Chapter 8: This one's a little short

AN: I'm freaking tired~ being an author is tiring~

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"....I see."

Starrk sighed as he leaned on the couch, staring at the ceiling with a bored look, "....Such a pain."

"Damn, you lazy son of a bitch," Apacci cursed with annoyed look, "You're a freaking demon general, act like it."

Starrk groaned as he closed his eyes, pretending to not hear her.

"By the way," Sung-sun looked around, "Where's Lilynette? I can't sense her around Las Noches."

"She, uh, went to chase a Vasto Lorde Hollow after it "accidentally" hit her head with bala while it was fighting an Arrancar who is loyal to this woman." Said Starrk, pointing his finger at the bandaged green haired woman sitting on another couch.

"Speaking of, who's she?" Mila Rose asked, as Sung-sun and Apacci nodded, also confused as to who this woman is.

The green gaired woman stared at the three before giving a light bow as she introduced herself, "I'm Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck, though you can just call me Nelliel, or Nel, whichever you prefer. I am also the former Trecera Espada."

"EEEHHH!?" Apacci stood up as she stared at Nel in shock, Mila Rose and Sung-sun just stared at Nel with eyes wide in shock.

"Impossible!" Apacci shook her head, "You're Spirit Power is like, only around that of a middle ranked Espada! Its not even as strong as Ulqiurra, and he's only the fourth! There's no way you're the third before Lady Harribel!"

"She's not lying," said Starrk with a sigh, "I was already the Primera when she replaced the former Trecera, we talked a few times before. As for her strength, well, the Espada from before were a little weaker."

"...I see." Sung-sun nodded, she stared at Nel for a few moments before sighing, "Anyway, we're not here for talk about the past but to conquer this realm. Lord Alex wanted it and we shall offer it to him."

"Wait!" Nel spoke, looking confused and horrified, "Offer this realm? Is that you guys are planning to do? What about the hollows who lived here?! What will happen to them?!"

Apacci looked at her in disdain, "Its none of your business cow-tits."

"C-C-Cow..." Nel blinks her eyes in shock, though she quickly shook her head, "O-Of course its my business! I took up the throne to restore order and stop the war, and now you're planning to offer this realm to who knows who? What will happen to the hollows who lived here?"

"Bitch please," Apacci rolled her eyes, "This is hell, there's no order. Go play empress in another place, this realm is already off limits."

"B-But.." Nel wanted to say something but she was cut off by a glare from Appaci, her demonic force flaring out and spreading in the room.

"This realm is crap anyway, you people should be grateful that Lord Alex wanted this place. I don't even understand why he took fancy in this pathetic place."

"H-How could you say such a thing?" Nel sighed as she closed her eyes, "Aren't you hollows too? Don't you care about your own race?"

"I don't give a flying fuck," Apacci crossed her arms, "They can die for all ca—ow!?"

She was cut off by Mila Rose who delivered a good punch on her head. Apacci winced, that one hurts she admits. She glared at Mila Rose as her red demonic force surrounds her body.

"What the fuck was that for!?"

Sung-sun was the one to answer, "Don't put it like we're going on a killing spree, don't make it sound like we're the bad guys."

"We are the bad guys! Demons and all, besides, we're trying to take over a realm, can we still be consider as good?" Apacci retorted, fiercely glaring at Sung-sun, though her demonic force already receded.

Sung-sun sighed before staring at Nelliel, "I should probably tell you, just so you could be at ease."

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Alex was lying on the roof of the Inn, peacefully having a nap. He just had his lunch, and decided to take an afternoon nap on the roof.

Alice was with Nonko and Koyuzu, while the others either have work or school and are not here.

Alex suddenly opened his eyes and smiled, "Why are you here?"

"To check on you."

Alex stood up and looked over his shoulder, where he saw the landlady floating just a foot above the roof.

"Well, I'm fun," he rolled his eyes, "Now tell me the REAL reason why you're here."

The landlady sighed, "...I know I couldn't change your mind, so I'm just going to help you and lessen the chance of you failing."

Alex grinned, "My, how generous of you."

"The other Sephira aside from Yesod also offered their help."

Alex's eyes seems to released a dangerous glint, but he still retained that smile of his, "...I can already guessed the reason why you agreed. But it doesn't matter, I won't fail, don't compare me with you landlady."

Landlady sighed, "I know. But still, be careful okay? We really couldn't afford you going mad, the universe might as well be in danger."

Alex smiled as he returned to his posting and lied down, "...By the way landlady, can you tell me more about that place?"

Landlady stared at him for a moment before answering, "...The sky become the ground, and the ground become the sky. The time is flowing while also going in reverse at the same time. Life and death are circulating infinitely. Past, present, and future all lost their meaning there. It's an eternal world where every possibility is converging. That's what kind of place it is."

Alex hummed softly, "Hmm, so its a world?"

Landlady shook her head, "No, its not a world, its....I can't really explain it. Its...an empty space? I think? No, I think its a conceptual plane rather than a world.... But there is a Tree of Life there, the True and Original Tree of Life that gave birth to the universe...."

The landlady continue to give him some information. The Origin Tree of Life, or is simply called by the landlady as "The World Tree" as it is the root of the other great trees.

The Tree of Life in the many other branching worlds are named by the landlady "World Tree's Branch".

Within this world or plane, contains "The Grand Record Depository of the World" where any and all knowledge that one wishes for can be gained.

However due to the vastness of the information, it would overwhelm even divine existences like gods and Sephira, let alone a human.

The very moment a being would try to obtain knowledge from the repository, they would perish. This feature of the world is similar in concept to the famed Akashic Record of Earth.

The landlady was lucky enough to only go insane and did not disappear.

"...That's all I can remember," the landlady said with a trembling voice, "...I erased most of my memories from that time, Its probably not something I wanted to remember."

Alex remained silent, just staring at the sky, deep in thought.