The room remained silent for a long time, It was probably because I sounded like a motivational speaker more than anything.

  The only thing that produced any type of significant noise was the in’s and out’s of Zhilsiza’s breathing

  “ You want to create a world free of pain?” Gabla said in disbelief

  “How would that even be possible , look I'm not trying to discourage you and I think your goal is really grandiose. But you yourself aren't even free of negative emotions , so how could you expect to do that in another person let alone the whole world?”

  That was a true and valid statement. I wasn’t perfect in the slightest. Though i wondered why I couldn't try , Why was her first reaction to be skeptical.

  “Are you trying to say that because I myself have not ended my own suffering , how could I help another?”

  “Sorta, It's just not realistic” she said like she was trying to gently tell a kid Santa clause isn't real

  Realism huh? I understood where she was coming from but ,what determined the bounds of reality?

  “ A few weeks ago you thought staying on the first level was realistic, then your reality was shattered.. A few days ago I thought changing race would be unrealistic , Then my reality was shattered. I believe I cannot express where realism is anymore. My expectations are only placed due to my ignorance on the basis of reality. I think that I have placed what I believe to be realistic has been substituted it for what I believe is safe. Even if it was unrealistic or unobtainable , how could you know for sure?”

  Gabla opened her mouth to say something but then paused mid way then spoke up again

  “Well” was all she said

  Zhil was looking me directly in the eye. His change in form made him look a lot more serious, like he was trying to pry into my soul. I knew he was aware of the plan , Oolia and I swapping memories but I expected him to disapprove. He didn’t appear to care much about what other people went through.

  “Magnificent goals for a Magnificent Man. Ignore the Goblin afraid of her own shadow. I say if you're going to live, then put your all into it. Make the impossible possible and don't take no for an answer.

  Zhil sounded wayyyy more authoritative than I did. His words lit a fire that was already simmering. I could feel his respect for me had increased , but Gabla was looking at him as if he had lost his mind.

  You know maybe Gabla is the only sane one here, but if sanity only got you the status quo then it was best to discard it This world was rotting ever so slowly , and I wanted to be the one to save it It's time for me to find out what made a good leader.

  “Zhil, I am grateful to have your support. Now that you know what I plan to achieve ,Let us focus on the immediate , escaping this cave. As for this one Oolia knows better than i, so please take the floor”

  “Yes, this part was my plan after all.” Standing next to me Oolia said “ this floor has been slowly rising in water level. Everyone that lives here fears that overtime the water level will flood this floor. To make a long story short . If Alioth presents that if he can overpower them, then gives them hopes of escaping. I'm positive we can convince some of them to join forces with us.”

  Gabla spoke like the voice of reason

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  “So you want to add more heads to the party? How will we manage food, and water? It’s been days since the last time I've eaten or drunk anything and I'm sure it's the same for Alioth.Other floors might have zero food or water. Let's say we got one thousand people to follow Alioth, how would we manage? What about the people who wouldn't want to join, Would we just kill them? Do you see my point now?”

  Countering Oolia rebutted

  “ This won't be a party but a kingdom where Alioth is going to be a literal king. None of what I'm saying is figurative, We would have to treat the people that we get as parts of a city, village , or armed forces. As for defectors we would detain them , and brining us along by force, or in the worst case scenario kill them. The plan is to try to be as accommodating as possible. Maybe we don't have all the answers now but if anything's certain we need to start moving towards the answers. I mean could what we want to achieve be any worse then what we have now?”

  I see . It really was a massive undertaking, I really was going to be a leader of the people.

  “I agree , Gabla and see your point. This is why we have to become component leaders. If I can ask you for your Assistance Gabla, could you keep track of our rations?”

  The dungeon lord was of little concern to me at this point .What's done is done and now I need to dictate my attention to my new goal. This I believed , was for everyone's sake.

  Gabla just stood there with both hands smushed into her face. She was using her palms to rub her cheeks.

  “Its three against four what can I do” Glancing at Letothero “ Uhh I guess five, hey what do you think of Alioth's plan Leto.

  Only Gabla could start talking to someone she just met a few hours ago like they were best buds. My new summon Letothero was dead silent for the bulk of his time with us.

  “ Mhh so you want my opinion? I’ve been alive for millions of years and never once have a seen a life without hardship. The plan is going to fail .What you can do is reduce hardship. I have nothing again you , so I wouldn't mind helping you”

  That was a massive relief, there would be nothing worse than a hostile summon. Even though technically I'm powerful, in actuality my summons do all the work.

  The ball of eyes continued “ I even have a ability that may be able to help you, I'm sure you'll be quite please”

  any help was welcome

  “Oh really , What is it? We may be able to use this when negotiating with the denizens above .”

  I didn't expect much but hey lets hope

  “Spatial rift , i can tear apart space and create a new one,

  “ An intelligent application of my ability would be to create a world in of itself.”

  I know I said I would stop being stunned, but I was stunned. This guy just casually mentioned creating another world? That would solve SOOOOO many problems, if I'm thinking about this the right way. Does that mean I could create my own ecosystem, and weather? If this was true then he would be without a doubt the most important .I suppose when you start to dream the sky is the limit.

  “That's an insane ability, and if it works like i think it might. Then you would be quintessential in our plans. Letothero I don't know you very well, but I'm pleased to have you on the team maybe in the future we could be good friends. If you wouldn't mind, could i get a view of what your spell does?”

  A Black window appeared in front of me.

  This was incredible, it was exactly as i thought, lets try it!

  “You're lucky I'm millions of years old so I have more control of it then other seeker demons. Not to mention , I'm part of an ancient race of demons, how a c rank like you ever summoned me is mysterious.”

  Sure is but I had the feeling that Eldritch has something to do with my newly found boost in summoning power but we could keep that unsaid for now.

  “Hey I know this is sudden but could we test it? I really want to see if it's exactly as I imagined”

  “Test it? Aww ok. I can only use it 2 times every 72 hours at my current magic level so make sure you use it properly.”

  It was important to be the ones to see what his spatial rift was capable of first before using it as a negotiation tool. So lets give this a test , we can make more plans while in the rift. I already had some ideas in mind.

  “Yea please show us”

  “Alright, but keep in mind this is a miniature version of the rift, it will only use ? of the energy since this is just an experiment. Tell me What do you have in a desert, how about a nice cosy house, mhh?”

  The childish voice was hard to get used to but I knew I wanted a place with lots of water and greenery. I wanted to see if I could farm, drink the water and essentially create a habitable region . That way i could solve the issue of food , water and even shelter. We can see where it goes from there.

  “A forest , with lots and lots of lakes, uh make the trees have nice pink and orange leaves. Make it beautiful and an inviting place to live .

  Presentation mattered a lot if we were going to attract the denizens birds to follow me. I had to make it look like it was the best deal.

  “How about a room temperature climate , with a nice breeze”

  “That's a lot of demands for me , is your goal to make it a place you can live and build this utopia of sorts? That's super co- Ehm your wish is my command ”

  Upon the last echoes of the prepubescent voice A Crack in the wall appeared with mystical dark energy.

  “ Voilà “

  He said as he floated through the gaping abyss. I couldn't be afraid of the future , I thought as I took the next step behind him.