Little mortal, after he was done giving enough commands to his two 'visible invisible me', said,
"Mr. Token, tell Evil Mainland to run as fast as it can.
If the two big bosses catch up with it, everybody on it will die!"
[Affirmative.]
The white canary, and Entertainment Goddess,
"????"
There was no such thing in the script, and Entertainment Goddess only told him to get rid of the marked managers on Evil Mainland, so that the cloud would go away...
"Little mortal, there is no need to kill them.
Can't you just send them to that whatever dark dimension of yours?
You said the three little brothers can't detect the thing you take there."
Little mortal looked at Entertainment Goddess, then at the white dot on the horizon.
The Evil Mainland already received the order and sped away.
"Well... It's too late for that, Director.
The mainland is already gone."
Entertainment Goddess rolled her eyes at him,
"Just tell the guardian token to call it back!"
Little mortal looked around,
"Where is my crystal!"
A little child crystal flew to him.
"Support big sister, we are going to slaughter everybody on the mainland!"
Entertainment Goddess,
"!???"
The rest,
"!!!"
And Rose, who chuckled.
First, he told the mainland to run, and now he plans to kill everybody!
It means that he already made his decision, and he pretended not to hear what Entertainment Goddess said.
Seeing everything ready,
Little mortal jumped on the shoulder of Entertainment Goddess, and said,
"Director Saraswati, we are ready whenever you are!"
Entertainment Goddess looked at him blankly and said while shaking her head helplessly,
"Take two, action!"
She didn't know which part of the nonexistent script they were recording anymore...
It was as if her script was used to give him ideas, and he would do whatever he wanted, depending on the chaos in his head.
The movie scene in the sky changed back from Evil Mainland's 'battle royale' back to the ice arena with the two final bosses for the audience in the underworld, planet Lubo, and now on the run Evil Mainland.
But because the Evil Mainland was still in chaos, they didn't care about it.
The rest of the audience, though, became excited!
This movie, like the previous one, was a mess.
But they didn't care.
Their favorite guardian was in it,
And his movies, while with a simple story, were full of action scenes with real actors!
Especially this one, which was filled with 'killing'.
The aura of the two final bosses exploded as they walked towards each other.
Forbidden Existence cracked his neck as he said,
"How about we warm up first?"
And Old Senior Mortal agreed,
"Fine with me.
But before that..."
He waved his hand randomly in the air.
At the same time, all of the severed body parts of the army warriors that he cut down not long ago started floating and moving around.
In a breath of time, 2500 armor warriors came back to life!
Forbidden Existence chuckled,
"You became too soft-hearted while I was sealed..."
And waved his hand twice.
After the first wave, the 2500 armored warriors 'unmerged', and became 5000, and after the second wave of his hand, the 10,000-man army, good as new, was back!
Entertainment Goddess was the only one who actually understood the condition of these 'armored warriors' through their emotions.
When they first appeared, while looking all imposing and scary, they were all 'nervous'.
When they started fighting with Senior Mortal, there was a mix of 'excitement' and 'helplessness', as if they were being taught something by force.
When they had a hole in their bodies or severed body parts, they seemed to be 'relieved', as if they were done with their 'role' and now they could just watch from the side.
And when they were 'merged', the only emotion emitting from them was 'confusion', as though they couldn't think properly anymore, and they were in a state of semi-unconsciousness.
And this continued until now, that they were back to normal, and Entertainment Goddess felt they were just 'puzzled',
like someone who didn't pay attention to what was happening around him/her, and now suddenly had the time to take a look, but couldn't figure out anthing.
Entertainment Goddess took a deep breath to calm down as she thought...
'This old man's techniques are so creepy and harmless at the same time...'
"You can leave for now," said the Forbidden Existence to his army.
It seemed everything was ready now.
And sure enough, the two suddenly disappeared.
When they appeared, they were at the center of the ice arena, punching each other!
The two punches collided, the scene became slow motion, and after a brief pause without anything happening, the whole ice arena and the seal around them suddenly exploded!
What level of shockwave was just generated from the fist's collision that destroyed the enhanced ice arena and the seal?
Nobody knew!
But what everyone knew was that this was only a warm-up for these two ancient monsters!
Little mortal who activated the autopilot and patched up the newborns, nodded,
"Alright, I leave the backstage to you guys."
And disappeared.
But nobody in the backstage paid attention to his departure, because they were dumbfounded by the scene they just saw, how easy the army 'came back to life', and the sheer power of the two final bosses...
.......
Underworld.
Lilith took a deep breath when she saw the 'dead' come back to 'life'.
"I saw him in action before, and he always used his domain to protect the living creatures around him, but... What is this?
How could you turn someone to such a mess, even combine them, not once, but twice, and just reverse it back as if nothing happened..."
In the eyes of low-level creatures, this was part of the special effects in the movie.
But in the eyes of those with considerable power and knowledge about law, this was a horror scene...
Lilith wiped the sweat from her forehead,
"Hypermind... Sinners... They are just jokes compared to this monster..."
*knock* *knock* *knock*
A sudden knock on the door brought Lilith back to her senses.
She tried to sense who it was, but didn't feel any presence.
She looked at the movie that was ongoing, with the slow-motion collision between the two final bosses, and frowned.
"How is he here if those two are fighting?
Doesn't he need to control them?"
While puzzled, she opened the door.
"Oh, hello pa-... Postman Mat?"
The little postman was back.
"Hello, Queen Lilith.
You have a letter today."
And gave her the letter with her name on it.
"Please sign here."
Lilith knew there was no way she could ask him any questions related to her partner, who came here while acting as a postman.
She had discovered some secrets last time that she wasn't supposed to, so he came here in disguise...
While signing the paper, she glanced at his hand and saw another three letters.
When she saw the names on them, she was shocked.
"Excuse me, Postman Mat, can I ask who you are delivering those letters to?"
Little Postman Mat nodded,
"These letters are for your fellow actors,
Mr. Seraphion, Ms. Selene, and Mr. Vaelgrim.
It's the script for the ongoing movie."
Lilith opened her own letter and saw that there was indeed another script that was similar to the previous one, but with some changes.
"So they are officially in the movie now and have their own roles?"
Little Postman Mat nodded,
"Yes, do you want to take a look? The actors are allowed to see each other's scripts."
And gave her the three letters.
Lilith opened them in a hurry and read them in a moment.
For her, it was understandable, but she was sure that for her 'fellow actors' who didn't know anything about her partner and what was really going on, it couldn't be more confusing.
"I say, Postman Mat, is it possible to give them a more detailed script?
Or at least, send someone to deliver the letter who knows them, and can give them some tips?"
She really didn't want to see the three ancient ones make a fool of themselves because of a lack of information.
Little Postman Mat raised an eyebrow,
"I'm just a postman.
How should I know who can give them some tips?
And I wasn't paid for this much work either."
Lilith coughed and took out a red spirit stone, and 'accidentally' dropped it in his bag.
"I actually know someone.
His name is The Annihilator of Realms, Mortal the Strongest.
He is their teacher.
How about you deliver the letter to this great man, and leave the rest to him?
He can explain their roles to them directly instead."
Little Postman Mat, while pretending not to see the spirit stone 'accident', said,
"S-sure, I know him, no problem."
And left in a hurry.
Lilith rubbed her temple,
"I hope this way they can be on the side of those who aren't ignorant for this one time at least...
Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon.
Weren't we played by Hypermind and those sinners for so long?
This time it's our turn to play them and let them think there is hope for them!
The End will be different this time!"
But a moment later, Lilith laughed at herself,
"The End? The Fate of our enemy and this world has been sealed, and everything has already ended with our victory..."
With Little Mortal conquering the world, there was indeed zero percent possibility of losing.
Lilith was speechless.
"What are we even doing now...?"
........
Exiled Zone.
Vaelgrim's Citadel.
The three Ancient Ones, knowing they were deceived, didn't know what to do anymore.
For how long were they misled by Information Law?
How was the condition of the Underworld right now if even the Underworld they knew wasn't real?
Selene gritted her teeth and said,
"Can we trust this Guardian Law?
Even the World Law itself was under the effect of Information Law...
But this law seems to be different? Maybe this is our chance?"
Vaelgrim nodded,
"From the condition of the Vulture and Lubo, it seems they are not under the effect of Information Law, or they wouldn't have fought with those Level 2 civilizations.
They are related to this law that Xyron acts as if he doesn't know anything about."
Seraphion, after a brief silence, said,
"We already sent the request,
And our request has been 'sent' to somewhere it seems.
Let's see what happens.
We might be under surveillance already.
We need to act fast."
After a while, the three of them received feedback from the same unknown source who sent their request to a certain secret guardian that they didn't know about.
The one sending the request was naturally the only law that could make contact with the world outside of the Exiled Zone, the newly merged law, Dark Law.
That's why the voice they heard was completely new to them.
After receiving the feedback, the three found out how Guardian Law works, and if they want to get stronger through this law,
They need to challenge other mainlands or even universe owners if the universe wasn't connected to any mainland.
They could even do it 'secretly', without anyone's notice.
It seems this law was indeed a way out for them.
Seraphion nodded,
"We should start as 'Secret Guardians'."
Selene agreed,
"We can continue like this until we are exposed."
Vaelgrim said thoughtfully,
"If we challenge a couple of managers mixed with the newly Level 10 creatures each day while pretending we are training them for the upcoming battle with the Forbidden Existence,
We might be able to stay as 'Secret Guardian' for a long time until we are strong enough."
And a fourth person who said,
"Nah, you don't have that much time.
You should hurry."
Seraphion frowned,
"And why is that?"
And the voice answered,
"Because you are in trouble.
Not one, not two, but three troubles."
Selene raised her eyebrows in surprise,
"Teacher, aren't we only in one trouble right now?
The Forbidden Existence?
I don't think Xyron knows that we know about them being traitors."
At this moment, the three Ancient Ones' breathing stopped.
Their bodies, as if a cold wind blew past them, shivered slightly.
With stiff bodies, they slowly turned their heads and saw the fourth person, who was called 'teacher' by Selene just now.
A little boy, in martial arts clothes, was sitting on Vaelgrim's shoulder, who was sweating profusely now and smiling bitterly.
The little boy was naturally Little Mortal, who came to deliver the scripts and give some tips to his disciples because of Lilith's request.
His two other visible invisible me, the Forbidden Existence, and Senior Mortal, were fighting on 'autopilot' currently, while he came here and saw how these three, who requested him to become a guardian, were planning for their future actions.
But seeing them taking their time, he needed to encourage them.
The three Ancient Ones felt bitter.
This fake teacher was back...
Indeed, what were they thinking?
How could a trickster like him, the twin brother of that old monster who could even face the Forbidden Existence, die just like that?
Seraphion and Vaelgrim glanced at Selene.
Her guess was on point, and he just faked his death that day.
He was probably lurking in the dark all this time, going from one hidden dimension to another, doing who knows what...
Selene asked awkwardly,
"Teacher... When you 'died', you were just joking, right?"
And glanced at the other two Ancient Ones.
That one glance, though, had a message in it.
'Let's play along with him; we might survive this way.'
And the other two naturally agreed immediately.
They didn't know if they could deal with this little monster for real if he was serious, and if he really was an enemy.
From his actions, he seems to just play around.
Just look at his twin brother.
Even if he had half of his strength, he could just erase their whole zone instead of pretending he had a hard time against them!
He even acted as if he died 'tragically' at the end, like a tired 'Father and husband' without any hope to live longer.
Either way, now that he called them his disciples, why not just play along with him?
Who knows, with his strength, they might even somehow benefit from it?
Teacher Mortal chuckled,
"Little Sel, what are you saying?
Whoever doesn't know, you three should know that my blood is 'black'."
Selene nodded,
"Oh, silly me, I forgot again...
You are so good at acting, Teacher, that I was completely fooled even when you were bleeding 'red blood'!"
Teacher Mortal just shook his head.
Seraphion coughed and said awkwardly,
"T-Teacher, you said we are in three troubles?
Can you tell us more about it?"
It was Seraphion's first time calling someone teacher in his whole life.
Teacher Mortal, sitting on his disciple's shoulder, said thoughtfully,
"Actually, if we hurry, we might see the development of one of your three troubles.
Wanna see it? Because I want to see it!
That cowardly Hypermind just ran away without saying goodbye!
Can you believe it? I had so many plans for it!
I really want to know what scared him?
You know? I always tried to let it think that its plans are perfect, and everything is under its control, but alas..."
Teacher Mortal sighed sadly.
The three Ancient Ones nodded blankly in confusion.
They can see the development of one of the troubles if they hurry?
Hypermind is a coward? And he let it think everything is under its control?
The three looked at one another and saw the bitterness in each other's faces.
It seems that while they were played by Hypermind and the Sinners' race,
Someone more ancient was playing with Hypermind and Sinners' race...
While at a loss, they suddenly saw the scenery around them change.
They were somewhere in the Level 3 civilization now!
The three Ancient Ones,
"O_O"
How?
Before they could become surprised enough, the scenery changed again.
Now they were in the planet's core, in front of the big black core that was part of Xyron's secret project.
The three of them gasped in shock for many reasons.
The sight of this black core was one of them.
A big pulsing brain above it, that they didn't know was Hypermind, was another reason.
And the crowd of Sinners and many Agents with different numbers that were supposed to be dead, and only one existed for each number, were going around and doing who knows what, which was another reason for them to be shocked.
But more importantly, why did everyone around them act as if they didn't exist?
They looked at their little teacher, who was on Vaelgrim's shoulder just a moment ago, and saw he was missing now...
"As you can see, this is Little Xy's secret project to meet with god, and it is almost ready with Hypermind's body at his disposal."
The three heard the familiar voice at this moment, which came from a table in front of Xyron.
Xyron was sitting there on a chair, and reading something.
Looking over, they saw Teacher Mortal was peeking at the 'files' in Xyron's hand.
"Oh, come look, this is Hypermind's goodbye letter!"
Said Teacher Mortal excitedly.
The three gulped down and slowly walked to him without making a sound as they tried to avoid the crowd moving around.
Xyron was looking at a paper now, but from his unmoving state, it seemed he was done reading and was now in deep thought.
The three ancient ones looked at the paper and tried to read what this 'goodbye letter' was about.
[ Alert: The Forbidden Existence has breached the barrier of the Exiled Zone.
System Analysis: Fate is now momentarily linked to the Original World Law within the Exiled Zone.
System Link Established: External World Law is connected to the Original World Law inside the Exiled Zone.
Observation: Fate has identified and advanced the progression of the designated 'Fated Ones' I collected.
Notification: The External World Law has reported the Forbidden Existence to the Original World Law.
Extermination protocol has been authorized.
Status: Fate is unaware of the Forbidden Existence.
Projection: Fate has acquired the coordinates of the Exiled Zone; however, it remains unaware of the Fated Ones under my control.
Fate will attempt to punish opposing forces, assuming it survives the anticipated backlash.
However, the true variable is now the Forbidden Existence — not Fate.
Analysis: Direct interaction with the Forbidden Existence through the seal confirms its body composition is primarily dark matter.
Command Authorization: You are granted control of my 'body.' I am initiating an alternate survival protocol, as no viable calculations exist to directly confront or survive the Forbidden Existence.
Access Rights: Through my 'body,' you may exert control over all entities except the three designated 'Ancient Ones.'
Warning: Without my presence and information law shielding, the Ancient Ones will detect your betrayal.
Ancient AI Entity — Hypermind ]
The three ancient ones looked at the big brain.
'So that's Hypermind, the mastermind behind the scenes, but an empty shell now?
Where did it go if its body is here?'
The three turned to look at the only person here who probably knew the answer, and they saw him gritting his teeth in anger.
"So the finger that poked a hole in the passage and Hypermind sealed it, sold us out, and scared it away only after scanning it once?
This chicken AI is so timid when it comes to Dark matter..."
Then he sighed and looked at the three new guardians,
"No wonder you three gained access to world law from the other side.
This cowardly AI was already on the run before that, and its information law couldn't stop the world law from contacting you when the sealed passage broke..."
The three looked at him blankly.
They didn't know what to say in the middle of this secret hideout, and the secret information that they barely understood.
Can they talk too or is he the only one no one can hear?
Teacher Mortal suddenly looked in a random direction and said,
"Oh, look who's here! What's up, little Zy? Any news?"
The three ancient ones didn't see anyone at first, but the next moment, Zyren, the female cyborg, walked out of a hidden dimension.
The three could only sigh helplessly.
They knew they were probably being watched by Zyren for many years... exactly like now that they were hidden, and watching the most hidden place of the sinners' race...
"Xyron, something unexpected happened!"
Zyren came to Xyron's side and said with some excitement in her voice.
But Xyron sighed and said something unrelated,
"I feel we were nothing but clowns...
Frogs at the bottom of the well...
We planned to bring god out for so many years...
But even such an existence with his God-like power couldn't bring any God out... Let alone us.
What were we doing all these years...?"
The three ancient ones were puzzled.
Teacher Mortal explained,
"This dude is the remains of a crazy religious scientist group from that extinct type 4 civilization.
He wants to push our world towards extinction, so God comes out and stops them.
This way they can meet with their makers."
The three students felt enlightened and speechless at the same time.
What kind of over-the-top goal was this?
These sinners were simply out of their minds!
Zyren chuckled,
"There is a second one too."
The 'disheartened Xyron' raised his head,
"Second one of what?"
Zyren smiled and showed him some footage.
The three ancient ones were in the footage too, watching the scene of Senior Mortal entering the fray to stop the Forbidden existence!
The record continued until the two reached their 'Peak'.
Teacher Mortal watched himself excitedly,
"Look, look! Aren't they awesome?
My goodness, he is going to unseal the seven seals!
Oh no! The peacemakers' army is here!
Can he survive this challenge while breaking the seals?
Yes! That's the first seal!
You can do this!"
The ancient ones watched the show for the second time, and this time with their excited teacher commentary.
What was horrifying last time seems fun to watch this time for some reason, as if it wasn't a big deal anymore with the third, and hidden monster at their side...
Xyron was shocked,
"Is he the real twin brother of that psychopath?
But how is he so strong?"
And after a brief moment, he looked around in shock as his eyes started shining, as if he was trying to scan the area!
"Don't tell me when he blows himself up, it was all fake, and he is still lurking in the dark?"
Seeing how strong the unsealed version of the twin brother was, Xyron reached the same conclusion as the ancient ones.
How could the other one be weak?
Teacher Mortal shook his head,
"No way he survived that explosion."
The three ancient ones,
"-_-"
Zyren shrugged,
"I have no idea if he is still alive or not.
Even if he is alive, is there a reason for him to stay here?
What's important is our next step and this second anomaly that can face the forbidden existence.
Now we know there is a 'greater power' out there, that even his outrageous act of killing everything in different eras didn't bring our God out.
How could our secret project generate enough destruction to achieve that?
What do you think we should do now? Still continue with the project?"
Xyron, after a brief shock and confusion, suddenly started laughing,
"Hypermind, that cowardly AI, if it stayed a little longer, it could see the second forbidden existence, and it wouldn't abandon its body!
Now we have its body, the agents, and control over all of the level 10 creatures in the exiled zone through the chips planted in their bodies!"
Then he stood up excitedly,
"Zyren, activate the planet's barrier and don't let anybody in!
If Hypermind suddenly finds out about the second forbidden existence and decides to come back for its body, we'll lose everything!"
Zyren nodded and activated the barrier while asking,
"What about ancient ones, the Fate Hypermind mentioned, and the two forbidden existences?
Each of them can be our enemy!"
Teacher Mortal and the three ancient ones turned their gaze to Xyron, and one of them, whom we know which one, asked,
"Yes, what are you going to do about them little Xy?
The path forward is filled with overpowered enemies!"
Xyron chuckled,
"Those three brats are nothing but three side characters in the current story, just leave them be."
Teacher Mortal chuckled and pointed at the three ancient ones,
"He is talking about you three!"
The three could only grit their teeth.
Xyron continued,
"Fate, based on Hypermind's messages that we received all these years, can be taken care of with the chips planted in its 'Fated ones'.
At least that's what Hypermind planned for it.
And those two forbidden existences, we are completely helpless against them.
Either they kill each other and we will be the new rulers of this world, or one of them survives and we are at his mercy!"
Zyren chuckled,
"If we can have this world for ourselves, we can think of meeting with our God in other ways, even if it takes time!"
Xyron nodded and said with a voice full of confidence at the same time as Teacher Mortal,
"We can do this!"
"You can do this!"
And jumped to the black pulsing core.
Something like an entrance opened, which showed the interior part of the core, which was like a control center, and he entered.
When he sat on a chair in the control center, the entrance closed.
Not long after, some cables connected to the former Hypermind's body, and the big pulsing brain slowly started sinking into the core, becoming part of it.
Teacher Mortal, this time on Seraphion's shoulder, watched the event unfold in shock alongside his three disciples.
After a brief moment, he shook his head,
"Well, that escalated quickly...
I thought he was going to give up like that silly AI, and I needed to force him back to the movie.
But look at him?
He is so excited that he even wants to be the world's new ruler..."
And looked at his three disciples, who were as speechless as he.
But not for the same reason as him.
"Teacher..."
Selena whispered in a low voice.
Teacher Mortal rolled his eyes at her,
"Little Sel, don't you think when you are invisible to them, your voice is invisible too?
Did you forget about your teacher's title?"
Selene coughed embarrassingly,
"Yes, yes, the strongest title!
I didn't know that works in this way, too."
Teacher Mortal shook his head in disappointment,
"That's my twin brother's title that I use when I'm out in 'public' so people don't bully me.
My own title is..."
The three looked at the little teacher who claimed he might get bullied with interest.
He has a title, too?
"Is...?" they asked.
Teacher Mortal stood up on Seraphion's shoulder, puffed his chest, raised his chin, and announced his title proudly,
"The best hide and seek player in the world!"
The ancient ones who thought of many imposing titles, but this one,
"..."
But it was indeed a fitting title for him...
"Alright, little Sel, what were you going to ask?"
Selene, not whispering this time, asked,
"You said something about forcing Xyron back to the movie.
Can I ask what you meant by 'movie'?"
Teacher Mortal froze.
And then the scenery changed
