it emerged from the other side of the planet, it struck a random creature on the planet's surface.
However, due to the 'Frontline effect,' the harm to both Lubo and the random creature was transferred back to Little Mortal.
So he received two more 'shock attacks' ...
Black smoke covered the area around him.
The Birth Treasures were scared out of their wits!
Any creature higher than level 4 felt something that could kill them in an instant, entering the planet,
But as fast as it appeared, even faster it disappeared.
With a cold breeze, the smoke rising from Little Mortal was blown away.
He was still standing there, with his finger pointing at the sky, but now with a dumbfounded face!
The Birth Treasures didn't know if he was dead or alive.
They couldn't feel anything from his body even in normal times, so they weren't sure if he was dead.
After a while, they heard him snort and say stubbornly,
"It didn't hurt at all."
And then he took out his notebook and wrote,
[ Don't mess with world law. ]
<...>
The stunned Lubo at the center of the planet gulped down in fear after receiving the 'death' strike, but survived the punishment!
"He even took the world law attack head-on and survived? Is the punishment lightning that weak?
And not only once, but three times in a row?
He is far from level 7... "
...
Not long ago.
Inside the backpack.
Adventure God stood beside his old friend, the Divine Doctor, who was caring for the newborns.
He looked at the dried-up bodies and furrowed his brow,
"Did you figure out what happened to them ?"
Divine Doctor, the old lady in white, answered while guiding different kinds of law from her former Medkit to the newborns' bodies,
"Their law was sucked dry by others.
Newborns can absorb a lot of law faster at the start of their journey after being reborn.
However, it appears that after arriving on the mainland, they were kept somewhere and used to generate laws.
This way, while they rapidly absorb the law, the other party could suck it away.
If the amount of law they have is low, the rate of absorption will go up; that's why they always kept them in this dried state."
"Who might be the one behind this?
I don't think that old thief alone could have done such a thing without anyone on the mainland noticing it.
I remember before he showed up, the newborns were able to join others just after a year.
But after he stole some treasures from others, that place was handed to him to manage, and in return, he would stop stealing things from us, Higher Beings.
After that, the newborns only showed up after 3 years. "
Divine Doctor nodded,
"Indeed, I can see the law has been extracted from them in 11 different ways.
So, at least 10 other Higher Beings other than the Old Thief are involved in this ."
Adventure God raised an eyebrow,
"Only 11?
It seems that some higher beings had a feast for themselves and didn't invite anyone else.
But I wonder who took these newborns away?
Who is crazy enough to mess with that old Thief ?"
Divine Doctor snorted,
"The other party took away our birth treasures, too.
He seems fearless.
Didn't our birth treasures tell us not to care about anything happening out there for now?
They are obviously scared of the culprit."
And she looked at her side.
Her former birth treasure, the Divine Medkit, was beside her.
It joined her when the newborns were brought to her, and she asked it many questions.
But the only answer she received was this,