Rita thought about how the King had smuggled her out of Graveyard of Bones and into the Demon Tavern.
At first, she had assud the smuggling was ant to stop her from being forced out of the ga.
But after the ga triggered inside the tavern, she realized the King had not been trying to stop her from leaving the current Divine Ga.
He had been trying to stop Order Clock from noticing her.
Yet even after being discovered, Order Clock had not forcibly removed her from this Divine Ga.
A thought suddenly struck her.
Had she unconsciously trapped herself inside invisible rules all this ti?
This ga never prohibited players from leaving Graveyard of Bones.
Back in the ga My World, she had not exited because she left the war cruiser. She had exited because leaving the cruiser caused her attributes to drain every second, forcing her to withdraw.
Otherwise, with Absolute Freedom, where could she not go?
Rita flew into the sky and looked toward distant Starsea.
It was getting closer.
And Quiet Mountain?
Only a vague outline could be seen.
She descended back to the ground and said to Mistblade and Maple Syrup, "I'm going back to Starsea."
"What do you need us to do?" Mistblade asked.
Rita answered imdiately, "Stay alive."
The mont the words left her mouth, her expression changed.
She lightly slapped her own mouth, spat a few tis, stomped the ground several tis, then solemnly corrected herself:
"Take care. I'll be back soon."
Mistblade and Maple Syrup looked at her helplessly.
They did not fully understand BS culture, but after spending so much ti together in Moonlight Marsh, they knew BS Rita's way of thinking sotis differed greatly from Moonfoxes and Oak Owls.
Rita checked her soul fire.
The joke-like racial talent she had added inside the Demon Tavern had already disappeared upon returning.
She glanced at Mistblade, Maple Syrup, and the Starsea marks flashing in the distant sky.
Then she spent the 50 soul fire she had just recovered to establish a new rule.
"Modify settings. When a Starsea being inside Graveyard of Bones falls below 20% max HP, they will be forcibly teleported to Starsea Rita's side."
She was worried that her earlier "stay alive" might beco so strange curse.
So she used soul fire to ensure that when Starsea beings faced danger, they would no longer stubbornly persist and instead be sent to her.
The teor-like soul fire flickering in the wind illuminated BS Rita's face, along with the sincerity and devotion in her eyes.
Mistblade and Maple Syrup watched her silently.
Then they rembered a custom they had once heard about in BS.
Any wish made upon a shooting star would co true.
So had BS Rita just made a wish?
After completing the setting change, Rita turned to leave.
But Mistblade grabbed her wrist.
"I rember you liked giving people choices," Mistblade said. "So what's this now? What if right before our HP drops below 10%, we happen to be at the critical mont to secure a kill? If we can't hold on anymore, we can withdraw ourselves."
It was a fair question.
Mistblade's max HP was already down to 40%.
According to BS Rita's rule, just two more fatal weakness hits would teleport her away.
Maple Syrup said nothing, but her expression clearly showed she felt the sa.
Her max HP was even lower at 30%, but her divine talent allowed her to lock HP, aning she could fight even longer than Mistblade.
Rita tried pulling her hand free.
It did not budge.
Faced with two cold faces clearly unwilling to let the matter drop, she smiled and said slowly:
"When there's nothing I personally want, I'm willing to give everyone a choice."
"But once I've decided what I want…"
"I only choose the answer I want."
Then she used a movent skill to break free from Mistblade's grip.
A tiny ship no larger than a cat appeared beside her.
Rita lightly tapped the ship with her right foot.
The next second, she vanished from Mistblade and Maple Syrup's sight.
A miniature BS Rita appeared aboard the ship, with Nivalis and B80 similarly shrunk beside her.
Holding the wheel, she waved at them.
"Stay alive."
As the words faded, Mistblade and Maple Syrup could no longer see either Rita or the ship.
Maple Syrup said incredulously, "Did her wings harden? Was she seriously lecturing us?"
Mistblade turned and walked into the distance.
"She lost her wings long ago."
Maple Syrup: "...Talking to you is so boring."
"Then that's definitely your problem. BS Rita's never said that to ."
Mistblade suddenly stopped and looked back at Maple Syrup.
"You talked to a lot today. Did you calm down?"
Maple Syrup: "........."
Now she was even angrier.
...
Cat's Ideal stopped outside BS.
The cat flag behind the ship had been temporarily tied into a small pouch.
Rita shrank BS down and stuffed it inside.
Then she turned the wheel and sailed toward other worlds.
Nivalis suddenly said, "Didn't you forget to cover BS with your lightning just now?"
Rita blinked. "Why?"
Sitting on Rita's shoulder, B80 swung its tiny legs.
"She ans the scene BS players just saw was probably horrifying."
Rita: "...That's called enlarging heaven and earth. What do you two know?!"
Nivalis: "I have nothing to say."
Rita smacked the back of her head, then opened the battlefield chat.
[BS Rita]: Any world that wants to leave the war, speak up. I'll pull your world out of the invasion sequence and carry it with . From then on, you can share World Skills with BS. But I'll need to travel everywhere carrying your worlds, and if I die, I can't guarantee what will happen to them. Think carefully before signing up.
It sounded almost like a disclair.
But Rita still wanted everyone to understand the risks.
High risk, high reward.
Most of the ti, she disliked forcing people into things.
But for leaders...
For every leader who had witnessed that miracle aboard the war cruiser...
There was only one answer.
Follow her.
Not only because they trusted BS Rita's abilities.
But because they trusted the kind of person she was.
They could not forget the silent persistence she displayed in certain monts.
Could not forget the little cookie beings she quietly carried away.
Could not forget the refugees she sheltered.
In war, her silence looked weak.
But the mont she spoke, every Divine Ga player in Unordered Starsea was willing to believe her.
To trust Starsea's only Adjudicator.
[Dark Reef Quex]: Dark Reef!
[Lania Kaia Wither]: Lania Kaia!
[Lania Kaia Fat Goose]: Lania Kaia!!
[TingoJE]: Tingo! I can't go back, but wherever you go, you can bring Tingo with you!
[Winter Sea Frenzied Shark]: Winter Sea instantly joins!
[Nuclear Flash NightFury]: Since you held before, please make sure to bring Nuclear Flash too.
Rita: ???
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