When Janine conveyed the information to the gift holders , Dennis met with Mia as proof of the gift's useability . They grew nervous because not all of them had ever thought or experienced a battle .
' Seems I was right , but then doesn't that mean that Dennis likely can use her ability with ease . ' Janine thought , observing the gifts being activated
Willow recalls the magic that Dennis had and the reinforcement she puts ' No wait , it might not work ' " Janine , I understand that you want to recruit everyone to help save your family in there , but asking for inexperienced people will backfire "
Willow cast a clean spell on her and hinted " We can still use magic , but only magic that isn't meant for harming or strengthening our bodies . Those natives over there , though reliant on magic , don't completely lose it or they'd be dead "
Famadi tries to access his Vis but only gets to his enhancer and is unable to access his grandfather's Viscraft ' That elf is right ' even the speedsters can't sense their access to the chrono field , just like during the first attack .
" My healing potions still work " Elron said , carrying one he made himself " It doesn't look like commercial healing spells work " Hazel noted " in other words , it's not on the list " Willow said as she lists Elron's healing potions under the unrestricted list .
" Good thing I have a lot of my luggage " they started planning while also assisting some who relied heavily on their unique energies " We can make a rudimentary boat manually rowed . The blue-collar workers in this world are very athletic . But convincing them is a bit different " Willow said and Hazel brings a few people who can command others .
" Oh , hey , Crown Prince , how are you doing without magic " Kahnu was struggling to even stand and had to use a wheelchair " I don't like this shameful state I'm on . Where is Dennis if gifts can work , can't you call her and have her handle this ? " he said with both weariness and rage .
" Unfortunately , we aren't sure whether that is completely true or not based on the statement that was said , plus she is on a very high floor and we don't have time to waste going up unless some noncombat volunteers decides to go up and call her to wake up "
Kahnu looks at his guards and said " I'll go " " You will take a while , just leave it to us adventures , we are used to fighting drawn-out fights . But we'll need some people willing to help " Shrub walks over to Willow saying " I already talked to some of my friends in the business and we agreed to help by listing names and recording labor they undertook "
" We are in crisis , but you are still thinking business ? " Kahnu said with the same amount of rage and weariness " the slaves wouldn't be willing to help if we didn't , we have trusted rule magic , so it's difficult to trust others " Shrub says " But this is the only way a merchant like me can support , which is through old methods of recording labor "
Shrub prepares papers and a list " the printers are still useful , but any rule magic we use will immediately fade , likely the workings of that massive drawing in the sky " Shrub said and he worries about Dennis .
" She is sleeping right ? " Willow nodded while also saying " Hopefully her mom is doing okay , I'm not sure what these terrorist plans are , but they are saying that we can't do anything " Hazel said .
" If anything , I think they have plans to make this world their base " Elron looks around and brings his sisters into a private space where no one can eavesdrop " Truth be told , this could be the work of a crime world " " Those worlds that are defying everything the United Worlds is fighting for ? "
" Yep , this crime world involves a confirmed higher being . They had many blessings given to the inhabitants , like doubling the lifespans , their mana pool and anything like that world absorbs other worlds' specialties . But all information is limited and also Restricted "
Hazel was surprised to hear so much about that world that she had only heard rumors about . Famadi looks at the elves , wondering about what they were talking about ' Since they are moving away , they must be talking about something confidential , perhaps related to our current situation '
He creates his own assessment of the enemy ' With this massive scope , this enemy might have the support of another world . ' he knew about the lawless world where criminals would thrive and the surveillance that watches his world to ensure that it doesn't fall into that state .
' I could want to cooperate with the terrorist due to the nature of my family , but I hardly think I can stand equal to them after I had to destroy a lot of members to get my current position '
Meanwhile , Kahnu had requested the help of the gift holders to bring him up . State manages to control the ground and used it like an elevator " truly a strange power "
Once they eventually reached the top floor , Kahnu began calling out for Dennis " DENNIS DEBRAH ARE YOU INSIDE ? " Kahnu shot a look at State and they used State change the door's state .
Kahnu rolled his wheelchair angrily and screamed at the bed " HEY , WAKE UP " he saw the empty bed with only some signs of Dennis " Huh , where did she go "
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Dennis lightly kicks the sand and watches it hit the air and slowly fall ' Quite amazing ' she tests a few things that shouldn't be restricted and changed her gender " At least the jacket loosely fits " she checks her belt to see if it hugs her or maybe his legs " Even my voice is manly "
Dennis takes out a mirror , checking his face " Hello , handsome " he said , but not with a lot of fanfare on how the male version was such a stud of a man ' I have been exercising , can't show it as a girl , but not as a man though'
Dennis lets out the nanomachines Saving them away " wow , I never felt so attractive to myself than before " Saver relays a message to Dennis to take it seriously " Oh , that's right " Dennis selects the genetics of an aquatic Fantasia native .
She still checks the mirror , feeling blessed with her looks and Deks relays a message with higher urgency " right right right " Dennis dives into the sea and swims towards the island ' I really wish I could've enjoyed this race switching ability that the three made , but no time for that now '
Dennis got off the island and saved the light she was emitting ' Seems like any ability that isn't well known isn't restricted ' Dennis worried a lot for Deks , but as long as it is within the giftspace , they can use their cards fine and even Yeld is figuring out ways to get some skill cards and traits into items .
She checks all that the Saving Saver is doing and walks through the guards . She had a dangerous idea of transforming into wind , but was heard and a message about finding some technique in Fantasia world was suggested .
She follows a guard who reports to a robed figure " Reporting , the security team has been reconnected , only the head remains hidden . And before we infiltrated , the guest had some form of teleportation spell that sent them away undetected "
" Doesn't matter if they are gone , do we have eyes on the next generation of ruling power ? " " They have yet to leave our sights " a screen showing Pictures of a few spies watching the royals was shown .
' So even the security of other worlds is being challenged ' Dennis thought and Saver asked if she was going to look for the head first ' Maybe , but at least I know how outmatched the security had been if even other worlds have spies connected to these people '
The leader noticed a patch with a complete lack of light and mentioned it " There is a patch of absence in this part of the island , it's strange for them to have gone here already when we took over the entire island . So go check on it and have our spies capture the royals quickly . There should be enough around . "
Before each of the heads even did anything , a gryphon made a report " Our constant threat subject has disappeared " they said and Dennis grew confused about how they just found that out now and Saver Loads an all-seeing eye use .
' Oh , that explains it ' she saw that each person has a thread and through those thread where connected to other people . Deks relayed the information that the gryphon leader was wearing the face of the gryphons' common ancestor and the same was said to the others in that room .
Saver also notes that the thread feels like it belongs to a gift from someone in the banquet that didn't interact with Dennis ' so they are all using a strange gift to stay connected and relay information from afar ' Dennis saw one more string that connects to a superior .
' Let's just call this gift Ties from family ties . But from the looks of it , this family might be something else ' Dennis first decides to locate the missing security head and then figure out what Ties does . Yeld Writes to Dennis while Deks expresses desire to get Ties first and Saver wondered if these Ties could be useful to connect the three as siblings .
' It's nice of you to want to be more connected to your siblings , but we have bigger priorities ' Dennis searched for the head security , but she was seething for a confrontation to test the results of her growth .
Desk relays the information about what was being restricted and Dennis thinks of how her gift remains unrestricted ' Maybe they need to have an understanding of what they are restricting , but what could have given them the confidence to claim that gifts are restricted ? '
Saver and Yeld answered the question "speedsters can't access chronofield" "I had connection to Trad" ' oh , that's a good explanation ' Dennis said , recalling how the power inhibitors were able to stop the access to the chronofield likely by restricting the connection .
' Then that should mean that they were certain that gifts still connected to their higher being won't work , but if you three can still function . That should mean you aren't connected ' "What about me ?" Deks asked ' rather than connection , your skill cards is like magic or Vis that hold no connection but noticeable by the enemy '
" Why am I thinking too much ? I should focus " Dennis climbed to the rooftop , looking at the vaguely invisible strings reaching to the sky ' Great , now I can't see it ' she assumed the end must be connected to the higher being , but didn't dare confirm it .
Dennis saw a string in the distance attached to something moving and connected to the sky , shining unlike the transparent strands that shone from the glow of the massive rule magic placed on the world at the roof , which likely signifies the terrorist in the rooms below ' That might be the Security Head . ' Dennis wonders if these strings can be seen by the terrorist and it became invisible .
It flickered back again as a light stretched down ' that must mean that the connected person is using power from outside with that string as a connection ' she approaches the string while recalling the face of the security head ' human male about 50 years old '
Dennis could imagine they were very excited about retiring and followed the string locking onto him . She finds many following him and after she watched him shake them off , Dennis finds him " Hey , old man " she surprised him and he formed a classic medieval Shield .
" Who are you ? " Dennis thought he would recognize her and she said " Dennis Debrah , the one that's been handling all your screw-ups " he peeked out of his Shield surprised to see Dennis " Oh sorry , I'm just on edge when I found out that my security team has been spies the whole time , You can call me Filter "
" Shouldn't it be Shield " " Oh , my gift is just like a fishing net , fish get caught in it and water doesn't , so I just thought about it for a while and decided not to let attacks go through it except for a bit of air in case I made a FIlter barrier " Filter said " Then call me Dennis , I'm very disappointed in how you let all of them through your security "
Dennis said , intentionally making her annoyance known " It's not my fault that I can't handle these guys from one of those crime world's . They are always unpredictable , even to an experienced professional like me . I thought it would be easy , but no matter what , life isn't so easy . First , there is the spy gathering gifts by attacking giftholders soon as they signed up for protection and now this "
" Yeah yeah , for now , can we figure out who our enemy is ? " Dennis Saves both of them into her giftspace , surprising Filter that Dennis was able to use her gift and food appeared on the coffee table while Dennis sat on a single sofa seat .
" In here we're safe , so tell me more about this crime world " Filter could feel the vastness of Dennis's giftspace " This is so much bigger than my Fridge " " Is that what you call your giftspace ? " " Yup , I was a fisherman before and got my gift when I couldn't find my fishing net . "
She suspiciously looks at the thread outside fading " Then tell me who is helping these terrorist ? Do you know a thing about it ? " Filter looked at Dennis and said " According to your submitted data , the person behind all this is actually a group . They use some kind of gift that allows them to bring others in "
" That isn't a satisfactory answer . Tell me more " Filter begins digging his mind for information that wasn't in the USB and answers " It might be from that world with a higher being and there is also a plane connected to them while also connecting to the world "
" And what about that plane ? " Saver worries about the confidential information she was receiving and Dennis ignores the threat ' Sorry , but I really need to know about this '
" It's a gift-granting space just like how the superpowers are given through the superpowers field . But the problem is , you grow more insane the deeper you go . But the gifts gained are so much better , thanks to that , they have created a clone industry to obtain as many gifts as possible "
" But surely the ethics community will come in ? " " I don't think so because worlds with higher science and tech advancement have declared it illegal . But they still gathered as much genetic material as they could , abusing the gifts gained through the clones even more until they caught the attention of the higher being that dwells inside "
' so that's why there is some information , but this probably isn't the only one that they have discovered ' " But they needed obedient clones , so they objectify them and they completely deteriorated their free will , essentially turning them into soulless tools or things like computers "
Dennis could tell that those terrorists or clones , as Filter had said , does feel soulless " Then who is controlling these clones if their free will is removed ? " " Probably an operator from the looks of it . " " Tell me more about the world "
Filter was surprised by Dennis's lack of hurry and before he could comment on it , Dennis answered his question " We are inside my giftspace Loaded with plenty of time , I gathered from the terrorist with me . So tell me about Industry world ... That's what I'll call the world that creates those clones without free will "
" Okay ... So that world has become a crime world , but it does have a structure , to put it in this world's terms . They have abused rule magic on the clones , treating them as nothing more than tools , which is fitting with the results of the clones . But to make the clones functional , they needed to fit all the clones with knowledge , but with the Cards , they were able to achieve it "
Dennis keeps nodding and watching the TV that shows a clone moving in slow motion , just about to find their location . The sense of urgency in the atmosphere was lower as Dennis explained what the giftspace was providing .
" Now continue " ... " Some Clones die from overload when they are given too much knowledge . So there were some stories about using gifts and a lot of gifts were used "
Dennis's smirk arises as she grew curious about the gifts these clones likely have and wondered if that string connected to all of them was similar to Grant ' Then that could mean that the way you remain connected to the higher being is similar to how Grant is connected to the lesser gifts it makes '
Having more material to ascertain the difficulty to reconnect gifts to their origin made Dennis excited to confirm that she won't lose the three and her new gifts when something massive suddenly occurs " Miss Debrah ? " Filter asked " Ah , sorry , I was thinking of something else . Can you tell me more ? "
" What more do you need ? We need to get out or those clones will take over this world . And if I don't handle it , I'll never get my job back " Filter said and Dennis thought ' This guy is showing his desperation too much , it's unsettling '
" Just tell me more , I got plenty of time stocked up to use " Dennis said calmly and then Filter asked " Wait , will I age here ? " " Yes , but I've halted it " Dennis casually said , surprising the three that she had revealed it so easily " We'll talk specifics later . For now , tell me more about Industry world "
' An opportunity might not come for me to learn information about a world I'm not familiar with from someone incredibly aware ' Filter was confused as to why Dennis would want to know more information .
He didn't know much about her other than the fact that she frequently visits other worlds after getting a world travel agent as a guard to help with ease of world traveling and her humble background as a child of divorced parents .
' I'll just keep telling her ' " There were recruits or kidnapped natives from worlds with advanced technologies to manage the clone production and the objectifying of clones continue to develop and other methods to improve the clones' status as objects instead of independent lifeforms "
" So they even managed to industrialize conscious life , what about foo food ? " " They make more with a gift that was able to Duplicate objects . There was even a gift that sees a person's destined career and that gift was stretched even further "
" It sounds like they use gift a lot ? " " Yes , but they had to ensure that the giftholders would last long and thus they imprisoned them and kept them in stasis . But it doesn't mean that they relied on the giftholders entirely . Instead , they built an infrastructure to exploit them as much as they can , like a factory and the products are clones with gifts "
Dennis's interest in that world grew , imagining a factory built for efficiency ' It sounds amazing , but if even the giftholders rely on a connection to its origin to function , then I have no reason to desire to visit it , but with the number of gifts I would want to take all of them '
" I'm interested in why they decide to preserve the bodies . Why do they do such a thing ? " " If the giftholders die , their gift deteriorates and fades and slowly reconnects with the origin , no matter how much a person had used it "
The three grew worried about how they would return to their origin , while Dennis assured them that she wasn't going to die and noted that the deterioration was an interesting subject to study .
" Wouldn't they eventually come across a gift that takes other gifts ? " " They did , but there's a limit to how many a Clone can have , which is why they used another gift to fuse them together " " It sounds like Merge , but I don't think they can have that unless they have some gift that copies it "
" Yes , that's right , according to the intel , they need to contact the person first to be able to get the gift " " Then they must be really good at blending in if even you couldn't get them ... right ? "
" Oh yes , right right right . Do you need to know more " Dennis nodded and said " How many gifts are there in these clones and I don't think they can fuse with just Merge "
She knew more about gifts and their functions thanks to experimenting with Saver . One important thing to note is that the gifts have some range of knowledge filler that gifts seem to naturally possess .
There was still some uncertainty about this filler , but after letting Dex have fun with the Arrows , she figured that the knowledge filler theory was right . Thanks to Dex getting as many skill points from digesting the skill cards into Arrows and dumping them all into one magic skill and somehow that skill actually leveled up and contained an entirely new magic spell formationa nd magic theory to support it .
' I confirmed its use and practicality , but I'm sure that even Saver has some knowledge filler , which is why they can make some ideas come to reality . But there's also the problem of lacking knowledge filler , which is why personal input matters '
Dennis thinks about her plans to handle it and wonders if she even has enough Filler to accomplish it . She turned her attention to Deks and thought ' Deks , can you convert all the skill cards into skill points and lend them to me ? After all of this , I'll compensate you '
"But my skill points" Deks was showing teary eyes , trying to convince their mother not to take away all of their experimental material ' Come on , if you practice copying skills from me , you'll be able to optimize it eventually '
" Uhm Dennis , can we go now ? " Filter felt his patience reaching its limit , even though the Clone that had been on the screen hadn't even been out yet , as Dennis imagined seeing an impatience trait card on them .
" Don't mind it very much , tell me more about how they managed to Merge all these clones , you seem to know a lot about them " for fun , Dennis gave them the Stuttering trait card " T-that's because I-i had previous i-involvements witht hem "
' Why did I do that ? Deks switched it out with something else ' Dennis thought and Filter answered her question about the clones " They have a gift called Strings , which they use to bind themselves together . It was the initial prototype , but with Merge , they were able to create the ultimate Merged clone , but the resources to make one were expensive "
" Yet the head behind this attack was able to afford one . What's the going price of that clone ? " " I don't know , but I think I know who this person is . I've been chasing them for about 40 years after they killed my family "
' Such a corny backstory ' " So , for forty years you've been chasing this guy ? " Filter nodded " I've tried to track them , but fail every time . It's not easy for a lot of people to know about my chase because it was entirely personal . But I managed to know how much they work to prepare this plan . "
' It's like a shy friend asking for love advice by regarding themselves as a friend they know ' " So many cases of smuggling illegal goods like that container ship you were caught in were just one of the many operations they actually have "
" What else do they smuggle ? " " Based on the reports of missing cases , people with rare bloodlines are likely to have DNA enhancing " ' Oh , we could try to create DNA points ' Yeld got to work immediately as Dennis had that thought .
" knowledge to fill the clones , magic plants , chefs and alchemists to process these plants for nutrition or just experts in general to Copy knowledge and experience from . They made sure there was variety so that when they use the gift , they can optimize the growth of the clones even more "
Dennis takes a cup and goes to Filter to offer it to him " Here for your dry mouth " " Thanks " Filter drank it and Dennis takes out a strange trait card from Filter .
Dry mouth trait card along with more as grids of skill slots of several cards like loose-mouthed , storytelling , insensitivity , confusion , gullible and etc to make Filter spill everything was shown from his back .
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