"Sir, what are you doing?" After watching for a while and confirming that it was safe now, Liszt floated beyond the Mage Tower's perimeter and came up behind Hill.
"Ah~ Liszt, long time no see. I've really missed you~" Hill did not turn around, but his voice was warm.
"Rest assured, sir. For the sake of keeping my own core from boiling over, I have no intention of asking why you piled the Mage Tower up like that," Liszt said blandly. "But I am very interested in what has you squatting here agonizing."
"Hmm..." Hill explained the Bottle of Life's history before saying, somewhat awkwardly, "An artifact like this can only come into being at the very birth of a universe, in that instant when the laws of life and nature intersect.
"And not every universe has one.
"Only the Greek Pantheon... do you understand?
"Their world was brimming with the power of life, so even their gods were exceptionally full of vitality.
"In our Telashir, even with the birth of the Earth Goddess, a miracle like this would never appear."
"Haven't you always disliked touching things that belong to someone else, sir?" Liszt asked curiously.
"But the universe the Greek Pantheon belonged to collapsed." Hill shook his head. "The Greek Gods and the artifacts born in that universe are all kites with severed strings, leaves cut off from their roots. They no longer have any karmic ties.
"Really, they're no different from savage gods like the great serpent Dendar. It's just that Zeus sold Mount Olympus and even chose to fall into a complete slumber to force them into Mount Celestia.
"Otherwise, if they wandered outside, who knows how many pantheons would set their sights on them?
"And Poseidon, who didn't stay with his pantheon, had no choice but