Destroying My Own World

Elena looked at Manna standing on top of a giant salamander that she had just cut in half in a single cut. The flames on the salamander's legs and tail couldn't be extinguished, in fact, they were still burning even though Shelly had frozen them. They were mesmerized by it since they had never seen a frozen flame before, and it made Shelly interested in it and took it to research it later.

"What are we doing to do now, Elena? We have killed the threat, but it seems that there will be more of them coming," Jeanne asked as she walked toward Elena.

"Since we have been neglecting on clearing the portal, I think it's time for us to enter the portal and check the second floor," Elena answered as she looked at the portal in the distance.

"We need to ask Mykel's permission first if we want to go check the second floor," Nagy said with worried expression because she knew that Elena would go in without Mykel's permission.

Elena hummed and spoke with Mykel telepathically to ask permission to get into the portal. She got Mykel's permission, and Mykel wanted Amaryllis to find a clue about the worlds that existed inside the portal. He believed that the Demon Princesses were being held in one of those worlds inside the portal.

"You heard her, let's get inside," Aurea said as she held the handle of her katana. She was so eager to kill demons with it since she hadn't had the chance to use it against them.

"Let's remember each portal has a unique trait, and this one has something to do with fire and heat. We should be prepared to hunt demons like in Gehenna," Jeanne said as she looked at them. "I think the breakout will stop once we clear the second floor," Jeanne pointed out.

They all nodded and went into the portal after Shelly and Nagy had done their inspection of the corpse.

They were welcomed by Sandowms, and this time the Sandowms were trying to get out of the portal. Jeanne and the others saw the portal to the second floor and realized there were so many salamanders that came out of it.

They swoop cleaned the whole desert and massacred both the Sandworms and the Salamanders. It only took them less than an hour until they annihilated the Sandworms that tried to attack them. Elena then told them to not waste their time there and go straight to the second portal.

They entered the second portal, and the heat was far worse than in the desert. The world was completely sealed by a ceiling with dripping lava coming out from the cracks. The floor was a cooled-down lava, but they could feel the warmth even though they all had [Godly Resistance] skill. A normal human or Awakener would melt if they didn't have high fire and heat resistance.

"Are we going to fight another giant salamander here? Or it will be different this time?" Elena asked Amaryllis who was scanning and registering the area.

"So far, there are only salamanders in this place, and I can feel a strong presence far ahead over there," Amaryllis answered as she pointed to the north. "Also, there's a cave, and there's something interesting inside it," Amaryllis pointed to the west.

"How far is the cave from the boss of this place?" Aurea asked.

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"Thousands of miles away," Amaryllis answered.

"Let me handle the boss, you guys can check the cave. I'm more interested in hunting," Aurea said to Elena. "I'll meet you guys in a few," Aurea spread her wings and then flew away with a hypersonic speed, leaving a cold trail that was enough to solidify the lava on the ceiling.

Elena and the others decided to go and check out the cave with Amaryllis who guided them there. Amaryllis showed off her hologram feather wings that looked so magical and yet futuristic at the same time. They ignored the salamanders who tried to attack them with fireballs because those fireballs couldn't keep up with their speed.

They looked at the giant wall that blocked their path from going further, and it seemed like the edge of the world they were in. Amaryllis showed them where the cave was, and the mouth was big enough that it looked like a gap between the walls and the ceiling.

"This doesn't look suspicious at all," Manna said as she stood in front of the big cave.

"I don't care about how suspicious this cave is, what I'm concerned is how safe it is for you to be here, Amaryllis," Elena asked as she looked at Amaryllis who stood in the front. "If something happened to you, it's over for all of us," Elena said.

"Yes, and you haven't explained to us why you decided to become a living being. What's the reason and why it matters?" Jeanne asked.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"I'll use a simple term to explain it," Amaryllis said as she walked toward Elena. "If Mykel dies, I'll disappear because Mykel has become my owner and host. My existence depends on his life. Now, I have my own physical body where I'm my own host that doesn't affect by Mykel's existence," Amaryllis explained.

"With that being said, if Mykel dies, I won't die. I can bring Mykel back to life if it happens, and it solved the problem where Mykel's existence can't be manipulated by the one who created him," Amaryllis pointed out. "So, the only thing that can threaten my existence is Mykel himself since he's my owner, and the being that created me as a system," Amaryllis continued.

"What if Mykel dies and the one who created you also decided to corrupt you and perhaps kill you at the same time? Isn't that pretty much the same and doesn't solve anything?" Nagy asked with her eyebrows furrowed. "No matter how you have prepared everything, the chance is never zero, Murphy's law," Nagy pointed out.

"That's correct, the chance of that happening is more than thirty percent," Amaryllis nodded her head in agreement. "But, Thanks to the technology and knowledge of the people that live on Earth about the internet and servers, it gave me ideas," Amaryllis continued.

Brynhilde and the others who were living in a medieval world had no idea what Amaryllis was talking about. They had just come to Earth in less than a day, and they barely knew anything about technology.

"You're talking about making backups like how servers do?" Nagy asked since she knew what Amaryllis was talking about.

"Yes. I'm currently multiplying myself infinitely somewhere in the world that Mykel created where nobody could stop me. If my current self is being corrupted and has zero chance of surviving, I can destroy myself and move to one of my copies," Amaryllis answered as she nodded her head. "Just like Beldathiel. It's basically the same as when she gambled and lost her life, she still had copies of herself inside her castle that will die for her. That makes the possibility of both Mykel and my existences to disappear less than one percent," Amaryllis explained.

Everyone started to understand what Amaryllis meant because they all knew about Beldathiel's power.

"Wait, doesn't that mean it's close to impossible to exterminate you?" Nagy asked with a bit of a terrified look on her face.

"Yes, but a single word from Mykel is enough to shut me down and make my existence disappear. I could never go against Mykel, and my existence is still in Mykel's hands. Right now, he's only giving me a lot more freedom," Amaryllis answered. "With that being said, as long as I exist, all of you are invincible in terms of existence," Amaryllis pointed out.

"That's a long explanation, but I guess we got our answer now. We don't have to worry about you here with us since you can protect yourself," Elena said as she looked at Amaryllis. "Let's head inside, let's go," Elena walked into the cave.

Everyone entered the cave, and somehow the atmosphere changed drastically, and the inside wasn't even hot. They could feel something was off about the whole cave, and when they reached the deepest part of the cave, they saw a lake with black water inside.

"Isn't this interesting..." Amaryllis said as she went down to her knees to look at the water from up close.

"What is it?" Elena asked.

"I can't detect anything underneath the lake. It's a portal, but at the same time, Aurea has killed the boss and it's creating a different portal than this," Amaryllis answered. "We could go inside, but I'm not confident there will be a way back out," Amaryllis pointed out.

"You can bring all of us back to Mykel's said, right?" Elena asked.

"Yes, a hundred percent," Amaryllis nodded her head.

"Then let's head once Aurea came back," Elena said.