Alice POV

The look on Thoths face is giving me serious doubts about this entire thing. But at least the other three seem to be pretty calm about this. No wait, Lyssa looks pretty shaken up about this, she's just hiding it better than Thoth. I'm screwed, aren't I? "You guys are ready to try to kill me?"

Mania opened her mouth, but Thoth blurted out "It's me I'm worried about! Why do I have to be here! It's always nice to see an experiment first hand, but the amount of death magic that you said would be used could easily kill me ten times over!"

Mania didn't seem to mind his outburst and just replied: "Your the one who said this was going to be painful for Alice, so I need you to keep her unconscious. Your the one who pointed out so I guess I should thank you."

Pointing at Lyssa, he screamed, "Couldn't that sociopath handle such a simple task?!"

"She could, but I don't want to risk destroying the lovely dungeon she worked so hard to build." At least someone likes my dungeon stupid Imerae!

I interrupted there pointless argument saying "Can we just get this over with I really don't need my final moments to spent watching you argue."

Mania frowned and said, "Don't joke like that."

"Whatever Thoth just put me under already."

"Why can't she do it!"

Lyssa just smiled and said, "I got my job you got yours so stop your bitching and do it. Besides your not the only one who doesn't want to be around this much death magic."

"But-"

This fucking guy "Just knock me out already faster this is over the sooner your free!"

With that final push, everything went dark.

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Mania POV

Alice is currently unconscious and floating above the ground due to that bastards magic. I wish my little love hadn't forgiven him just like that; I would have liked to wipe him from existence for trying to kill her. I had even gone through the trouble of finding a replacement for him. No matter at least I can shorten his lifespan by bringing him here, a couple of millennia should teach him a lesson.

Either way, we need to begin soon, or the other gods will complain to Atum again. I almost feel bad for him, but it's his fault for creating such greedy little creatures. At least they know not to approach me about such things, but it's Alice I'm worried about. Some of the more jealous and vengeful gods already have an eye on her, and I have no doubts they’ll try to take her from me. She's still too weak even with Lyssa and Atum helping me to create scenarios where she can level up quickly. She's my first and only child I'll ever have, and I won't let anyone take her from me.

It's all their fault for forcing me into this position. I'm risking my own daughter's life just so she might be able to survive whats ahead. If this kills her, I'll capture all of those bastards and make them watch as I slaughter every single one of their children and then wipe out the worlds they control. I doubt Atum will even say a word against for the way they've been acting these past few millennia. Every single one of them is rotten to the core even when Alice was first born they merely wished to have killed. And even when Atum agreed with Lyssas suggestion that I adopt her, they claimed she was an abomination that needed to be wiped out. Even after agreeing they tried to kill her, and I was forced to stop all of these plots leaving Alice to suffer at the of the UMRD. It took Atum agreeing to let me kill anyone who interfered with me to make them stop. What makes it even more annoying is that the majority of them are spineless cowards Thoth being a perfect example. If they had the courtesy to at least fight me head on I could end the problem quickly and efficiently. At least I made it a point to help raise a few of them like I did Lyssa or I would have lost my patience with them eons ago.

With Alice unconscious the loving attitude I get when I'm talking faded, and I began to give out orders. "Lyssa close the entrance to the capital city."

Lyssa nodded and asked, "You sure you don't want me to close both?"

"No, this dimension is still too small and fragile if it's closed off completely it will collapse in on itself."

Thoth while maintaining the magic asked "So this dungeon exists in its own dimension. How did you get such a small one to be so stable; linking it with another shouldn't be enough to keep it from imploding?"

I venomously replied "Alice saved you once, but next time she won't even know you died. Rember that next time you decide to open your mouth in my presence."

Thoth said nothing and paled while refocusing on the maintaining the spell. At least I don't need to worry about him deliberately screwing up the spell. The cowered knows full well I would end him right then and there. And that imbecile didn't need to know that Alices dungeon is here so other gods couldn't enter without my express permission.

Lyssa broke me out of my thoughts and said: "It's done I'm gonna start siphoning mana into the dungeon. Once the dungeon hits it mana capacity, you can convert it to death magic. The shrimp will be happy she can level up right after she wakes up."

"Good, Atum and I are going to start removing her from the system will you be done by then?"

"Yup she's still a fairly young dungeon, so mana capacity is low."

I checked Alice's dungeon window and smiled "In that case level her up to eight then fill it to capacity."

Lyssa nodded and began siphoning then mana into the dungeon. Atum was about to object, but I pointed to one of the skills she had in her store, and he just smiled and sighed. It took a while to remove her from the system, but luckily the only thing that was lost is resistance skills. Stats are permanent changes to the body while most skills just represent knowledge someone already has or are simply there to help activate specific abilities. Lyssa finished what I told her in a quarter of the time it took us. I could feel how dense the mana was in the air, but it still wasn't enough. "Lyssa I'm going to need to do better than this."

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"Anymore and it will start messing with the outside." She was trying to suppress her smile but was failing miserably. She just wanted permission to cause a little chaos out there. Atum already agreed to use any means necessary to get this to work so I just nodded at Lyssa and a torrent of mana started flooding into the dungeon. At this density, it was visible to the naked eye and lethal to most of the races. The dungeon monsters were mostly unaffected due to being mana constructs themselves. But the dungeon began to distort under the pressure of mana "Lyssa keep the dungeon stable."

Lyssa grinning like a pyro with gas and matches said: "Already on it sis!"

I gave Thoth some final words of encouragement "If the spell falters for even a second you and your entire clan will be destroyed."

Thoth flinched at my words but didn't reply. Good, he understands that his actions are what counts right now and the consequences are real. I looked at Atum, but before I could speak, he just nodded and began using a portion of the mana around us prepared to heal Alice. I prepared myself and converted all the mana round us into death magic making sure to keep it from touching Atum and Lyssa. Thoth wasn't hit directly, but I could see his soul begin to wear away and with it years of his life. But with my threat to his clan, he didn't even flinch. At least the worm is showing a bit of backbone.

I began condensing the mana into a single thread about the thickness as a single blood cell. I slowly guided into Alice's heart through her chest and carefully between her ribs. The death magic was already devouring her flesh, but Atum was already healing the damage. If Alice had a soul death magic, this thick would have eroded it into nothingness already. I needed to split the thread and guide to through the entirety of the circulatory system. Not a single blood vessel could be missed, and the process would take hours at the very least.

I started with Alices left arm to get a feel for how long this would take and any initial screw-ups would be nonlethal. I had just finished the hand when Alice jerked, and her entire arm was eroded away. With my concentration broken I put a sword of death magic Thoths neck and screamed: "I warned what would happen if the spell faltered!"

With beads of sweat running down his forehead, he said: "It wasn't me she still unconscious."

I looked at Atum who nodded in agreement he was too focused on keeping Alice alive to even look at us. I sighed and replayed what happened in my head he was right it was likely just a random spasm "Add a paralysis spell I don't want her to move an inch."

Thoth didn't respond, but I could feel the increased mana flow from his body, so I knew he did what I asked. I dispersed the threads that destroyed Alice's arm and Atum quickly healed it. I would have to replace Alices clothes after this was done but that would be an easy task. Moving on from that mishap I managed to succeed in spreading the threads through her arms and legs, but there was a problem. Her chest held an extreme amount implants and modifications. Most of which were in or replaced vital organs. These were a problem because these would take longer and use much more mana to heal and Lyssa was barely siphoning enough mana to suit my needs let alone Atums.

"Lyssa we need more mana."

Lyssa's attention was focused outside of the dungeon likely on disaster this process was causing "I can siphon more if you don't care about screwing with the outside."

We had already been at this for about a day, and we're at the point of no return, so I really don't need her mouth right now. "Just do it bring in all the mana you can!"

The mana being pulled in now was doubling with every second that past and Atum immediately started using double the mana I was using for my threads. The chest cavity took the better part of a day to finish, but it was done flawlessly. But the next part would be the most dangerous. I sent my threads up the spine and into the brain. The mana Atum was using tripled as he tried to stop the damage outright instead of healing it like in the rest of body.

With my threads of mana spread through her bloodstream, I had to start the next phase of my plan. I began to send a torrent death magic down the thread and into her body half of it I used to increase the density of the threads while at the same time spreading tendrils into her bones and skin. The other half I allowed to defuse into her cells and throughout her body. This step put less concentration on the threads and more on the free slowing death magic. I had tried to make it as inert as possible and encourage it to fuse with her cells then replace them.

I had no idea how long this process would take or even if it was possible in the first place but she was like me, and I was composed of death magic. It was just a matter of waiting. Atum was using all the mana he could get his hand to heal Alice. It was a few dozen times the amount I was using, but I was focused on manipulation rather than mana usage.

I had lost my concept time at some point not knowing how long it had been. I felt Lyssa and Thoth barely keeping up. At this rate this rate they would fail, and Alice would die in the process. It was a miracle she was alive even now the density of the death magic in her could slay gods in less than a second.

At least I can be proud of my little love. At least she met some people that made her happy. At least I took her away from that damned planet. At least I had someone of my own just like me, someone I could love.

I felt the tears start to form as I realized I'm going to be the one to kill my daughter. It wasn't the other god's plots or a random enemy. It was me her own mother. The person who swore to love and protect her. Why was I so stupid she didn't need to grow so powerful so quickly. I should have been willing to defend her from anything I should have listened to everyone and not have done this. I made a mistake.

Hours passed, and the tears never stopped running down my face as I silently sobbed. The mortals thought of us gods as all knowing and all powerful. What a joke I sentenced the first thing I ever loved to death. How could I be considered all knowing if made a mistake? How could I be all-powerful if I couldn't prevent this from happening?

Thoth was the first to collapse I stopped my death magic from shaving years off him days ago, but now he had only seconds left. I had tried to stop it, but Alice needed all the attention I could give and stray death magic of this concentration killed him quickly. Lyssa was smarter and moved to another floor as soon as she noticed my strength failing, but she collapsed due to exhaustion, and the mana flow was dwindling. I stopped putting death magic into her body leaving all the mana left to Atum hoping he could somehow heal the damage. But it was all in vain, and I felt the mana in the dungeon be thoroughly exhausted by his efforts. He had just enough to keep her alive for a few more minutes and keep her body from decaying entirely, but that was the only temporary.

I picked Alices body and walked into her house. It suited her so well it small but had everything you needed and calmed your heart to be in it. I found Alice's bedroom and sat down her be made of leaves. I wished she would wake up but knew her insides were being destroyed and it would only make her suffer, but all I wanted was to hear her voice again. I held her in my arms my crying making everything blurry, I couldn't even hear myself speak. I tried saying I'm sorry but the words didn't come out. I tried saying goodbye, but words again failed me. The only thing I could say while sobbing was "I love you, Alice. I love you with all my heart, please don't leave me. I know I failed you. I know I don't deserve you, but please come back to me I'll do anything, please. Please without my little love I'll be all alone."

I just kept listening to her shallow breaths grow quieter "I know it's worthless to say these things. I genuinely thought, believed that this wouldn't happen. I realize now your not like me and I won't try to make you like so, please don't leave."

Eventually, her breaths went quiet, and her heart stopped. I saw her body starting to dissolve into nothingness. I couldn't stand looking at my little Alice and closed my eyes. I could whisper between sobs "I, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry my little love."